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News, articles, and advice for Maine real estate licensees, loan officers, and all professionals who assist the consumer in the real estate transaction.
| Posted by: | Steve Hammond, Founding Partner, TRELG |
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| Posted on: | October 29th, 2008 at 6:30 am |
| Filed under: | Real Estate Education, Real Estate Licensing, The Real Estate Learning Group, Your Real Estate Business |
“How do I count the days from the effective date on the Purchase & Sale Agreement?”
As an instructor with The Real Esate Leaning Group, I have observed that when we teach the purchase and sale agreement to new licensees, (and even some experienced ones), there’s a lot of discussion around counting days from effective date. The latest version of Zip Forms defines a day as “days in this agreement shall mean business days defined as excluding Saturdays, Sundays and State/Federal holidays (including but not limited to Patriots Day, Columbus Day, Martin Luther King Holiday, etc).
I decided to go to the source. Kim Coit has been the chair of the committee that reviews all of the language in Zip Forms based on concerns and suggestions from the users. Here is some Q & A.
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| Posted by: | Eric Flynn, Realtor® |
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| Posted on: | October 9th, 2008 at 7:00 am |
| Filed under: | Ask The Experts, Maine, Mortgage and Lending, Real Estate Education, The Real Estate Learning Group, Your Real Estate Business |
We are about to see a ballooning of foreclosures in our market. It may not reach the levels of Florida, Phoenix or Detroit but it will be significant. Foreclosure filings were reported on 276 Maine properties in June 2008, a 14 percent increase from the previous month, and a 61 percent increase from June 2007, according to the latest RealtyTrac® U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.
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| Posted by: | Janice Wescott, First Financial |
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| Posted on: | October 1st, 2008 at 7:00 am |
| Filed under: | Ask The Experts, Maine, Mortgage and Lending, The Real Estate Learning Group, Your Real Estate Business |
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They work hard! Yes, they play hard, too! They get up early, they rarely complain, they expect performance from others, but they expect extraordinary performance from themselves. Repeated, high-level success starts with a recognition that hard work pays off.
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They are incredibly curious and eager to learn. They study, ask questions and read - constantly! An interesting point, however: While most of them did well in school, the difference is that they apply or take advantage of what they learn. Repeated success is not about memorizing facts, it’s about being able to take information and create, build, or apply it in new and important ways. Successful people want to learn everything about everything!
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