Charlene Hammonds replied to Gabriel Salas's discussion BPO contact
"I've never seen this before, being asked to use other pre-chosen comps for your opinion. You did the right thing using your own. This could have come back to haunt you if you used their comps. It doesn't sound legal to me. I have 28 years selling…"
Jan 5, 2015
Charlene Hammonds replied to jeffrey wilkerson's discussion VALUATION VISION
"I always google all of the new companies offering BPO's and listings. Doing this tells me all I need to know about the companies trying to steal my money. Blogs also help, such as this site. 
We as professional agents need to be smarter than what we…"
Sep 5, 2014
Charlene Hammonds replied to Tom Bridge's discussion Bottom of the Food Chain in REO
"You stated this very well. I quit Res.net too. One listing over a year does not make good business for me. Green River will use you for all the initial marketing we do and expect to many visits to the house. Than they will send the property to…"
Jul 11, 2014
Charlene Hammonds replied to Hugo W Meza's discussion No "RES.NET PRO PLUS" NO LISTING!
"That's well said and true."
Jun 6, 2014
Charlene Hammonds replied to Hugo W Meza's discussion No "RES.NET PRO PLUS" NO LISTING!
"I quit using Res.net 2 years ago. The fee was too high for little to no business. Most of my REO business comes from Dispo Solution or Equator or other ways. Everyone has to charge an enormous fee to use there site today. I just narrowed it to where…"
Jun 6, 2014
Charlene Hammonds replied to Beth Terry's discussion Kondaur Capital
"No, never heard of this company."
Aug 19, 2013
Charlene Hammonds commented on barbara scarbrough's blog post REOs the truth and nothing but the truth
"Wise to walk from that mess. I don't attend any conferences and only pay Res.net for training. I have one client who uses that site. The commissions are lower today
and if you have a solid REO client, it's volume that makes up for the  lowers…"
Aug 17, 2013
Charlene Hammonds commented on Colleen's blog post The New REO
"Your wise to dump the rude an time consuming REO companies. Who has time for that and who wants it. If you can keep a hand full of good clients you work well with, put your effort into keeping them satisfied and task can get competed by the dead…"
Aug 17, 2013
Charlene Hammonds commented on SANDRA E GLEICHER's blog post BACKGROUND CHECKS
"No and no again to the back ground checks for reo bpo's that are not leading to a listing. Use that time to generate solid leads that can sustain your real estate career. I'm living the same reality as anyone in this business in todays market."
Jul 23, 2013
Charlene Hammonds commented on SANDRA E GLEICHER's blog post BACKGROUND CHECKS
"As long as you feel your work and professionalism is only worth a pittance, we will be treated as such. I won't work for free. I'm not talking about general real estate sales and listings with owner occupied's or buyers. Stop working for nothing.…"
Jul 23, 2013
Charlene Hammonds commented on SANDRA E GLEICHER's blog post BACKGROUND CHECKS
"No and no to the background checks. Where is this all coming from? It has to be from way up the chain, the White House per haps?"
Jul 23, 2013
Charlene Hammonds replied to Vivian's discussion BPO COMPANIES THAT PAY AND SOME THAT DON'T - JULY 2013 REVISED
"Take it as an expense for sure."
Jul 22, 2013
Charlene Hammonds replied to Vivian's discussion BPO COMPANIES THAT PAY AND SOME THAT DON'T - JULY 2013 REVISED
"Letter from IAS attorneys arrived today to tell us they won't be paying their agents for past expenses. My team quit taking any work from them a couple of years ago. They took over a year to pay and ended up moving the asset. But, in past years we…"
Jul 22, 2013
Charlene Hammonds replied to Vivian's discussion BPO COMPANIES THAT PAY AND SOME THAT DON'T - JULY 2013 REVISED
"No.
I rarely get an order once I give them my price which is competitive with other paying companies. The broadcast request are hard to get. They look for the lowest bid and must run with it."
Jul 19, 2013
Charlene Hammonds replied to Vivian's discussion BPO COMPANIES THAT PAY AND SOME THAT DON'T - JULY 2013 REVISED
"fiveonline.com is now requiring the agent pay for a back ground check to get future orders. I'm opting out on that! The OREC does a back ground and if it's good enough for the Oklahoma RE Comm., it best be good enough for a bpo company. "
Jul 19, 2013
Charlene Hammonds replied to Bill House's discussion Ocwen BPO's
"Ocwen recently bought out GMAC and will start servicing through AltiSource. Good luck, GMAC has been a client of mine for years. The shake up in Dallas has been difficult on the AM's there. Now I'm not sure which way my business will go, but I'm…"
Jun 25, 2013
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