Justin Richards commented on Fulton Gaylord's blog post SAM-Specialised Asset Management
"I share your frustration with SAMREO. I've received 1 BPO and no assignments from them and now am receiving a message about needing to spend $75 for fee to offset their "cost of developing and administering the approved broker network". Just sad and…"
Oct 16, 2012
Justin Richards posted a blog post
My mom is a garage sale warrior. She’s constantly on the prowl for the next great deal she might uncover on an unsuspecting Saturday morning drive. I on other hand will swing by on occasion lacking the enthusiasm that she usually arrives with. As I…
Apr 9, 2012
Justin Richards commented on Jack Wolf's blog post Do you know ALL that is involved in being an REO Listing Agent? Here's a sample of what we do:
"Well said Jack!
My favorite part is that to market and sell a home we traditionally get a 3% commission. BUT when it comes to REO, we are expected to manage, maintain, and front money for these properties and for doing so much more work, actually…"
Jan 9, 2012
Justin Richards posted a blog post
Anyone remember MLS books? I remember when I first got into the business, we had to pay our Board of Realtors for this HUGE ass book that double the size of a telephone book that showed every active listing in our market.  I'm probably aging myself,…
Dec 8, 2011
Justin Richards commented on C J Johnson, Broker/SFR/CRS/ABR's blog post Clear Capital Rocks
"You are right - ClearCapital is one of the better BPOs companies to do work for..."
Sep 12, 2011
Justin Richards commented on Larry Hollingsworth's blog post Has anyone been blindsided by the Litton/Ocwen servicing transfer?
"I haven't run into that issue specifically, but generally speaking, everything that Ocwen touches turns to SH(#*&.
 
I had a handful of LPS REO assets where the client was Saxon. Those assets got sent to moved to Ocwen to be managed (in reality…"
Sep 12, 2011
Justin Richards commented on Rick Fine's blog post OCWEN Shortsale- Need Insight Into Best Practices For Successful Transaction
"Haha - nope hadn't heard about the call back dealio Tara. At least they are sticking with a consistent theme though: dumb processes, dumb people, and dumb businesses.! lol
 
Rick - here's the info you needed: 
Phone number for Ocwen…"
Sep 2, 2011
Justin Richards commented on Justin Richards's blog post Is Your Brokerage BORING As Hell??
"Nice Dave! 
I posted this blog here and a few other blogspots. Out of 25 comments....you have the most chill and fun office (other than mine...lol) from those who responded. How many people do you have in your office? Seems like the bigger the…"
Sep 1, 2011
Justin Richards commented on Bessie Blazejewski's blog post BankerREO.COM
"Hi Bessie - check out the blog from Cindy just a few days before yours. Same scam and some good feedback/comments in there."
Sep 1, 2011
Justin Richards commented on Rick Fine's blog post OCWEN Shortsale- Need Insight Into Best Practices For Successful Transaction
"Ocwen may not be the worst SS lender out there to deal with....but they are definitely in my top 3 of lender I hate to deal with. As you probably already know from your REO experience they outsource a ton of their stuff to India. They generally do…"
Sep 1, 2011
Justin Richards posted a blog post
 So I happened to be visiting a friend's real estate brokerage a few months back  and was absolutely amazed at how quiet, dead, and BORING this place was.   This office had a HUGE bullpin with over a hundred cubicles, at least 50 people working, and…
Aug 30, 2011
Justin Richards commented on Cindy Billman, SRES ®, SFR®, CDPE's blog post Bankers REO
"Sounds like another scam to me.I always love to ask these stupid companies for 3 local brokers in my area that I could chat with about their success with the scam company.
 
Answer is always the same "....due to confidentiality agreements, I am not…"
Aug 30, 2011
Justin Richards commented on Justin Richards's blog post God gave us the Sabbath to rest....unless you're an REO broker
"Great feedback guys - reminds of that ridiculous commercial from a few years back by NAR that said "We're realtors, real estate is our life"? (I found link and put it at bottom of here). I would hope and pray that my God, my family, my friends are…"
Aug 30, 2011
Justin Richards commented on Justin Richards's blog post God gave us the Sabbath to rest....unless you're an REO broker
"Great feedback Mike - Kudos to you and your team for steppin' out on faith like that."
Aug 25, 2011
Justin Richards replied to Brandon Jordan's discussion Has anyone received any assets for Bank of America through RES.Net or Equator?
"I only get BofA stuff through Equator - AM companies that I've received from are: CoreLogic, PMH, LPS, USres, Old Republic, and of course....BofA direct (these are best because commission is higher since there isn't a middle-man)"
Aug 24, 2011
Justin Richards posted a blog post
I was in church this past week and the pastor spent the whole message going over the value and reasoning behind the Sabbath. For those of you that aren't church goers, the Sabbath is the 7th Day of the week. Traditionally most Christians celebrate…
Aug 23, 2011
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