Tony Linton replied to Brian Roberts's discussion Banker REO - Another Wolf in Sheep Clothing???
"Hi Janine, please give us a "blow by blow" on this as you are the only posting that has signed up so far. My guess is they will assign a drive by BPO on a random property they pull from county records.....that will be the end of it. Be ready to pull…"
Aug 18, 2011
Tony Linton replied to Brian Roberts's discussion Banker REO - Another Wolf in Sheep Clothing???
"Funny! I just read the post yesterday morning and got the call in the afternoon stating they had a listing in my area.
 
They are following the same MO as Absolute solutions, probably even pulling all members names from REOPro and active Rain. They…"
Aug 18, 2011
Tony Linton replied to Curtis A. Wright, Sr.'s discussion Doing Adjustments on BPOs
"Careful on the DOM adjustment, the only time this adjustment is necessary is when there have been no price reductions for a long period of time.
 Example 1) A home priced at $300k and has been on the market for 400 days with NO price reductions will…"
Apr 23, 2011
Tony Linton replied to Paula J Hunter's discussion Short Sale Seller Refusal
"Unfortunately this is one of life's lessons, Never let a buyer spend money on improvements or move into a property anticipating it will close.
 
The good news is its only $1000, in one case a friend of mine (commercial broker) and a seller of an…"
Apr 4, 2011
Tony Linton replied to Lillian Lively's discussion Asked to re-do a BPO as something the house is not
"It sounds to me that you have taken the proper approach on this one however this is going to happen from time to time, Tony Rosales and Steve have both  made the thought process easy to understand. Bottom line, if you can prove that it is a…"
Mar 23, 2011
Tony Linton replied to Meir Benzaquen's discussion KONDAUR
"Hi Meir,
 
There are several blogs about kondaur on this site that will help you understand how they operate, take the time to go through the archives.
 
I have been working with them for over three years now and they are good to work with and up…"
Feb 23, 2011
Tony Linton replied to Monica Bazan's discussion Paying Membership
"Dispo Solutions went to $300 this year for renewal.....Ouch! that used to be the cheapest out there, I do have 2 current listings with them so I did renew.
My Platinum Membership with Equator expired and I just went back to the monthly zip code fee,…"
Feb 16, 2011
Tony Linton replied to ZUBARIA LATIF's discussion Reo Vendor Manager
"I've been getting the same e-mails. It's funny I had completely forgotten about them, I signed up with them last year and absolutely no communication, BPO's, or listings. I think I'll pass on them this time around and only keep the platforms that I…"
Feb 16, 2011
Tony Linton replied to Dr. Marqueze D. Williams, Sr, NRBA's discussion KONDOUR CAPITAL
"For every two BPO's I do for them I usually get one listing, If they would have won them all in the pool they were working I would have gotten all of them. I just did 17 Bpo's for them last month over a three day period, they are working three…"
Dec 10, 2010
Tony Linton replied to Jody Hagemes/Prepco, LLC's discussion REO Drop in volume?
"South West Florida is also slow but the same thing happened last year, turned back around in November as my best month ever......hopefully this year will follow trend:-)"
Sep 8, 2010
Tony Linton commented on Jesus (Jesse) Gonzalez's blog post Pre-Approval vs. Pre-Approval
"Hi Jesse, you just hit on a procedure that is absolutely worth talking about....this will slip by most everybody from the agents to the AM's to the lenders themselves that issued the pre-approval.

Sooo....what does this mean when a pre-approval…"
May 25, 2010
Tony Linton commented on Jesus (Jesse) Gonzalez's blog post Pre-Approval vs. Pre-Approval
"Not much gray area there Jesse....so would they need to get a pre-approval letter? lol.

Another note to add to Jessica's post...DO/DU approvals can be done without verifying any documents the same as a pre-qual, it just looks a little more formal.…"
May 25, 2010
Tony Linton commented on Jesus (Jesse) Gonzalez's blog post Pre-Approval vs. Pre-Approval
"Prequalification is the first step in the process and can usually be done by phone or on the internet without verification, unfortunately this is a trick bag in some cases because of the different factors especially when it comes to someone that is…"
May 24, 2010
Tony Linton replied to Rose Mencia's discussion Conference Results??
"Sorry Rose, I haven't been to any at this point but I am also interested in seeing some comments by members that have. I hope this forums gets response.

This is a way that members can express positive or negative input as to time and expenses spent…"
May 24, 2010
Tony Linton commented on Margaret A "PEGGY" Seme's blog post Showing a property that you did a BPO on????
"I just gotta know Peggy, was this in writing or a verbal banter from a rep trying to quote his/her version of a company policy? If it was in writing.....or say e-mail, was it the company policy itself? Before you get your feathers ruffled too much…"
May 18, 2010
Tony Linton commented on Steve Adkins's blog post That Troublesome Contract! ..... part two
"I feel for you on this one Steve, I went back and read part one as well. Deals like this are frustrating and can also hurt future properties even if the asset mgr is aware of all factors. It seems to me that you put a lot of effort into making sure…"
May 17, 2010
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