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Helping Build Life Long Relationship - Need Help ? Yes We Can be.....

by Tom Stachler,ABR,CDPE - Group One Realty Team

Always Here to Help - Let us Hear from you for Any Reason

I am inviting you to stop by our website often at www.SalineRealty.com where I post blogs and other information in my effort to keep the community informed about what is happening in the local real estate market.

Also, I just wanted to take a moment to let you know that I value you and your good will.  I hope someday we will have the opportunity to work together again however, building life long relationships is what gives me the greatest joy and satisfaction in my career as a Broker/Realtor®.

I would be happy to mail you a copy of my personal brochure to give you a little more background information about me and my business philosophy.  I hope you will take a moment to request and later read it.  My objective is to become your Realtor®/Broker long before you actually need one.  I hope when you have a real estate need, question or contractor discount referral,  you will give me the opportunity to help you even if its just a recommendation or perhaps guide you to one of the many resources found on my various websites that are also just waiting to serve you. 

Even if you aren’t planning to buy or sell a Home for years, I want you to feel comfortable calling me if you have any questions about real estate, your home care or the community.

I am here to help you in any way I can. 

I look forward to building Life Long Relationships with the people I meet.   We can also help with finding or marketing any property as a trusted advisor.  

We don't sell Real estate, rather we smoothly help people change their lives.  

Click this link if you are Looking for Real Estate for Sale in Ann Arbor Michigan or the surrounding areas

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Have a great day!   

 

 

 

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1st to Know New Listing Update System

by Tom Stachler,ABR,CDPE - Group One Realty Team

Get the Latest Listing Updates Automatically

 

I would recommend that you click the registration link below to try this service out.  You can always unsubscribe by clicking the bottom or any of its new listing update emails.  This is one of the best tools I have been able to provide to clients looking for the best in updates.  What I like about this upgraded program is that is covers multiple MLS areas and Counties which is invaluable when you are looking at properties that might be close to a county line.

Great smart phone and text options for mobile access to GET Quick Listing Information for when you are on the road, perhaps sitting in a driveway and want to know a price, status or size of a property.

Check out this Video for more information

Smart Phone Options

For example you can Text "MyInfo" to 55955 when on the road.  ​This is invaluable when on the road and with slow data service, or when you want quick answer provided by a smart auto text response server. 

Get more information on this Great New Listing Service by clicking here

Go straight to this link to Register for this Value added Service by clicking here

Please let us know what you think about this resource.  We would truly appreciate your feedback.

 

Tom Stachler provides new features every month for the best in Home buyer services.  Ann Arbor Real Estate homes for sale update services for Wayne, Livingston, Lenawee, Washtenaw, Oakland, Macomb and Monroe counties.  

HAFA Rules Relaxed for Short Sales

by Tom Stachler - Group One Realty Team - Real Estate

Welcome to 2011, it is going to be a great year and I'm excited to see where it takes us!

Changing Short Sale Rules - The HAFA program has been a mixed bag, but last week the Treasury Department changed the rules to make short sales easier. 

Here are the primary changes to HAFA: 

- Those seeking a short sale must get an answer within 30 days
- Lender Servicers are no longer required to verify a borrower's financial information
- Lender Servicers are no longer required to determine if the debt-to-income exceeds 31%
- Though Second lien holders no longer must accept 6% of the unpaid balance - 

Overall, these changes should help expedite short sales, which is good news for Home owners, realtors, investors and ultimately the banks.

If you are looking for a way to sell you home that you feel is worth less than you owe on it, we can help.  Please contact us on this link or try the chat button at the bottom of the page.  You can also stop by this helpful short sale information site as we by clicking here.  


Here is to a healthy, wealthy, and exciting 2011!

Meadowbrook Acres Provides Poor Service

by Tom Stachler from Group One Realty Team - Real Est

LOOKING FOR LANDSCAPING SERVICES?

Well, beware....I would not recommend Brian Stimach or Meadowbrook Acres Sod Farm located in Brighton, Michigan.  I tried this service last year requesting some simple services like putting in black corrugated landscape pipe in the ground with drains to extend away from the building the downspout water running off from the roof.  Simple stuff right?

Their crew was more interested in getting the job done quick instead of the right way.  Trenches were dug too shallow, no care or concern to fill in and compact the soil so it didn't settle and leave indentations a week later after the first rain fall, drains installed to high, poor seeding techniques, etc.

Worse yet, when I called the foreman Brian Stimach, he resisted fixing these issues and finally kept saying how he would have someone get in touch with me in a few days.  Never happened even after a few follow up calls.  He actually spent more time telling how busy he was, that his family was living in Florida and he had more important things on his mind with the business down there and the commute coming up on the weekend.  Guess I was suppose to be sorry to have an expectation that they cared about the quality of their work and a satisfied customer.

What happened to the success business plain of putting the customer first and quality of service??  But I have to admit, this type of approach to customer satisfaction is too common in the landscape business.  Beware of contractors who want to get a deposit for your job with promise to come back next week to get started.  While deposits are not that unusual, I would never recommend you pay one until their first day on the job.  Landscaping contractors are notorious for running around booking jobs in the spring and taking deposits so they have work to carry them through the 4 months of prime landscaping season.  Everybody wants their work done in the Spring, but guess what....that's not possible regardless of their promises, so beware.  

A good larger company to consider might be Continuum Services. Their contact number is 248-286-5200.  They do a lot of commercial work involving design, and grounds maintenance.  If you ever have any problems with them, let me know as I know person in charge and unlike MeadowBrooke and their foreman mentioned above, he IS concerned about customer service and satisfaction.  He even volunteered to ask MeadowBrook Sod to go back out to fix my problem as he subcontracts some work out to them and other smaller or specialty firms.  Of course, having grown tired of making numerous phone calls and receiving false promises, we decided it was easy to get someone else to correct the previous inferior work.

Take care and good luck.  Remember you can get the latest new MLS property listings by clicking on this link.

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