Selling Poinciana One Property at a Time.: October 2009

It seems like all Buyers want the same thing. Four bedrooms, 2 baths, at least 1700 sq ft living area, no more than 5 years old and less than $100,000. The problem is there are only 22 of them on the market today. 17 of those are Short sales!!! The other 5 are REOs (foreclsoures).

So here's the deal. If I tell you you will not get the property for less than asking price....I'm NOT lying. Properties that are priced right are selling for an average 105% of the asking price. That's just an average. Some are selling for way more than that. In fact, the highest sold for 158% of asking price.

I'm a Real Estate Broker. I make my living by selling property. I WANT to sell you a house. I also WANT you to be able to get a good property at a fair price. If I tell you houses are selling for $42 a sq ft and your accepted deal at $38 a sq ft is a good deal then you need to believe me. I'm not just blowing smoke up your arse.

If you are not comfortable paying more than the asking price then don't. That is certainly an option for you. BUT....you won't be buying a 4 bedroom, 2 bath home, with at least 1700 sq ft, no more than 5 years old in Kissimmee for less than $100,000.

Is that really that difficult to understand? If you don't want to understand it then please just move on. I truly don't need that $1,500 commission.

If you REALLY want to buy a house and want someone that will give it to you straight then give me a call. I can help.

OK....that was fun. Now who can I send this to? www.CentralFloridaShortSales.com

Bryant Tutas
Broker/Owner
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
http://CentralFloridaShortSales.com

http://ShortSaleSuperStars.com

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Kissimmee Florida Short Sale. Listing price may not be sufficient to cover all encumbrances, closing costs, or other seller charges and sale of property at full listing price may be conditioned upon approval of third parties. Centrally located. Vacation rentals are OK. Very good unit for the price. Close to downtown Kissimmee. 25 minutes to Disney World and the Airport. This is a short sale and does require patience. Please only qualified buyers.

Do you need help selling your Florida Short Sale? Central Florida Short Sales

Bryant Tutas
Broker/Owner
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
http://CentralFloridaShortSales.com

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This is NOT a Short sale or a foreclosure. Just a good property priced to sell. There are 3 bedrooms and 2 baths with 1480 sq ft of living space in this never lived in home. Built in 2007.

Owner will consider financing with 40% down or buy out right. The price is low enough at only $75,000. Would make a great primary residence or rental property. Would easily rent for $750 to $800 per month.

Either way it's ready for occupancy. The AC and heating system was installed this week. Check it out....

Bryant Tutas
Broker/Owner
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
http://CentralFloridaShortSales.com

http://ShortSaleSuperStars.com

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Tutas Towne Realty specializes in the listing and selling of Short Sales and foreclosures (REOs) in the Central Florida area.

Since most of these properties are sold over the Internet sight unseen we try to capture the essence of the properties by use of numerous pictures and video tours.

Touring foreclosures in Central Florida is always an adventure. You just never know what you will find. Folks facing foreclosure have a tendency of taking out their frustrations on the property. I’ll never understand why.

Anyway…..here’s a little tour I did today on a Poinciana Foreclosure. Enjoy.  

Need help buying or selling real estate in Central Florida? We can help.

Bryant Tutas
Broker/Owner
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
http://CentralFloridaShortSales.com

http://ShortSaleSuperStars.com

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REALTORS(R) created the bubble and we are the reason the bubble burst.

REALTORS(R) sold houses to anyone that could breathe because we are money grubing theives.

REALTORS(R) give bad advise because all we care about is our commission.

REALTOR(S) are the root of all evil!!

Or so some would want you to believe.

Especially the "bubble heads". They feel that we were out there setting prices higher and higher because the Buyers would pay it. There is some truth to that but the price was dictated by the market, not REALTORS®.

I can remember, in 2005, going back and forth with Sellers on where to price their house. They would want to price $20,000 higher than the last sale and as hard as I tried, I couldn't talk them out of it, so we listed it. It would sell in a matter of days at their price!!! Then the appraisal would come in too low and the Buyer would agree to pay the difference.

The market was pulling values up with me kicking and screaming!! So I did what any good REALTOR® would do......I listed and sold a lot of houses.

Now we have the opposite problem. Most of the inventory, in my market, is either a short sale or a foreclosure (REO). With a short sale the seller doesn't care about the price and with a REO the lender just wants to unload the property as quickly as possible.

In both cases the properties are being priced as low as needed to create bidding wars. Sellers are not interested in the highest price they are interested in selling quickly.

The market is pulling values down with me kicking and screaming! So I do what any good REALTOR® would do......I list them and sell them.

Our job is to list and sell property at a price that the market wants. We have NO control over what that price is. We cannot manipulate the market.

We don't control property values. They are controlled by the market. When properties are scarce Buyers are willing to pay just about anything to get a home. When properties are abundant, Sellers needing desperately to sell, will price as low as they can to get their house sold. And there is nothing a REALTOR® can do about it.

It's just simply "supply and demand". What say you?

Bryant Tutas
Broker/Owner
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
http://CentralFloridaShortSales.com

http://ShortSaleSuperStars.com

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As most of you know our son Nathan was discharged from the Marine Corp last month after serving for 13 years. He and his wife of 13 years and their 4 children have moved directly across the street from TLW and I.

To say it has been awesome would be an understatement.

And as if it couldn’t get any better, Nathan just passed the Florida State Real Estate licensing test on Friday, paid his REALTOR® and MLS dues today and is now the newest addition to the Tutas Towne Realty empire team!!!

I am so excited I can hardly stand it.

Nathan is going to be my right hand man in anticipation of taking over the business in the not too far future. Nathan was a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corp and is more than capable of handling all aspects of our business.

Our immediate goal is to get Nathan up and running with handling some of my administrative duties and working with International Investors who are purchasing Florida Holiday homes near Disney.

He will also be working with me on listing, selling and negotiating Short Sales in the Central Florida area.

This will free up my time so I can concentrate on our longer term goal of expanding Tutas Towne Realty throughout the state of Florida via TTRealty Network. TTRealty Network is our virtual training site for Florida REALTORS®. This site is in it’s infancy but will eventually have training materials available for all aspects of Florida Real Estate.

REALTORS® can hang their license with Tutas Towne Realty, Inc or they can just access the training materials for a small monthly fee. Our goal will be to help REALTORS® throughout the State become better at what they do.

Tutas Towne Realty is a virtual real estate office. We only want REALTORS® who are disciplined enough to work from their homes. You will still have complete Broker support it just won’t be face to face. If you are interested in a new way of doing business let me know. We are hiring NOW!

And of course all of this ties in very nicely with my partnership with Wendy Rulnick and......

www.ShortSaleSuperStars.com and our  Short Sale Agent Training.

Folks these are exciting times for me. The recent difficulties in real estate have forced me to change the way I think about my business. Changing the way I think has opened up doors I never would have even thought of 3 years ago. I have evolved am evolving.

I’m starting to feel rejuvenated and motivated again. Adversity is bringing out the best in me.

I truly hope that you too are evolving. These are interesting times that we are in. They will either make you or break you. Which one will it be?

Bryant Tutas
Broker/Owner
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
http://CentralFloridaShortSales.com

http://ShortSaleSuperStars.com

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