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Orlando Realty Consultants Welcomes Top Agent “Ruth Miranda”

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Orlando Realty Consultants Hires only the Best Agents

Orlando Realty Consultants, Inc., a leader in Central Florida real estate, has added short sale superstar Ruth Miranda to its team of top real estate professionals. Ruth Miranda is an enthusiastic go-getter with a genuine desire to help clients find the perfect place to call home and we are thrilled to have her onboard.

 Ruth Miranda became an Orlando Realtor in 2003 and offers a unique level of real estate expertise combined with an uncommon level of professionalism. Her specialties include: Luxury Homes, International Real Estate, Orlando Short Sales and Investment Properties with an expertise in Social Media Marketing, International Bridging, Market Analysis, Sales, Negotiating and Consulting experience. With a background in international relations Ruth recently received his Transnational Referral Certification (TRC) and completed his Certified International Property Specialist training (CIPS). Also held her Loan Officer’s License is a Certified Distress Property Expert, and Short Sales & Foreclosure Resource Specialist

She is also associated with many investment and international organizations with access to nationwide and international contacts. To navigate the complex decisions involved in today’s real estate market requires the guidance of a professional. Ruth is committed to quality service with an emphasis on accountability, reliability, timeliness and enthusiasm. Ruth’s goal is to provide you with powerful online and traditional marketing exposure, price band analysis, the expertise in negotiating for a quick sale along with the ability to maximize the highest asking price for your home. She is as devoted to her work as she is to her family.

She is fluent in the Spanish language, business etiquette, and culture. A successful real estate transaction is built upon the strength of relationships and the experience of how to get things done. Ruth is well respected by her peers and has developed invaluable working relationships with other professionals in the industry such as title companies, attorney’s, lenders, appraisers, builders, institutional investors and realtors. She also enjoys scuba diving, music, the great outdoors, giving back to the community as well as being with close friends and family

About Orlando Realty Consultants

ORC, Inc. is a leader in Orlando real estate, specializing in Short Sales. The firm has been at the forefront of Orlando, Florida realty for 8 years.  Orlando Realty Consultants has several Florida Realtors helping buyers and sellers alike. The majority of Orlando Realty agents hold the Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation, providing special expertise for navigating through the changing climate of short sales, foreclosures and distressed properties.

 

For more information about Orlando Realty Consultants, call or visit www.orlandorealtyconsultants.com

 

Jenny Zamora, Lic Orlando RE Broker

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A typical work day for an Orlando Short Sale Specialist

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It’s all in a day’s work for an Orlando Short Sale Realtor

Being a successful Orlando short sale realtor involves many things. For one thing, working with a short sale listing is a lot more work than a traditional listing. Listing the property is just the tip of the ice burg. There’s a mountain of paperwork involved that needs to be updated every 30 days, so I guess the correct term would be “mountains” of paperwork because short sales can take several months to complete and sometimes even up to a year, depending on the lender.

Daily checklist for a Top Orlando Short Sale Agent

1- Check emails- These days most realtors and most negotiators prefer to communicate by email and when you are handling upwards of 100 short sale files, this means hundreds of emails to read. [Daily] 2- Follow up with the short sale lenders over the phone- This is a very tedious task and can take several hours of your day, but it is a necessary evil when it comes to processing short sales. It’s not uncommon to spend up to 45 minutes on one file just trying to get the right person on the other end of the phone to see how the file is moving along. 3- Check on approaching foreclosure sale dates with the Orange County Courthouse- It’s always good to ask the short sale rep about pending auction dates. However, a lot of times there is a communication breakdown between the lenders, lawyers and the courthouse and unfortunately, that’s just the way it is. This is why at Orlando Realty Consultants we have someone that is in charge of calling the Orange and Osceola county court houses and finding out what the latest information is on each and every case. Many times we inform the lenders of an approaching sale date before they even know about it. 4- Creating accurate CMA’s- With the ever changing Orlando Real Estate market, it’s extremely important to make sure that the properties are priced correctly in order to ensure success with a short sale. Pricing the property too high or too low will only drag things out and can sometimes push the bank to just flat out refuse entertaining a short sale. 5- Scheduling the BPO’s- The BPO [Brokers Price Opinion] is a very important part of the short sale process. The BPO is almost always performed by a local realtor. Whatever the BPO comes in at is the point of negotiation between us and the lender. 6- Negotiating with HOA dues and other 2nd lien holders– It used to be easy to get an Home Owners Association to accept a massive discount on what’s owed on a client’s delinquent dues. Not any more! HOA’s are now notorious for being difficult to negotiate with. We’ve had countless cases where closings have been delayed because of waiting on the HOA’s to send us a simple payoff letter, Even for a full payoff. 7- Coordinating Closings- Having a great title company helps a lot. However there are still many things that fall on the short sale realtor such as scheduling inspections and making sure that everything runs smoothly with all parties involved on both the buyer’s and seller’s side. 8- Update our Short Sale Clients- To us, this is one of the most important things on the to do list. Here at Orlando Realty Consultants, we understand that our short sale clients are going through a tremendous amount of financial and emotional stress because of their situation. This is why we keep our clients informed about everything every step of the way. The more you know about something then the less you will fear it or stress out about it, that’s just human nature. Our clients depend on us to help them through one of the most important processes of their lives and this is something that we take very serious. Well, there you have it folks, a peak into the day of an Orlando Short Sale Expert.   If you need help with an Orlando Short Sale or just some free advice from an Orlando Real Estate Expert, contact us, we’re here to help. Jenny Zamora, Lic RE Broker
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The days of Low Ball Offers on Orlando Real Estate are Long Gone!

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Buyers are realizing that they have to Pay the Price if they want a quality Orlando Property

Orlando Homebuyers have had the upper hand since 2006, but today’s reality tells quite a different story, sellers are back in the drivers seat. Prices of Orlando Realty have been rising steadily much like many other parts of Florida and inventory is way down.

The problem with some Potential buyers is that they have trouble accepting the market has changed and they continually miss out on good deals because they bid too low. These days you have to go above the asking price to get taken seriously, and even then you might not get the house you’re after.

Some buyers come into my office thinking that the Orlando Real Estate market is the same as it was in 2008 and 2009 when sellers were desperate to sell their homes. Sellers are no longer desperate and they know that they now have the upper hand. The days of submitting low ball offers are over.

A typical Orlando Seller considers a low ball offer to be anything below 90% of full asking price while on the other hand Buyers feel that offering 80-85% is a reasonable offer.

Orlando Buyers are starting to get the “Big Picture”.

Some people are the type to stick to their guns even if they’re wrong about something, however the majority of Orlando property buyers are starting to realize that if they want to get their hands on a quality piece of Orlando Realty, then they have to pay the price.

 

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Domestic Tourists Agressively Buying up Orlando Realty

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Record numbers in Orlando Tourism is contributing to the shortage of Orlando real estate.

 

Increasing numbers of domestic tourists are buying up Orlando properties creating a noticeable decrease in nice Orlando homes. Who could blame them? This is a great place to live and even better place to visit. It seems everyone wants their own little piece of Orlando Realty. The majority of tourists that buy Orlando Real estate, intend to use these properties as vacation homes or second properties.

Orlando is considered to be the world’s top destination for families.

The theme park capital of the US attracted over 55 million visitors last year.  As a matter of fact, Orlando beat out New York to be the first tourist destination to attract more than 50 million visitors in a single year.
Thriving tourism means more demand for quality Orlando properties, especially for the neighborhoods located close to the theme parks like Disney World.  Although some people choose not to rent out their vacation home most people do. Homeowners are cashing in on the Orlando short term rental market. Since Orlando never really has a low season, savvy out of  state landlords are able to pull in a steady stream of income all year round.

So what does these mean for the future of Orlando real Estate?  Increased sales means a continued stabilization in Orlando realty and I really can’t think of a downside.  We can only assume that this will translate into an even higher sense of urgency for potential Orlando home buyers.

 

 

Jenny Zamora, Lic Orlando RE Broker

 

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Orlando Realty Sales being affected by Bad Appraisals

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Orlando Real Estate Sales are being affected by appraisers who fail to recognize appreciation

With the current Orlando Real Estate market on the rise, appreciation has become an actual factor again. It’s very common these days for an Orlando property to receive multiple offers on it thousands of dollars above the asking price, especially in the more desirable Orlando neighborhoods. One of the problems we are seeing here is that appraisers rather than taking into consideration the recent appreciation of a property, are just looking at the original listing price and are trying to get as close as they can to it.

The big problem with that is, if the house doesn’t appraise for the contract price, then the bank won’t finance the deal. At this point, there are three things that can happen.

1- The buyer can make up the difference by bringing cash to the transaction  [This hardly ever happens]

2- The buyer will want to change his or her offer to the “appraisal value”, however the seller now believes their property is worth more than the original listing price and will refuse to go down on the price.

3-The deal falls apart and the process starts all over again unless the buyer can get a different lender or appraiser or both to try and make the deal go through.

Any way you choose to look at it, bad appraisals are affecting Orlando Realty sales.

Are Orlando Appraisers afraid of history repeating itself?

Back in 2004 through 2006, many appraisers ended up in deep trouble because of overinflated appraisal values.  Things were soo crazy back then that it was common for Orlando Real Estate Investors to tell their appraisers what value they wanted the property to come in at and that’s what it would come in at. Everyone was making soo much money that nothing else seemed to matter.  Fast forward to 2007- The doo doo hits the fan. Appraisers among other people in the industry such as mortgage brokers, etc. ended up in serious legal trouble for fraud.  Inflated appraisal values, bad loans, illegal kickbacks, you name it, and any real estate professional with a license was getting in trouble for it.

I don’t blame appraisers for being extra cautious about not turning in inflated appraisals. That being said, I think that some appraisers are going to the opposite extreme now and are under appraising properties which are having a negative effect on Orlando Home sales.

Here’s a tip on dealing with the appraiser

Make sure the agents on both sides of your transaction have created a CMA [Current Market Analysis] that demonstrates how the market has changed in the past six months or less. Then make sure the appraiser gets a copy.

Your sale or purchase doesn’t have to be jeopardized simply because the appraiser doesn’t have — or chooses not to collect — all the relevant recent facts.

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