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All Forum Posts by: Jonathan Rexford

Jonathan Rexford has started 15 posts and replied 245 times.

Post: Need Envelope/Letter service

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

I currently pay $1.04 per greeting card. They will print, address, stuff, stamp and mail. I use to have someone to do the yellow letter thing and I paid .65 for hand address, envelope, stamp and stuff.

I had to provide the copy and get it folded which I had that done at staples.

Now I just do all of my mailing with a point and click.

Post: Direct Mail Campaign During Holiday Season

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

I would have to agree with what the folks are saying above. I am sending mine as of course GREETING CARDS. I place a longer version of the Yellow Letter Message in that.

Post: best ways to locate pre-foreclosures

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

Here in florida they are preforeclosures as they are listed as a lispendens. In NC from my memory you can get a Notice of Default. I worked a little market near High Point last year and I had a guy go to the clerk and get me the leads to be mailed out. But I think it is NOD is listed there.

Post: best ways to locate pre-foreclosures

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

Go to court house and get them there. I get leads there times per week.

Post: Short Sales and MLS Status

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

Back in November of last year FAR (Florida Association of Realtors) came out with a new form. It pretty much put it back for FAR to let local MLS rules to apply in accordance to the agreement. I do agree that it should go into contigent. But as they say.....he who has the money makes the rules.

Post: Phone Systems & Answering Services

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

I know I may get slammed on this but I use to use a local company to take my calls, then I went to Pat Live, then to voice connect then back to Pat Live.

Guess who is taking the calls now? I do. My last pat live bill was a little of 1200.00. They do provide a great service. But since I sent the marketing out I can answer my own phone.

If I had staff (again) they would answer the phone. But truly it is not an issue. If I am not here to take the call, I do have caller ID and sometimes they will leave a message.

Post: New Foreclosure Card

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

Dan,

This is on a greeting card that is in a Landscape Format. You can tell the top portion and then the bottom portion.

This is my newest card that has gone out this week. 96 cards went out. These finally got mailed on 10/27.08 They should be hitting the mail box either today Saturday 11/1/08 or Monday. I did change the front of the card a little. I added a picture of my son. I suppose I should ad that one.

Post: New Foreclosure Card

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

On the front of Card is my son Sam and I taken at Epcot in Orlando.

Dear FIRST NAME LAST NAME,

I am sure you are getting a lot of mail. Well hopefully this will be a card that you can use. My name is Jonathan Rexford 772-321-2290. I am a Professional Investor, Realtor and a Loss Mitigator. I work with people that may have problems with their mortgage. I don't know what your situation is, but I do know how to solve them in most cases. A recent case we did is where a homeowner was a few months behind and her escrow had changed due to taxes and insurance. She fell behind each month and was unable to catch up her payments. When we did her workout she had a loan balance of more than $132,000.00 with late fees and her interest rate was 8.70%. Now the problem was the home had dropped in value to near $90,000.00. The former payment including taxes and insurance was $1,254.97. They wanted to keep this home. Here is what we were able to accomplish. The lender modified the loan after several discussions with us. The lender dropped the interest rate to 7% fixed for 30 years. Lowered the balance of what was owed from $132,000 to $90,183.71. Her monthly went from $1,254.97 to $964.15. Her only contribution was $482.08 which was made payable to outstanding balances. Her 1st payment is due December 1st, 2008.

This is what is called a loan modification. In some cases a borrower cannot qualify. There are other ways such as selling the home to me or allowing my company to list the home to sell either directly or via a short sale. Being a realtor with All Florida GMAC and a local Real Estate Investor this is my specialty. I buy houses and sell them as an investment and as a Realtor. I have been getting calls from other people asking me about the bail-outs that the government is doing. No one knows what is going to happen. But I do know one thing. You do have options. When doing a loan modification don't try to do it yourself. You can and several people have and few have been successful. You need to hire someone to work with you on your behalf. There are a lot of companies that are doing Loan Modifications. Most of them are on the internet. Most charge upfront fees to do the job. We don't charge advance fees. We believe that if we do our job that we should be paid when we are done.

For more information regarding our services on how we can keep a foreclosure off your record give Jonathan Rexford a call at 772-321-2290. If your property is currently listed with a Real Estate Brokerage firm, please disregard this notice in regards of listing your property. Otherwise give me a call 772-321-2290.

Thanks
Jonathan Rexford

Post: Doing a Short Sale in Another State

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

Are you wanting to work this as an AGENT or INVESTOR. If agent then you would need to be licensed. But if an investor you just need to be sure what you are doing.

You will need to do the same thing as anyother short sale as far as paperwork. But you better have a team in place to sell.

Post: What's the best way to market your business?

Jonathan RexfordPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Posts 268
  • Votes 89

To find investors with cash:

Call all rentals in your area.
Get a list of non owner occupied owners that have bought homes within the last 12 months and mail them
Bandit Signs CHEAP HOME DEALS XXX-XXXX
Network. Everyone you know should know what you do.

Just my few ideas.