So, the gurus do not deliver the nightmare, they merely reveal the inner man or woman's work ethic unto themselves.

The woman who lived here had already been moved out by her kids.

I got two calls, one from a guy who barely spoke english, and one from a woman who was out of my farm area.

Yesterday a woman was killed in Austin by several mut lab/husky/pyrenees/cattle dog mixes. 

What ever happened to just being a successful businessman, business woman, or business person (politically correct)?

Wouldn't stop me from voting for him)I don't find it nearly as represensable as keeping an employee the same age as your daughter under your desk, or running off like a coward to hide and leaving a woman to drown in water shallow enough to stand up in.

The woman wants to short sale it and avoid foreclosure, but the husband is uncooperative and will not work with anyone.

I have always had an interest in Real estate (during the winters when I could not race, I was a Mortgage Broker in CT).I now have met the woman im going to marry and have been traveling with her for the last year.

I have tried a ton of options....Press 1 for this and give a lot of info - press 2 for this and give a lot of info etc....I have tried just my first name / just my biz name / a woman's voice / my voice / long / short / friendly / serious.I have called the numbers back who don't leave a message.For what I do I found it doesn't make much difference except for a long/complicated message that explains things in detail to "qualify" the buyers - those didn't go over well for me.Short - simple Hi this is scott - leave me a message - or Hi this is tradewinds we can help you with your situation leave me a message works just fine and took a lot less time to do.The only thing I didn't try was someone with a British accent - maybe i will test that out :)For me I just couldn't find an effective way to qualify them further - so go back to basics - what was the purpose of the voicemail?

I have not worked with a national company but i did find a woman at a local REIA meeting who was awesome at doing short sales but she had no clue what to do with the property after she got a deal.So I would network locally with realtors and your REIA's and maybe you can find someone who is good locally.