<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><channel><title /><link>http://marksellsvegas.com/blog/</link><description /><managingEditor /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>RPS Blog Version 1.1.0.0</generator><item><dc:creator /><title>Current Market</title><link>http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=8551</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=8551</guid><description>&lt;div style="font-family:arial, geneva, lucida, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;Are you comfortable asking and answering the key questions to help your clients make better business decisions?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;span&gt;1.&lt;span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;If you had &amp;ldquo;X&amp;rdquo; dollars to invest in the real estate market in Las Vegas, how would you do it? How would you take advantage of the markets down turn?&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:&amp;nbsp;..&lt;span style="font-size:90%;margin-left:5px;color:#0000FF;vertical-align:baseline;"&gt;&lt;font size="-3" color="gray"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=8551"&gt;read&amp;nbsp;more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-3" color="gray"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src ="http://marksellsvegas.com/blog/aggbug/8551.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><dc:creator /><title>Prudential Americana Market Share</title><link>http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=7347</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=7347</guid><description>&lt;div style="font-family:arial, geneva, lucida, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://americenter2.americanagrp.com/ufr/home/news/190-Prudential_Market_Share_through_Nov_30.pdf"&gt;Prudential_Market_Share_through_Nov_30.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src ="http://marksellsvegas.com/blog/aggbug/7347.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><dc:creator /><title>Selling in Today's Market</title><link>http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=4890</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=4890</guid><description>&lt;div style="font-family:arial, geneva, lucida, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Client&amp;rsquo;s questions in today&amp;rsquo;s environment &amp;ndash;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;1.&lt;span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;What are you going to do to help me sell my home? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;2.&lt;span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New&amp;nbsp;..&lt;span style="font-size:90%;margin-left:5px;color:#0000FF;vertical-align:baseline;"&gt;&lt;font size="-3" color="gray"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=4890"&gt;read&amp;nbsp;more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-3" color="gray"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src ="http://marksellsvegas.com/blog/aggbug/4890.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><dc:creator /><title>Creative Financing</title><link>http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=4870</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=4870</guid><description>&lt;div style="font-family:arial, geneva, lucida, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;font color="#800080"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Typically,creative financing, can come in the form of sellers&amp;rsquo; &amp;lsquo;carrying back&amp;rsquo;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not recommended&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;!&amp;nbsp; It forces the Seller to remain a player post close of escrow.&amp;nbsp; Creative financing is not for the weak of heart and in no way is as safe as simply selling if you are the seller.&amp;nbsp; There are potential risks (discussed below) that cannot be overlooked.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First some definitions . . . don&amp;rsquo;t get too caught up in this; they are boring:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Creative Financing - Any lending that differs from standard industry practices, such as Sellers receiving part of their proceeds in the form of a note and deed of trust.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First Deed of Trust - An instrument [&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a&amp;nbsp;..&lt;span style="font-size:90%;margin-left:5px;color:#0000FF;vertical-align:baseline;"&gt;&lt;font size="-3" color="gray"&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://marksellsvegas.com/blog_post.asp?post=4870"&gt;read&amp;nbsp;more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-3" color="gray"&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src ="http://marksellsvegas.com/blog/aggbug/4870.aspx" width = "1" height = "1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>