selling your home your castle home buying I have been selling real estate full time since 1991 and have been a consistent top producer since licensed. My sales production has consistently put me in the top 9% of all Realtors nationwide (statistics from NAR). I have an assistant and three buyer specialists. While at GMAC Real Estate I was certified to handle relocation through GMAC Global Relocation, and while at Coldwell Banker I ranked in the top 10 Coldwell Banker agents for the state of Michigan. I was the top producer at Keller Willimas Realty in Clarkston MI and recently transferred to ReMax Encore in Clarkston for a more professional atmosphere.

In 2005 I received my e-PRO designation, an internet marketing specialization achieved by approximately 1% of Realtors. I am also a Certified Marketing Specialist, Certified Negotiation Specialist, Certified E-Marketing Specialist and Certified Previews Property Specialist (upper tier marketing).

I deal with both buyers and sellers and have 3 buyer specialist to help handle the high volume of buyers attracted by my web sites and our other marketing efforts. For buyers this means you will get the highest level of service and the attention you deserve, no matter how busy we are. For sellers this means a prospect for your listing will never be put off until I have time to show them your property. Somebody is always available. We also have an assistant who handles the majority of our paperwork as well as keeping my listings updated on the several Internet sites we advertise on.

The Jackie Hawley real estate sales team at ReMax Encore in Clarkston MI assist both buyers and sellers in all forms of residential real estate from the first time home buyer to luxury home sales to vacant land. I currently have a small team with 3 buyer specialists and an assistant, all with varied backgrounds and experience that help us serve our clients and customers.

We have vast experience with:

FHA sales
Sales that involve MSHDA financing
First time home buyers
Corporate relocation
Luxury home sales
Lakefront home sales
New construction
Vacant land sales and land development

We give top of the line, high quality service to both our buyer clients and our seller clients. For more detailed information on our services, please click on the appropriate link below:

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Buying a "Normal" Home Listing - Not a Short Sale or Foreclosure

Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I wrote about buying "normal" or non-distressed home listings (not short sales or foreclosures) in Oakland and Lapeer Counties. For a complete list please go to my buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com and click on the "buying NON distressed homes" category. Or simply click on this link.

My buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com is a pretty complete resource for all aspects of purchasing a home in Oakland and Lapeer County Michigan with articles covering how to write an offer, the home buying process, how to figure your new taxes after purchase, market conditions for various areas including my predictions about future market conditions. And of course it is a pretty complete resource for all that is involved in buying a short sale or foreclosure listing.

Jackie Hawley

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Southeast Michigan Home Buyer Information » buying NON distressed homes

Oakland County Home Prices on the Rise BUT Housing Is Cheaper

Oakland County Home Prices on the Rise BUT Housing Is Cheaper When most Oakland County MI home buyers purchase a house they are buying under a certain house payment amount. Many factors go into that amount including home price, property taxes, mortgage interest rate. Your mortgage pre-approval is really an approval for a certain monthly […]

CCS = SALE PENDING- Oakland County Michigan Homes for Sale

CCS = SALE PENDING Tired of calling your agent with Oakland County homes you find on Realtor.com or on your agent’s IDX site (consumer MLS) only to be told that many of those Oakland County homes are pending? And many of those same homes are still showing as active a month or two or six […]

Writing an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Home

Writing an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Home Unless you’re a cash buyer, our standard purchase agreement contains a financing contingency. Even if you are pre-qualified you need this contingency to protect yourself. If your financial situation changes after writing the offer (such as job loss) you need the protection of the financing contingency. […]

Seller Concessions Explained- Southeast Michigan Real Estate

Seller Concessions Explained- Southeast Michigan Real Estate This is my attempt at a very simplified explanation of what seller concessions are. Example: You want to buy the house you just looked at and want to make an offer of $200,000. You need $5000 in seller concessions (seller paying all or part of your closing costs). […]

Oakland County Home Purchase- What is the Deposit? How Much Should it Be?

Oakland County Home Purchase- What is the Deposit? How Much Should it Be? When you make an offer on a house in Oakland County Michigan one of the questions I will ask you is: How much of a deposit to you want to give me? Partially because it is a space on the purchase agreement […]

Selling- For the "Regular" or "Non Distressed" Seller

Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I wrote for the so called normal seller- basically not a short sale. Negotiating a short sale listing is vastly different than the normal sale- the goals are different. Because of these differences I wrote posts for the potential short sale seller and categorized them as "distressed owner/seller" and the posts for the normal seller are under the category "NON Distressed Seller." You can click this link for a full lists of posts for the non distressed home seller or go to my home seller blog at http://SellingRealEstateInSoutheastMichigan.Wordpress.com and click on the proper category on the right side of the home page.

My seller blog at http://SellingRealEstateInSoutheastMichigan.Wordpress.com is a pretty complete resource for all aspects of the home sale process in Oakland and Lapeer County Michigan with articles covering what to expect at our first meeting, how to price your home, how I market my listings, what happens, step by step, after accepting an offer and much more.

Jackie Hawley
ReMax Encore
cell: (248)736-6407
Email: Jackie@JackieHawley.com

Southeast Michigan Real Estate- For Sellers » NON Distressed Seller

Home Staging- Highjacked Term? Does it Help?

Home staging your Oakland County or Lapeer County MI home for sale. At one time it was just part of a Realtor’s job to “stage” a home they were listing- at least in the North Oakland and Lapeer areas that I work in. In those days staging had a bit of a different meaning. I […]

Showing Times Are Just Approximations

Now your Southeast Michgan house is on the market- beautifully described in the MLS with 25 photos and a virtual tour, sign in the yard with color flyers in the box (again- beautifully described), full color ads all over the internet. Everything is going along just like your Realtor told you it would. And now the […]

What Does BATVI Mean? Clarkston MI Real Estate

What Does BATVI Mean? Clarkston MI Real Estate Simply- Buyer Agent To Verify Information. This is also known as an ass covering, or in my opinion, a waste of precious space in the limited space allotted in the MLS. If you are buying a Clarkston MI short sale listing, beware of listings where the listing […]

North Oakland County Homes- The Faster They Sell The Higher They Sell For

North Oakland County Homes- The Faster They Sell The Higher They Sell For The quick sales tend to be the appraisals I sweat out the most. A well priced house will sell quickly. The best prices I’ve gotten for sellers have been the quickest sales. Last year I listed a 4 bedroom colonial in Wyngate, […]

What Sets Me Apart From Other Southeast Michigan Listing Agents?

What Sets Me Apart From Other Southeast Michigan Listing Agents? I’ve been showing houses quite a bit lately and have noticed some disturbing trends. Many of these trends are confined to foreclosure listings; or at least I thought the incomplete listings with no yard sign out front and no electricity on in the house was […]

Short Sale- Selling Oakland or Lapeer County Home

Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I wrote about selling your house via short sale in Oakland County or Lapeer County MI. For a complete list of short sale blog posts, please go to my seller blog at http://SellingRealEstateInSoutheastMichigan.Wordpress.com and click the category "distressed owner/seller" or just click on this link.

Short sales aren't the best course of action for everybody- there are other options to consider and I've tried to cover those options including the benefits and down side to those options as well as the good and bad of short sales.

If you need to sell and are upside down on your house, please read the posts below and the ones linked above, then call me to discuss the best course of action for you.

If you need to sell or just want to sell for whatever reason, and are not upside down on your house please check out the posts above for the non distressed seller.

Jackie Hawley
ReMax Encore
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If Your Short Sale Agent Has A 90%+ Success Rate, Are They Really Looking Out For Your Best Interests?

If Your Short Sale Agent Has A 90%+ Success Rate, Are They Really Looking Out For Your Best Interests? It seems like every broker has one- a “company” or “group” who will handle short sales for their agents’ clients. I’m contacted a couple times a week with the common pitch: “All you have to do […]

Why I don’t List Short Sale Listings

Why I don’t List Short Sale Listings The title is off a little- if you are a past client or a friend I will consider taking your short sale listing, but you have to play by my rules- no exception. And those rules will be the topic of another post. For the most part I […]

Southeast Michigan Short Sales- Why You Should Avoid Many Of The So Called “Short Sale Specialists”

Southeast Michigan Short Sales- Why You Should Avoid Many Of The So Called “Short Sale Specialists” I will preface this post with a kind of anti-disclaimer: If you have to sell via short sale, I DO NOT WANT TO LIST YOUR HOUSE. If you are a past client or a friend, I will list your […]

Bad Advise From Your Realtor? From Your “Short Sale Specialist”? What Are Our Responsibilities? Where Does The Buck Stop?

Bad Advise From Your Realtor? From Your “Short Sale Specialist”? What Are Our Responsibilities? Where Does The Buck Stop? I’m going to start this post with a true story. A week or so ago I received a phone call from an out of state Realtor asking if I would list his sister’s house- a short sale listing. […]

Oakland County MI Seller- When Foreclosure May Be Your Best Option

Oakland County MI Seller- When Foreclosure May Be Your Best Option If you need to move, and you’re upside down on your mortgage, short selling your house isn’t always the best option. Sometimes bringing the difference to closing is best. Sometimes renting your house out instead of selling is your best option. And sometimes letting […]

Buying a Short Sale- The Good The Bad and The Ugly

Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I wrote about buying short sale listings in Oakland and Lapeer Counties. For a complete list please go to my buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com and click on the short sale category. Or simply click on this link.

My buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com is a pretty complete resource for all aspects of purchasing a home in Oakland and Lapeer County Michigan with articles covering how to write an offer, the home buying process, how to figure your new taxes after purchase, market conditions for various areas including my predictions about future market conditions. And of course it is a pretty complete resource for all that is involved in buying a short sale or foreclosure listing.

Jackie Hawley

cell: (248)736-6407

Jackie@JackieHawley.com

Southeast Michigan Home Buyer Information » Short Sale

Buying an Oakland County MI Short Sale Listing- What to Expect

Buying an Oakland County MI Short Sale Listing- What to Expect Between what I’ve heard on TV and radio, read and from conversations I’ve had with clients, potential clients, other agents, relatives, friends… I have learned that there are a whole host of definitions for the term “short sale.” And most of them not very […]

What is a Short Sale? Oakland County MI Real Estate

Oakland County MI Real Estate A short sale is when the house is offered for sale by the owner (person as opposed to a bank) who owes more than what is owed. Once an offer is accepted, the bank has to agree to reduce the mortgage payoff. Usually some of the leg work has been […]

Buying a Clarkston Short Sale? What to Expect

Short sales in Clarkston Michigan – click here for the very basics including my attempt to define exactly what a short sale is and the basic steps involved. Below is more about what to expect throughout the short sale transaction. Short sale listings can be some of the best bargains available in Clarkston MI, but […]

Making an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Short Sale Listing? The Asking Price Means Nothing!

Making an Offer on an Oakland County Michigan Short Sale Listing? The Asking Price Means Nothing! First a quick run down about how the short sale process works. Owner lists a house with a real estate agent. The owner owes more on the house than he can sell it for and is either unable or […]

Southeast Michigan Short Sales- Why You Should Avoid Many Of The So Called “Short Sale Specialists”

The Nuts and Bolts of Buying a Foreclosure Listing

Below are the 5 most recent blog posts I wrote about buying foreclosure listings in Oakland and Lapeer Counties. For a complete list please go to my buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com and click on the foreclosure category. Or simply click on this link.

My buyer blog at http://SoutheastMichiganRealEstate.Wordpress.com is a pretty complete resource for all aspects of purchasing a home in Oakland and Lapeer County Michigan with articles covering how to write an offer, the home buying process, how to figure your new taxes after purchase, market conditions for various areas including my predictions about future market conditions. And of course it is a pretty complete resource for all that is involved in buying a short sale or foreclosure listing.

Jackie Hawley

cell: (248)736-6407

Jackie@JackieHawley.com

Southeast Michigan Home Buyer Information » Foreclosures

Buying an Oakland County or Lapeer County Foreclosure? What to Expect

Buying an Oakland County or Lapeer County Foreclosure? What to Expect Or more precisely what not to expect. Don’t expect to be able to negotiate anything other than price. Think $150 to re-key a door is high? Too bad. There’s no way around it and you won’t get the key at closing. It may be […]

Can A Seller REALLY Enforce That The Buyer Not Resell For A Specific Period Of Time?

Can A Seller REALLY Enforce That The Buyer Not Resell For A Specific Period Of Time? A lot of the bank and government owned listings specify owner occupied only for the first couple weeks or for the first month. They require the buyer to sign a document that the house will be their primary residence […]

Lake Orion MI Foreclosure Listings Are NOT Available For Sale BEFORE Hitting The MLS

Lake Orion Michigan Foreclosure Listings Are NOT Available For Sale BEFORE Hitting The MLS I am asked multiple times a week if I can let someone know about Lake Orion MI foreclosure listings before they hit the market. When I say “there is no way” I am then often asked about RealtyTrac. RealtyTrac reports foreclosure […]

Am I Overpaying?

Am I Overpaying? Is the listing overpriced? What is the house worth? All questions, or variations of questions, most buyers ask when buying a house. They are valid questions with not easy or pat answer. The value of the home depends on your point of view. Webster defines “value” as “a fair return or equivalent […]

Michigan Foreclosures- New Buyer Fee to Consider

Michigan Foreclosures- New Buyer Fee to Consider It is customary in Michigan real estate transactions for the seller to pay the transfer tax- both state and county- to the tune of .86 of a per cent of the sale price. Bank owned homes backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been exempt from this […]

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