I Could Not Be More Proud

Today marks the 11th year since the brutal attack on American soil by a group of terrorist. I am sure each of us remembers where we were and what we were doing when those attacks happened. I was at work as an Air Traffic Controller sitting at a RADAR scope. It was just another typical day at work and I had just told a Delta departure he was RADAR contact and turned him towards the Atlanta airport, when the supervisor stood up and announced to the room that all departures were stopped and every aircraft in the air had to land at the closest airport. All the controllers in the room asked "why are we doing this, what is going on?" the supervisor said he did not know what was going on but we had to get every aircraft on the ground as fast as we could. I had been an air traffic controller for over 25 years and never had I seen anything like this happen before. Over the next hour and a half, the air traffic controllers of our nation safely guided over 4000 aircraft with hundreds of thousands of people on board to nearby airports. This had never been done before, there was no plan in place, what my brother and sister air traffic controllers did was truly amazing, and heroic.



Courtesy: NASA/FAA NASA Ames Research Center Future Air Traffic Management Concepts and Evaluation Tool (FACET) animation of September 11th, 2001.

Shortly after that day, my son joined the United States Army. He began his service in November 2001, and has served a tour in Iraq, two tours to Afghanistan, and is scheduled to return to Afghanistan in January 2014. I could not be more proud of my son for stepping up in the defense of freedom. I thank God for for his courage and bravery, as well as that of all the other young men and women who have placed their lives on the line to served our country and the the world in the fight against terrorism. I for one am very grateful that they value their own freedom enough to ensure that others throughout the world can also be free. God bless America and all those who have proudly served Her.


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Another Reason Buyer's Need Their Own Realtor

I just had another closing where the seller's title agent and Realtor work for the same company. This is not a bad thing in and of it's self, my company owns a title company also. However the buyer should beware, they need a Realtor to represent their interest.
In my most resent closing, I noticed two errors on the HUD that when corrected, netted my buyer $500.
The first error was a closing fee charged by the title company. The contract clearly stated the seller would chose the title company and pay their fees.
The second was the omitting of the Home Warranty allowed for in the contract.
I believe both of these errors were honest mistakes, however they would have gone overlooked had the buyer not had a professional looking out for their interest. In most cases, buying a home is the largest purchase anyone makes, and they don't do it very often. They rely on a real estate professional, a Realtor to make sure everything is correct and their interest are being protected.


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Winter Break has started. If you're not sure of what to do this week here's a short list of free and low cost activities:

Monday (12-19) at Michael's, Free Make-It Take It
Camille's Fun Dough Shapes
Tuesday (12-20) at Hollywood Theater $5 Movie day
Wednesday (12-21) at Michael's Free Make-It Take It
Orion's Foam Block Stamping
Friday (12-23) at Michael's Free Make-It Take It
Oliver's Sand & Glitter Art
** Michael's activities are for 3 year olds and up, and run from 11 am to 1 pm
While supplies last.


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Bank of America Relocation Assistance for Short Sales

Florida Enhanced Short Sale Relocation Assistance
Florida homeowners may receive $5,000 to $20,000
in relocation assistance.

Bank of America encourages distressed homeowners to explore a short sale as a viable option for avoiding foreclosure. To that end, for a limited time we are offering enhanced relocation assistance to help motivate homeowners to engage with us on a pre-offer short sale. An additional benefit for these pre-offer programs - such as the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) and Bank of America's proprietary program - is that deficiency may be waived for the homeowner.

Eligibility:
Homeowners with property in Florida
Short sales initiated without an offer between September 26 and November 30
The customer will have to be eligible for one of the without offer programs such as the HAFA program or our proprietary program (specific investor participation and eligibility criteria do apply to these programs)
Successful closing of the eligible short sale by August 31, 2012
Minimum relocation assistance is $5,000 and maximum is $20,000, with the specific amount calculated based on the unpaid principal balance

Exclusions:
Ginnie Mae, FHA, VA and USDA loans are ineligible for participation
Lot loans are ineligible for participation
Properties outside the state of Florida are ineligible for participation
Short sales initiated with an offer are not currently eligible for the enhanced relocation assistance.

Call Bill Hellums, Realtor (386) 760 7607 for more information on the short sale of your home.

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Sunshine Automotive

Sunshine Automotive of Port Orange
Our son found himself in need of a new car last weekend. His (20+ year old) car had caught on fire and was no longer drivable so he borrowed one of ours. While out running errands one day, we stopped in to look at some used cars at Sunshine Automotive on US 1 in Port Orange. Now I hate working with car dealers, but here we found the dealer polite, helpful, and with a no pressure approach. The prices were very fair. The cars were very clean and well checked out. The time there looking around and test driving one was very pleasant. We found several nice cars. We were very interested in, one more so than the others. The price was shockingly low, and the dealer said it was because it had "issues". The owner of the lot walked by and said "I won't sell you that car". He then explained that issue was a wiring problem and that it could be a fire hazard. We had to laugh to ourselves and told him we didn't need that.
We sent our son the website (www.sunshineautomotive.com), and on Saturday we returned to Sunshine Automotive, he drove a few cars, we even checked out another dealership, but returned to Sunshine. The choice was made and the price was so fair there was no haggling. While the paper work was being taken care of, the owner sat down with us to just talk and to make sure we were happy. He said that he didn't just want to sell us a car, but hoped to make us lifetime customers. He has.

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