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We send a bulk feed to Yahoo Real Estate every night. One real estate listing in that feed was removed last September, but the listing will not leave Yahoo. According to the info on this site, individual users are told to tell their bulk feed provider to remove the info from the feed and the listing will go away. In this case, it is not true and Yahoo has removed the option to contact them as a member (though they rarely answered anyway). Perhaps someone else out there has a clue what we can do to force Yahoo to remove the old property that has not been for sale in 6 months.

http://realestate.yahoo.com/Illinois/Schaumburg/631-duxbury-ln:3b1bfa1f7a15e4a96e8efaa9166c489c

There is a Yahoo Team member who oversees each of the different categories on the site. But none of them seem excited about the Real Estate section. All the effort goes into Finance, Sports, and Shine.

You can call 866-562-7219. That number is only for paying customers but that should include you. It is the Customer Service desk.

help.yahoo.com is worth trying. But they don’t answer you very explicitly. So explain your problem as clearly as you did in this question.

has anyone done this short sale thing? I need to know process,procedure…were u scammed? screwed? I need advice. Firm wants power of attorney over the proprty..is that a normal procedure? what about putting the home in a trust fund…what does that mean?

What you meantioned I’ve never heard of. Do NOT give anyone power of attorney. That is crazy!! And why would you want to put it in a trust?

If your goal is to get rid of the property, talk to an attorney and an accountant to understand the legal and tax ramifications.

I’ve done several short sales for clients and recommend you connect with a realtor who is knowledgable in Short Sales. She/he can get you in contact with an accountant and lawyer, if you don’t know of one.

Good luck!

Local and State and Federal tax plus lawn care and maintanance must be taking its toll. The cold weather makes it harder to take care of abandon property in particular since the pipes can break if left unchecked.

They are sitting on them until the market really improve. See what happened to Silverado S&L back in the 1990′s. In the late 90′s, the assets were sold for a huge profit.

DTG

I want to become a real estate agent, but I am a little confused here on how to start. Should I start taking the Realestate course, or anything else I need to do before that? Can anyone help please?

Obviously, you start by taking the real estate courses.

But before, get prepared by making a list or people you know who are likely to buy or sell homes in the near future (within the next five years, by concentrating on those who will do so in the next year). If you can’t find at least 100 distinct places, then don’t bother.