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About Patty Rainey
- Take the Fear out of Home Buying and Put the Answers in Your Hands
- Working Toward One Single Goal- Your Home Ownership
- Over 35 Years Experience
- Buyer and Seller representation is my specialty
- New Home Specialist
- Buying, Selling, Relocating & Financing- I have the expertise to handle it all!
- Free Buyers Consultation Available-Email Me!
- Licensed in Tennessee and Mississippi
- I'll Help You Get the Most House for Your $$$!!!
- The latest in Technology to guide you
- Performance Management Network (PMN)
- Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE)
- Seller Residential Specialist (SRS)
- Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource Certification (SFR)
- Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES)
- Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR)
- Council of Residential Specialists (CRS)
- Certified Relocation Specialists (CRA)
- Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB)
- Military Relocation Professional (MRP)
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Real Estate Advice
Home Seller Tips
Risks And Rewards Of Selling Your Home Without A Realtor
From the perspective of a home buyer, the position of a real estate agent can seem unjustified in its existence. Why in the world would you pay someone 6% commission on the total sale price of your home, just so that they can set up a couple signs in the yard and do some paperwork? On the face of it, it seems utterly preposterous; why not just sell your home without a ...
Agent Advice
The Do’s And Don’ts Of The Real Estate Code Of Ethics
In the real estate business, it’s no secret that flexible morals have had a presence in the field since the very beginning. Whether it’s real estate agents that conceal vital information to make the deal go through or real estate developers cutting corners on multi-million dollar housing projects, this business has a reputation for being less-than-reputable. ...
Agent Advice
How A Good Bio Can Kickstart Your Real Estate Career
As a real estate agent, it’s no secret that marketing is the key to good sales numbers. You’re not just selling real estate; you’re selling yourself. How you are perceived as a professional is the most important, most crucial and most notable aspect of your job. Regardless which region you live in, what type of real estate you sell or what you do in ...
Homebuyer Tips
Real Estate Niche: Green Homes
Life in the 21st century is coming with some very welcome changes. Nowadays, it’s becoming more approachable to have a lifestyle that allows you to live more harmoniously with your environment. We're heading towards a much broader path towards sustainability. People are looking into what a sustainable lifestyle would ask of them, and what changes they would have ...
How Your Appearance Affects Your Sales
As a real estate professional, you’ve probably heard one person or another talk about “dressing for success” while they show you their new watch or tailored suit. This expression is used broadly in a lot of different ways, but in the world of real estate it actually holds a lot more meaning than you might imagine. A crucial aspect of working as a ...
Real Estate Glossary Terms
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Delinquency
Haven’t you ever paid a bill a few days after the due date? It happened to all of us, not necessarily because we didn’t have the money, but because we simply forgot about it. A delay of a few days on a bill is not such a big deal, yet, according to the definition of delinquency, theoreti ...
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Mortgage-backed Security
Certificates that pass-through principal and interest payments to investors. ...
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Appointment
Act by a company that authorizes an agent to act on its behalf. ...
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Excepted Period
Same as term Elimination Period: form of deductible usually found in disability income insurance; for example, no benefits may be payable for a length of time beginning with the first day of illness. Subsequently, benefits are usually paid only for costs incurred after the end of the elimination per ...
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Marital Trust
Trust that qualifies assets under the marital deduction provision in the Federal Tax Code for favorable treatment of an estate. The surviving spouse has the full power to use the assets of the trust as well as to transfer assets to any heirs. Upon the death of the surviving spouse, any assets in the ...