Dopslaf joins Keller Williams

FEATURED in New Mexico Business Weekly on Monday, February 15, 2010

Deanna Dopslaf, a residential real estate broker specializing in short sales and military relocation's, has joined Keller Williams' Westside office. She had previously been with Coldwell Banker Legacy.

Dopslaf, 41, is also president of Southwest Foreclosure Alternatives, a counseling service for “underwater” home owners. She is one of two certified default resolution specialists in New Mexico.

Most residential real estate brokers avoid short sales because they take months to close and commissions are far from certain. Dopslaf has made distress sales and foreclosure counseling her niche in the Albuquerque residential real estate market.

“CB is a great company, but this move was purely a business decision,” Dopslaf said. “CB has a special arrangement with relocation companies and the moved allowed me to not have to compete.  Keller Williams doesn’t have such an arrangement.”

Dopslaf said Keller Williams’ training programs and entrepreneurial culture that allows brokers to build their own businesses was part of the attraction for the move.

Dopslaf was the subject of New Mexico Business Weekly profile in January.

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• Down-payment help is widely available. While nothing-down loans have disappeared, it is easy to find down-payment assistance for lower-income and first-time home buyers. Programs vary all over the country, but one good way to find them is to search online for “down-payment assistance programs” and the name of your region.
• Your uncle has money to share. Besides the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit and the $6,500 move-up credit, there are an array of energy tax credits that can make home improvements pay off in cash.
• Good help is available. Really talented real estate practitioners, contractors, and designers are available and eager for business.

Source: McClatchy Tribune, Kate Forgach (02/07/2010)

Short sales avoid foreclosure, keep Dopslaf in business

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While a home is a major investment, it is also the center of your personal life. It's important to live in a home that reflects your taste and values, yet is within your financial "comfort zone." To that end, it may be more important to lock in today's relatively low interest rates and low home prices, rather than to hope for a further break in prices in the future.

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