Paul Frink Profile

Recent Awards

Accredited Staging Professional (ASP)

Staging is the very best proven way to get top dollar for your home as you prepare it for sale. Homes that are Staged using my techniques sell faster and for more money! This is because Staging sets the scene throughout the house to create immediate buyer interest in your property. This will then lead to your home selling for the highest possible price in today's market. Remember, "The way you live in your home, and the way you market and sell your house are two different things."
Accredited ASP Stagers and ASP Real Estate Agents are true Professionals trained under strict guidelines using proven Staging techniques developed for over 30 years. When you bring your home on the market and prepare your house for sale always hire an ASP because they are the true leaders in the Staging and Real Estate Industries.

Accredited Sellers Representative (ASR)

Unlike other sellers? agents, ASR? Designees have a proven industry track record. Each designee (Seller Agent) must hold and exemplify a strong commitment to exceed seller expectations throughout all aspects of the real estate transaction.
ASR? Seller Agents are trained and committed to deliver to today's seller true "value added services." This has a major impact on the quality of representation to you, the seller, as well as potential possibilities to the financial bottom line. Remember, whenever possible, ASR? Seller Agents are committed to providing exclusive representation to you, which simply means placing your interests above that of others in the real estate transaction.
Committed to adhering to a stringent standard of ethics, ASR? Seller Agents are to demonstrate complete honesty in pricing as well as thorough research and preparation in completing and presenting the property market analysis. A further and most important commitment of ASR? Seller Agents is to demonstrate ethical conduct and integrity in every aspect of their real estate career.

Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR)

I am an "Accredited Buyer Representative" (ABR). To attain this designation, I have completed an extensive classroom training program on buyer agency practices and procedures, passed a written examination and provided evidence of practical experience as a buyer's representative. More than one million people in the United States are licensed to sell real estate. Of those licensees, fewer than 2 percent are Accredited Buyers Representatives (ABR).

Certified Short Sale Specialist

What is a Certified Short Sale Specialist?
A Certified Short Sale Specialist is a specially-trained real estate agent with a knowledge of all the challenges of short sales. As a CSSS, your agent will be able to analyze a property to see whether it qualifies for a short sale. They will be able to guide you through the complexities of marketing the home, finding a willing and able buyer, and negotiating with one or more lenders. Their expertise will include many of the legal ramifications and tax implications of a short sale.
A Certified Short Sale Specialist is trained in the following: ? How to explain a short sale to clients and show how it will help their situation ? Property analysis to determine if a short sale will be successful before signing a listing contract ? The documents necessary for a successful short sale submission package ? The importance of each item lenders require for a short sale ? Understanding of ?open market seasoning? and how it impacts short sales ? The difference between how recourse and non-recourse loans, and how they affect clients ? How to generate multiple leads for short sale prospects ? Timelines for the foreclosure process and how to extend them if necessary ? Calculations to determine if a short sale will be accepted by a lender

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Designations

To earn a designation, a REALTOR? a real estate agent has taken coursework and demonstrated specific skills, performance and knowledge in a particular area of the real estate industry