Mitch Umbarger Earns Real Estate, Short Sale Designation to Help Homeowners in Danger of Foreclsoure

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Contact:Vicky Spellings
Managing Broker
Exit Realty Partners
931-723-3300
vickywithexit@gmail.com

Mitch Umbarger Earns Real Estate, Short Sale Designation to Help Homeowners in Danger of Foreclsoure

Manchester, TN (Grassroots Newswire) 8/29/2012 -- Mitch Umbarger of EXIT Realty Partners in Manchester has earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation, having completed extensive training in foreclosure avoidance, with a particular emphasis on short sales.  At a time when millions of homeowners are struggling with the possibility of foreclosur, the skills and education amassed by Umbarger will help benefit the Coffee/Franklin county area residents and communities.

Short sales allow the distressed homeowner to repay the mortgage at the price that the home sells for, even if it is lower than what is owed on the property.  With plummeting property values, this can save many people from foreclosure and even bankruptcy.  More and more lenders are willing to consider short sales because they are much less costly than foreclosures.

Today, more than 13 percent of homeowners are delinquent on their mortgage or in the foreclosure process.  This is occurring across all price ranges, and the fastest-growing category of homes in foreclosure is the luxury home market.

"The CDPE designation has been invaluble as I work with homeowners and lenders on complicated short sales," said Umbarger.  "It is so rewarding to be able to help families save their homes from forecosure."

Alex Charfen, co-founder and CEO of the Distressed Property nstitutein Austin, Texas, said that agents such as Mitch Umbarger with the CDPE Designation have valuable perspective on the market, and training n short sales that can offer homeowners real alternatives to foreclosure, which can be devastating to credit ratings.

"These experts better understand market conditions than the average agent, and can help sellers through the complications of foreclosure avoidance," he said.

The Distressed Property Institute provides live and online courses to train real estate professionals how to help homeowners in distress, with a strong focus on handling short sales.

"Our goal is to help as many homeowners as possible, by educating as many real estate professionals as possible," Charfen said.  "Mitch Umbarger has demonstrated a commitment to struggling homeowners, a commitment that can provide much needed stablization to the community."

For more information about Exit Realty Partners, please call 931-723-3300. Exit Realty Partners is located at 861 McArthur St., Manchester, TN.
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Top Management from EXIT Realty Partners Attends Exclusive Professional Development Workshop

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Contact:Vicky Spellings
Managing Broker
Exit Realty Partners
931-723-3300
vickywithexit@gmail.com

Top Management from EXIT Realty Partners Attends Exclusive Professional Development Workshop

Manchester, TN (Grassroots Newswire) 8/29/2012 -- Mitch & Lora Umbarger, Owners of EXIT Realty Partners, 861 McArthur St, Manchester, TN recently attended an intensive professional development workshop at the headquarters of EXIT Realty Corp. International.

The inaugural Advanced Broker/Owner Training event was held by-invitation-only and included some of the top real estate brokerage owners from across the continent. The purpose of the event was twofold; to bring together a real estate brain trust to analyze and forecast the real estate market and also to explore new and better ways to serve the public through the professional development of real estate agents at the brokerage level.

At the helm of the event was Janice Petteway, the veteran franchisee of EXIT Real Estate Results in Orlando Florida and EXIT Realty's Broker/Owner of the Year in 2007. Joining Petteway were Stanley Bishop, Broker/Owner of EXIT Real Estate Gallery in Jacksonville, Florida, Craig Witt, Regional President of Michigan, Victoria Rivadeneira, Regional Director of Upstate New York and Jeff Lobb, Vice President of Technology and Innovation for EXIT Realty Corp. International. Rounding out the presenters was Tami Bonnell, President of EXIT Realty's US Organization.

"This was a very valuable experience spending time learning from the best trainers in our field.  We had the opportunity to share ideas with other brokers and owners in the United States as well as Canada.  Our goal was to bring back new & innovative ways for our agents to serve their clients.  EXIT Realty Partners will definitely have more to offer the buyers and sellers of Coffee and surrounding counties through technology that isn't offered in any other office." quotes Mitch Umbarger.

"The real estate industry is gaining momentum and we all need to be on top of our game to reach the heights on which we're focused," said Steve Morris, CEO & Founder of EXIT Realty Corp. International. "The tools this workshop offered will help our broker/owners carve their path on the road to success."

About EXIT Realty: EXIT is a proven real estate business model that supplies single-level residual income - for agents, security, stability and direction; for agents' families, security in the form of beneficiary and retirement residuals. EXIT's MIND-SET Training Systems offer the industry's best hands-on, interactive sales training. State-of-the-art technology, including the Digital Marketing Strategy, gives home sellers the edge in a competitive marketplace. A portion of every transaction fee collected by EXIT International is applied to its charitable fund. To-date, over $2 Million has been pledged to Habitat for Humanity. For more information, please visit www.exitrealty.com.


For more information about Exit Realty Partners, please call 931-723-3300. Exit Realty Partners is located at 861 McArthur St., Manchester, TN 37355.
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