I'm headed out to do a occupancy check tomorrow morning. Any advice would be great.

This is from SS.

Check with the utility companies to see if the power/water have been off for a while. If you can not see inside look for things like phonebooks at the door. Talk to neighbors. In FL they are your best source of info but expect to chit chat for a while as they have nothing else to do. Read your assignment as to what their threashhold is for value of any Personal Property left behind is.

If utilities are on you can expect it to be occupied. If so, find out what, if any, CFK they are offering so you know what to tell them. VERY IMPORTANT Read in your assignment what to do if there is a tenant. The rules changed on tenants.

Congratulations and Good Luck.

Awesome Oli! Congrats! Expect to pull out your hair! Make sure you do everything on time and do it accurately. Well done!

Thanks for the heads up Grampa. I'll be sure to read all the docs tonight before I go.

Oli - Congratulations Bud - someday let me know where you are located - PM if you want

If you are not sure if someone is there, leave a 'tell' taped to the door. A card or a note. Come back in a day and see if it is still there.

I was having trouble one time, I taped a no tresspassing sign on the door. That got them to call me. It went fine after that.

Nothing more exciting than a new listing. Good job.

Take pics too.

I just got off the phone with the power company and the power is turned off. They could not tell me when it was shut off but it is not on now. I hope that is a good sign that it is empty.

Congrats on your first listing!!! You can also do a reverse address search on white pages to see if there are any active phone numbers.

If all else fails...wait for the school bus.

Or pay local thief to break in and then wait few days and see if it shows in local newspaper police section...

Or you could always just do a stakeout for 48 hours. Make you feel all Private-Investigator-ish.

But in all seriousness, congratulations!

By the way sometime within the next year you will ask yourself "Why did I get myself into this".

Kiss your life as you knew it goodbye.

I am also very happy for you and hope this brings hope to the other aspiring agents out there. NEVER give up regardless of what anyone else tells you. You earned it.

Congratulations Oli on your first listing! Welcome to the world of REO Madness!

welcome aboard the ss.reo


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No power is a good sign. Unless you want the CFK experience. Congrats