Ed Diez is your typical New Orleans guy. He is loud, has that Cajun Accent (referred to as Coon A$$), and he has a low tolerance for ignorance. But when it comes to real estate, especially the REO business, Ed is at the top of the food chain.Ed has won more performance awards, plaques and certificates then there is room to hang on all four walls of his office. Every year he is ranked in the top 1% of all Coldwell Banker real estate agents (which is over 100,000). He sets the bar, he is the…See More

from Nick's Business Journal @ www.nicksbusinessjournal.com.They say behind every great man is a greater woman. This is definitely true in my life. But with me, it isn’t just one, it is three. My Mom, my Wife and my Broker.Linda took a chance on me when I was fresh out of college and baby faced with no sales experience. I can say with confidence that if I would not have started my real estate career under her direction, I would not be in the…See More

This is the second part of a 3 part series called "The Good, The Bad, and The Unexplainable."The Bad - An REO Agents Worst Nightmare.The South was recently plagued with extremely COLD WEATHER. At night temperatures reached as low as 8 degrees. This may be considered a warm winter to some of our REO brothers and sisters in the North but to us Southerners, it felt like we were in the Arctic Circle.I received a new property around the first of December. The home is perfect for a first time home…See More

This is the first part of a three part series I will call, "The Good, The Bad, and The Unexplainable."We will start with the Good - Why I Love This Job.As REO Agents we are often the first person to inform an unsuspecting tenant that the home they are living in has been foreclosed on. This can be a difficult, and sometimes heartbreaking task (but that's why we make the big bucks, right?). We do it so often that we can become jaded to the situation. I admit that I am often guilty of viewing a…See More