Want to keep you home mortgage interest deduction for your taxes? You should be able to choose your own real estate agent!

Take it from Me: The Mortgage  Interest Deduction (MID) is vital  to both home ownership and  our economy! Congress needs to hear from you. Tell your  representatives to LEAVE THE Mortgage Interest  Deduction ALONE!Right now is the right time to urge Congress to  preserve, protect and defend the mortgage interest  deduction (MID) before they whittle down MID at  the expense of other more expedient budget cuts.  Consider the consequences if homeowners and buyers  lose the time-honored and cherished MID deduction.  This tax deduction built the dream of homeownership  in America. The bottom line is you may well lose personally,  and not just on the value of your home, but our  Nation's economy will be affected by this change as well. Your action today is urgent. Please send your email  letter asking your U.S. Representative to cosponsor  H.Res25, a bipartisan House resolution that affirms  the value and importance of the Mortgage  Interest Deduction. We must speak loudly and clearly with one voice to  ensure the further recovery of our economy and the  housing market and educate every legislator about  how much the MID matters.   So please, take action to Preserve, Protect and Defend  the MID.  No economic recovery is possible without a  vibrant housing market. Here is a link to an  inverview with Ronald Phipps, the  President of the NAR, please click this link to watch the  video (it takes a minute to load and start playing): President of National Association of Realtors: Interview on how  losing the Mortgage Interest Deduction affects you. Please don't hesitate to contact me anytime with any questions.  Thank you for your help. Value your home? Value your CHOICE?  I want you to know that when you work with me, I will provide  the service you need, and the service you want! As a realtor, a  licensed real estate sales agent in the state of Ohio, I must be  aligned with a real estate brokerage (in my case Coldwell  Banker King Thompson and am very happy with this brokerage),  but I am an independent contractor. My partners and I run our  own business, create our own standards for service and quality  above what CBKT recommends. Technically, all contracts of  mine belong to the brokerage, not to me or Team Benadum,  and for the most part this works out fine.  However, I spend  my time, my efforts, and my own dollars to build my own  business, and I take responsibility for my clients needs and my  fiduciary responsibility to them—that I am personally sworn to the  State of Ohio licensing to uphold. I take my consulting business  very seriously and if I don't know something I FIND the  ANSWER—AND get the job done. I find it appalling that some  brokerages will not let you out of a listing or buying contract if  you are not happy with your selected realtor/sales agent. Instead,  they offer other realtors within their brokerage to fulfill the  contract.  I guarantee if you are not happy working with my  team, we simply terminate the listing. We provide you with  the paperwork to terminate and remove your home from the  market. Then you can select from any of the licensed realtors  (some are awesome, some are not so good, this is the unfortunate  truth in any industry) in the area...one that you CHOOSE. I know  most of my clients work with Team Benadum because they trust  they'll receive the best possible help. If you don't agree, you  don't have to continue working with us. We are proud to say  that we've terminated very few contracts over the past 10 years  (yes one client of mine decided against a relocation so we  removed the home from the market....with another job opportunity  the relocation dept convinced her to go with another agent, but  she wasn't happy and found she couldn't get rid of the brokerage  she wasn't happy with--she wound up letting the listing expire,  having her price too high prevented a sale and she was rid of  the agent and borkerage). So, if you aren't happy, your best  strategy may be to remove you home from the market and  then find an agent that you are compatible with and can successfully  work with to achieve your goal of selling and/or buying a home.  Don't ever hesitate to call me with any real estate questions... I'm always available to help. I find that we get many referrals from our wonderful clients.   work hard and for the people that want us to work for them!