Dear Oakland Neighbor:You may see my face and think of the Halloween witch looking for Toto, Tire Swings, the Oakland Avenue Charter School wacky Winter Garden Parade coordinator… Or perhaps, you've see my name on the post office bulletin board offering to teach kids trampoline or gymnastics, paint a mural, refinish your cabinets, or help you buy or sell real estate. Or perhaps my name means nothing. :)
The bottom line is, I am just a proud Oakland homeowner by choice, gracious neighbor and troubled American doing anything it takes to get by. I am just like you….berated with messages about our economy, what we should do, how we should do it, and depending on the day, am either prayerfully optimistic or so overwhelmed that I toggle with the idea of becoming a missionary in Africa!
But the reality is, the majority of us can't run away from our familial responsibilities, and closing our eyes and pretending nothing is wrong won't make it go away either.
So who do we turn to? Who do we listen to? Who can we trust?
I have heard over and over again, that the approach of the US government to try and clean up the economic disaster, is not where it starts; that our own personal success and failure must be launched at the local level. Within our community. This I agree with 100%. The first thing we should plant in our brains, is that we are the Town of Oakland … NOT the “national average”.
I feel like I have an obligation to this community and to my family to put my best foot forward. Apart from being connected in real estate as an agent with Remax Town Centre, my unique set of experiences – 10 years in Marketing and Public Relations, 5 years in Appraising Real Estate, and vested interest as a home and vacant land owner in Oakland – the resources and information that I am privy to are of great value and factual – not spun 10 times as has been the case with the media craze and this issue.
For example, did you know that more than 50% of people that are going through foreclosure processes, never needed to? They just didn’t feel informed, empowered or unencumbered enough to know who to call and what to say. Even if you are not in this situation, there are still options available to restructure your loan, if you are upside down but plan to stay.
But the reality is, the majority of us can't run away from our familial responsibilities, and closing our eyes and pretending nothing is wrong won't make it go away either.
So who do we turn to? Who do we listen to? Who can we trust?
I have heard over and over again, that the approach of the US government to try and clean up the economic disaster, is not where it starts; that our own personal success and failure must be launched at the local level. Within our community. This I agree with 100%. The first thing we should plant in our brains, is that we are the Town of Oakland … NOT the “national average”.
I feel like I have an obligation to this community and to my family to put my best foot forward. Apart from being connected in real estate as an agent with Remax Town Centre, my unique set of experiences – 10 years in Marketing and Public Relations, 5 years in Appraising Real Estate, and vested interest as a home and vacant land owner in Oakland – the resources and information that I am privy to are of great value and factual – not spun 10 times as has been the case with the media craze and this issue.
For example, did you know that more than 50% of people that are going through foreclosure processes, never needed to? They just didn’t feel informed, empowered or unencumbered enough to know who to call and what to say. Even if you are not in this situation, there are still options available to restructure your loan, if you are upside down but plan to stay.
Over the next few weeks, I would like to send you some information that will be pertinent, relevant and useful to YOU, in the mail, but I will also be supplementing my messages with a recorded weekly telephone broadcast, lasting 1 to 2 minutes - about state of the industry and other relevant issues affecting Oakland, if you provide me with a phone number. I will schedule the call to arrive at the same time each week so you will know when to expect it, and you may request to be removed (or simply hang up) at anytime. As email and phone are free, I would like to use this method more frequently than standard mail.
How to get in the know:
Email me at lanawilken@remax.net with any questions – (important: be sure to put Oakland Real Estate in the subject line so I can filter these messages from spam box) and your address, email address (if different from Reply to address) and telephone number if you would like to be included in this outreach.
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Fill out the bottom part of this letter and and drop it the mail to PO Box 1115 Oakland FL 34760
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Call me at 407-719-7611 to discuss further or schedule a meeting.
It’s up to us to keep our town more than a desirable place to live – but to keep our property values up, help our neighbors stay in their homes and avoid foreclosure, and keep the dollars and cents flowing through and within our town and businesses! I hope to be speaking with you soon!
Proud to call Oakland home,
Lana Wilken
409 E. Henschen Ave
Oakland, FL 34760
407-719-7611
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Mail to: Lana Wilken - PO Box 1115 Oakland FL 34760 or fax to 407-367-2036.
