Amy's innermost Real Estate thoughts

I have heard a lot lately about agent trying to "get back to basics." Most of the time it seems like they are talking about their marketing or lead generation systems. I overheard an agent say something about doing more to communicate with sellers in specific neighborhoods in an effort to generat...

You've got one of the more impressive blogs on the web, a highly developed website, intricate listing systems, a unique and extensive marketing plan...but it still isn't enough. If you don't have a network of awesome inspectors and contractors you are behind the times. It might seem simple, ofcou...

In just a few short weeks an IKEA store is set to open in the University City area in Charlotte, NC. All through the construction, people have speculated about the benefits this will bring to our area. Those that I have heard mostly center around helping the University Area to continue to grow an...

Today I spent a fair amount of my day at a home inspection. This paritular house is a foreclosure that we knew would need some work, it was just a matter of how much? To be honest, I was very worried about the crawl space. The roof and HVAC are both original but they were not nearly as scary as w...

14 hours spent on hold = worn out speaker phone button 84 faxed pieces of paper = countless papercuts 184 e-mails = mild case of carpal tunnel syndrome 102 phone calls = semi-permanent neck pain Another succesful short sale = worth every minute! This one about did me in a couple times! We had two...

...even after a rough start.   When I went into the office this morning, I was greeted by an overflowing inbox, a nasty inspection report from Friday, a short sale that looked to be falling apart, a buyer on her 5th offer still waiting to hear from the asset manager, a buyer requesting ridiculous...

In the spirit of ActiveRain as one of our greatest learning tools, I have some questions for you all. More and more I am getting calls from buyers inquiring if our sellers would consider a lease-purchase option. Since I am still relatively new to this industry this is the first time I have encoun...

It seems like when 100% financing through FHA's DPA program went away this past fall, a small segment of the market came to a standstill. Well I have good news. I name atleast two programs that are still available for 100% financing in our area. The first is the USDA program for rural homes. This...

There is no questioning it, we are in a different market than we were even just a year ago. As I show properties to buyers the majority are REOs, short sales, pre-foreclosures, etc. I was talking to a buyer while in the car a couple days ago and we were reviewing some of the properties we had see...

I had another moment liked I talked about in my first post Misconception about Realtors. I showed several homes yesterday to a great past client of one of the agents I work for. I have met them before but don't know them as well as the other agents does. House #2 was a great fit for them and beca...