Brad Jenkins's (brad1) Blog

I previously blogged about listing agents passing their transactions fees off on the buyer's agents, and I have since decided to add a notice of this practice in writing to my clients when they sign the buyer agreement. In this addendum, I outline how my services are offered to the buyer at no c...

I was working with a buyer's agent a while back on a deal for one of my listings and it struck me that the buyer's agent looked nothing like her business card or her web site picture. The photograph had to be at least ten years old.  It was as if she was two different people compared to what was ...

I decided to get into real estate after spending 16 years in the classroom teaching high school reading and 25 years coaching basketball because I became dismayed at the direction uninformed politicians were insisting on taking public education here in Florida.  I felt selling real estate fit the...

I just got a message from Twitter that my account was sent out as a suggested follow to many of their subscribers.  Evidently Twitter has some sort of algorithm that they use to decide what accounts to feature in their suggestions.  Even better, I actually got my first solid real estate lead from...

I see a lot of articles written all over the internet about what people should look for when choosing a real estate agent to list their house for sale.  These articles go into great detail about what qualifications to look for and how to ultimately decide which listing agent is best to get the re...