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New home sales in and around San Antonio Texas for information for the public and fellow real estate practitioners. Includeing single family homes, HOA, POA, horse properties, small ranches, river front, lake view, metro city, downtown, and new construction/new homes. Serving the Greater San Antonio Area including Alamo Heights, Alamo Ranch, Bandera, Boerne, Bulverde, Canyon Lake, Castorville, Dominion, Helotes, Hill Country, Hollywood Park, LaVernia, New Braunfles, Olmos Park, Shavano Park, Sonterra, Stone Oak, Terrell Hills and more.
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I have been reading a lot of AR posts this week that reminded me how much we need each other now more than ever before.  From our friends and associates who were in the path of the California Wildfires to the members that are either facing cancer or have family that are facing some illness that t...
10/28/2007
I have turned down more listings in the past few months than I have turned down in my entire 18 years in the real estate business.  Overpriced under motivated over extended sellers cost time and money.  Yes, but here is the rub, sellers in my market area actually believe the hype brought on by ma...
10/14/2007
Well here we go again.  I just read about four new blogs with multiple comments about agents not wanting to ask a buyer to sign anything before they took them out to show property.  Many comments came from people that thought that "bonding" with a client first was a good idea.  Problem number 1 t...
10/05/2007
With all the negative publicity lately about the housing market "boom to bust" scenarios and the sub prime lending collapse with its multiple foreclosures throughout the country I think we may have lost sight of what homeownership is all about.   Owning a home was not meant to be a get rich quick...
10/03/2007
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There is an old saying "that you can never go home again".  Well yesterday I did just that.  I attended a Picnic thrown by my previous Board of REALTORS in Ventura County, California where I practiced real estate for 16 years. I now live in a small town about 2 & 1/2 hours north east in Tehachapi...
09/16/2007
I just read Aaron Gordon's blog about an agent that actually thought it was OK to ask for a referral fee from his mortgage broker.  My suggestion is to turn this clown in to HUD.  As Aaron pointed out this activity a direct violation of section 8 of RESPA.  Many new agents may not be aware of the...
09/02/2007
 I just received an email telling me that one of my fellow REALTOR friends had just passed away suddenly.  I was having a pretty good day running around taking photos of my new listings, putting up lock boxes, making flyers, etc.  When I checked my email and found that message I stopped in my tra...
08/31/2007
When I was new in the real estate business my mentor took me by the hand and asked me "who are you reading?"  I did not have a clue what he meant.  He explained to me that my success in the real estate field would be tied to what I learned and who I learned it from.  So off I went to find a direc...
08/30/2007
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  Are we all chicken?  I just read a rant from Marlene in Orange County about the lack of professionalism that is appears to be pervasive in our industry.  Some of the comments on that blog included complaints that should be turned in to the MLS or Professional Standards Grievance Committees for ...
08/25/2007
Many homes will need a professional "Staging" but most just need your advice as a professional.  One of the hardest tasks you may have as a listing agent is to tell a seller to clean up their house.  Clutter, toys, dirty clothes, smelly animals, etc.  I remember telling one seller that they had r...
08/18/2007
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