Doug Jones's (dougj) Blog

Hi AI (at Dougknowsrealestate.com  - click on the chat box on the bottom right to ask a question)  What do Realtors need to do to make Home Sellers Happy?Realtors can make home sellers happy by providing excellent service and achieving their goals in selling their homes. Here are a few ways they ...

This is an email I sent to our agents today. Most of our agents are licensed Realtors and Mortgage Loan Originators. The email has been changed a little to fit Active Rain. --------------------Consider I am responsible for what I see.I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal ...

My Buyers have been lucky and I seem to be always lucky when representing Buyers. I think I have some answers as to why.1. My Buyers always have full Loan Approval when we make an offer. Full Loan Approval. That means we have a complete loan application with all of the supporting documents, have ...

Like thousands of sales people I have used, and over used affirmations, my entire sales life. Over the weekend I came across an idea that is new to me and it is not affirmations, rather Askfirmations. I will give credit to the author and the book Askfirmations: Make affirmations more effective by...

This is an article written by artificial intelligence. An absolute excellent computer expert friend put AI onmy www.Dougknowsrealestate.com site. I have not used it much yet but woke up this morning wondering,"Can AI write an Active Rain blog for me ?"  I asked the question that all Realtors and ...

Until a few minutes ago I did not know the word chatbot. Our IT person put aChatbot on my www.dougknowsrealestate.com page. It is interactive and answersresidential real estate questions quickly -- wait there's more. We have asked it questions in English, French and Spanish. So the Chatbot is mul...

I tell those who ask about buying in San Jose that now is not the time to buy; but, get ready. It seems like this economic misery has been with us forever but it has only been a short while and 'this too shall pass'. Nothing in this physical world lasts forever. Gas Prices up. Food Prices up. Mor...

I am not a fan of San Jose Real Estate prices. As with many large cities the home prices can be way too expensive for most and buying a home seems unreachable.Years ago I lived and worked in Orange County California and my friends had just gotten married  and started their careers as attorneys. T...

Interest rates and home prices are in many ways tied together. When rates go down so many times the home prices go up and when rates climb the home prices will go down. That was not the case when we had stagflation. Stagflation has occurred twice in the U.S., once between 1974 and 1975 and again ...

A customer sent me an email asking when is it a good time to buy. Instead of re-writing the contents here is the email I sent to him.I will have a funny answer. The answer is always "Buy Now" I made a loan 3 years ago for a Chef who was buying for the first time and he had not completed his incom...