Soundoff with Erika!

I received a verbal offer on Sunday. The agent called with no terms, no closing date, and had no idea when he could supply us with a P/Q letter.Whenever we take a listing  we make sure that the Seller signs off to not accepting "Verbal Offers" .Experienced agents realize that in order to "make an...

Although I kep reading how "The Real Estate Market" is in the doldrums, i personally must say that Summer was good to me,albeit I worked my tail off harder than usual to close these transactions, it was fun! I realized that like many here on A/R, the market has changed which means so has my marke...

Amazing, once upon a voting only happened in November. There were always huge lines and it took forever to complete your civic duty.Well, guess what? I decided to test out early voting for this Tuesday`s Primary. I went to Pembroke Pines and voted. I showed up at 10:00am yesterday, to find that t...

 I`ve been posting here for several weeks and as many of you know .I love to share my Real Estate experiences with the members of A/R. I come here for Rest and Relaxation, this is a place that i enjoy learning from others in our profession, throughout the country.Lately, I`ve been getting bombed ...

Currently, there are 105 Active listings on the MLS in Cooper City, Florida. They range between $400K-$499K all within a 4 mile radius. I have this listing in which the seller continues to ask "Why isn`t My Home not Selling?" With so much glut on the market it seems that the more I explain about ...

After going back and forth for the past 6 days with an offer i finally told our buyer that it`s impossible to get the seller to budge from their asking price. The buyer is ready to move forward, the offer is strong, great terms, no contingencies and we can close in less than 30 days. Problem is t...

That`s it, as i`m watching the news on TV, the Doom and Gloom speeches are in full bloom as the storm bears down for South Florida. Brian Norcross is Strutting around like a Rooster! This is what he lives for! I have my can goods, my water, and my gas tank is filled up! I went to Blockbuster yest...

Hurricane Ernesto has made my life a little crazy. Early yesterday morning the Lender for a transaction we`re involved in told us "We`re ready to close now!", actual Closing was set for Wednesday. They explain they have to close because of the Lock that the Buyer has on interest rates. Well, we s...

I`ve seen it all. Today at the gas pump there was a fist fight between a elderly gentlemen and a volunteer fire fighter with an F-350 Diesel truck, who felt he should hog not one pump but two! Best part was he was shooting the BULL with his buddies and what should have taken 10 minutes to fill hi...

With two closings approaching this week, i have already started calling the other Realtors to remind them that in all likely hood we won`t be able to close because our Buyers won`t be able to obtain Hurricane Insurance.I strongly suggest as Realtors in Florida or at least certain parts of Florida...