Leanne Smith's (highdesertre) Blog

Sometimes, professional real estate agents work with court approved sales. Often these are neglected properties with debris, non-working vehicles and in general a real mess.Usually there is a fiduciary firm appointed as the representative, guardian, conservator or trustee.  These court approved s...

In real estate due the compliance issues along with recent lawsuits and settlements, there are “government testers” contacting real estate agents to ensure adherence to state and federal laws and regulations. Professional real estate agents must be aware of these government testers while not offe...

For busy professionals regardless of role or industry, balance between personal and professional lives is important. Years ago, I read Buddha was the first person who discussed balance and use a wheel in this discussion.Balance also extends to our thoughts as Bruce Lee noted in these words:"Balan...

Often I have been asked as a professional real estate agent what does it mean "going the extra mile?" In the last 72 hours, I demonstrated that effort for four of my listing clients.My First Goes The Extra Mile EffortMy first extra mile effort is with two listing clients who are small business ow...

The Oxford Online Dictionary defines grit as the "courage and resolve; strength of character.”  In real estate, grit is required and let me explain.Many of my real estate listings are from referrals whether current or past clients as well as community members I have met here in Golden Valley and ...

In our personal and professional daily lives we often experience a difficulty and often more than one difficulty. Recently, I reread this quote by Rene Descartes:"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."For me, Descartes was providing a solution to ac...

Funny thing, just this past week I received a very lowball offer for an off grid residential property. The potential buyer shared he had done his research and four years ago the sellers paid this amount.  So he offered about $10,000 over what the current sellers paid.When the potential buyer and ...

Often, I have read of real estate agents in other forums responding to this question from first time home buyers about the down payment amount with a response of “No Money Down.” Unfortunately, this response can be very misleading.Even if the loan does not require any down payment such as for qua...

Whether you are a real estate agent, REALTOR®, seller or buyer results matter. A recent survey from the National Association of REALTORS®, suggested in 2024 that 71% of agents did not engage in a successful real estate transaction.The answers to this possible failure rate are many. However from m...

Way is such a simple word with basically two meanings (Oxford Language): A method, style, or manner of doing something A road, track, path or street traveling along These two meanings came back to me as I read this unfamiliar quote by Miyamoto Mushashi (Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist and ...