Julie's Blog

We need some help.  I have recently started my own company, MagnumOne Realty, and we are struggling to maintain the quality of client service we want to be known for.  Right now I am forced to give some web leads to other agents because I am swamped, the agents I currently have are busy with othe...

The other day I wrote about a buyer who dumped her agent and asked the seller to accept her offer directly.  We essentially said she had to have someone represent her and that we would not do it.  Well she is back with an offer written by her attorney.  What a mess!  Clearly the attorney has no i...

From Keep it Real in Sacramento - February 7, 2008 Even in a slow downward pointing real estate market like we have here in the Sacramento area you still experience the normal seasonal ups and downs.  Just from what we have going on at MagnumOne Realty and the way my phone has been ringing the pa...

I just got off the phone with a buyer client who is considering a counter offer from the sellers.  It is exactly what I told them would happen and only a few 000's more than their offer.  But they are just now figuring out the payments may be more than they want to pay.  I made sure they talked t...

I for one have not yet asked a buyer to sign an agreement with me and yes I have been burned a few times but I feel it is my service that should bind a buyer to me not a contract.  In my cases it has been young buyers who think they should have several agents working for them.  Last week one of m...

It was nice to spend the day with friends and even for me, a non football fan, at least the game got exciting at the end.  At the party we attended, one young man appeared to have had more of a wager on the game than he  could afford and clearly needed New England to win so it was hard to watch h...

There has been a great deal of chatter on the internet about how low interest rates are going to spark a rebound in the real estate market.  I suspect there are local markets that are poised for this but where I am in California there is still some pain to be felt and it will take more than low i...

I have read several articles about the recent declines in mortgage rates and wondered at what point do lower rates become a factor in turning the current real estate market around?  One  writer questioned . "At what point will buyers be compelled to act, thinking they are getting a price they can...

If you happen to see Sacramento region addition of Broker Agent magazine check out who is on the front cover and the broker agent of the month.  We have actually been working on this for several months.  It was fun to talk with the writer, he asked some thought provoking questions and I think did...

I received a response to a question in one of my previous articles, "Why is it so hard to believe that most Realtors care about their clients and place their needs above making a commission?"  Here is his response and insults.  Answer: NAR - http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/01/a-histor...