Columbia,Lexington,Irmo,Chapin,Blythewood,Gaston

Although I pride myself on being pretty darn patient with my clients who are searching for that perfect home here in Alexandria and while I assure them they should take as much time as they need to feel comfortable with their home buying decision, wow, until I started going out with my husband ou...

Have you checked out the   roster ? This is a cool feature where you can check out the new ActiveRain members by month and year dating all the way back to the beginning of AR time. Do you know the date ?  Just who were the first 38 Active Rain members ?  When did your favorite blogger join Active...

I have very motivated buyers (lease expires Sept 25, no extension possible) who've been fully pre-approved in the price range they are comfortable paying. We find two properties online that meet 90% of their wish-list. Ready to roll, yes? Property 1 has only a single photo and very little write u...

Our closer said, "I've never seen this happen in FORTY years!!" Well, it happened to us today!  My buyers (who have the worst lender known to man...but that's for another post) finished signing all the paperwork on their beautiful, new home. They enjoyed chatting with the seller while the closer ...

  More and more, people are talking about their daily lives online. We, as Realtors, have days that are unmatched by any profession. We work hard not knowing where our next paycheck will come from, and many times can be left in the dust by potential clients who change their minds without notice. ...

30 Ways to Save Money on Utilities 1. Check it out! In many areas, cable, satellite and utility companies compete for customers so you can save on some utilities by shopping around for the best rates and plans. (Or at least switch to basic cable!) 2. Use energy efficient light bulbs. This is the...

A very good friend revealed to me recently that they had their home on the market as a short sale ... with another agent. Even though we had spoken at great length about me handling the listing, when the time was right. Even though the agent hired was the very same agent who apparently screwed up...

Recently I read that the majority of real estate agents are missing out on a key strategy that will yield them much higher rankings on Web search engines. Most practitioners are competing with each other over short-tailed keywords, which are just a few words strung together that Internet users t...

Before You Buy The New Gigantic Washer and Dryer, Measure Your House! I write this post after coming from a walk through of a house where the home owner purchased a matching set of a washer and dryer only to get home and find out they don't fit in the utility room! So where did they have to put t...

Over the past two weeks I have been reading an e-book called Soci@l: Attract Friends, Followers and Connections To Your Business. I was a bit skeptical at first, thinking that this may be another 12-step program to supposed greatness, but I was wrong. Seriously wrong. Not only did I find this e-b...