Pete Stanley Blog

I just want to thank Buy Owner for making my job so easy.  There is a world of opportunity picking up disappointed sellers who have gone for the advertising, paid $3000 up front,  and received a cheap metal sign with the phone number pasted on (washes off in first rain) and a blank contract that ...

About a week or so ago, I wrote a blog about the next financial crisis is going to be credit cards.  Have you seen Good Morning America this week, if you did not, it told that American Express is lowering credit limits and increasing interest rates.   And, yes the credit card King, Citibank is no...

Ok, we should have seen it coming, now look out for the next wave, we can see it coming. What is the next crisis?  For sure the next financial crunch is Credit cards.  We are faced with bad economic times and the coming holiday season.  As the holidays approach we are seeing slow retail sales and...

Well, I told eveyone we were going back to Hawaii our 7th trip, and we just got back a week ago.  Incredible trip, one week on the big island.  We were really impressed with that island, it has so much variety to offer.  Desert, Valcano, Rain Forrest, great beaches, black sand beaches, cattle ran...

As I blogged earlier talking about our travels and how travel and relaxation is good for the soul, and our next trip is back to Hawaii.  Yep, to the Big Island for a week.   We are leaving Friday and returning in a week, so when we get back I will tell you all about the trip.  My 7th vacation to ...

I just finished watching the 3rd and last scheduled debate for this election, and I will not get into the politics of my planned vote but I thought, "Why don't the look closer at Joe the Plumber, Pete the Realtor, Sue the Hairdresser, Bob the Mechanic, and Exon Mobil and address how to fix the pr...

Mary and I love to travel.  I am going to do a blog about our trips and how calming it can be. Recent trips July 6 was my birthday and when Mary ask me what I wanted for my birthday, I said " I want to get in the car and drive until I get to some cool mountains, check in a hotel and spend a long ...

With the stock market free fall last week I got a call from a New York investor who was interested in a 3.75 million property we have on gulf coast and is advertised on loop net.  This investor point blank said "Our investment group has money to invest and hold and we are looking for alternatives...

What this agent has experienced is happening to all Realtors.  It happened to us and frankly I was very hurt, but had to move on.  We had a home on the market for 6 months worked to get attention to it, spent money on open house, did visual tours, put it on our web site, and we had 3 offers and ...

As a Realtor, I remember when this stated to get out of hand.  Banks actually enjoyed the foreclosure market because it allowed them to set up a profit center for marketing foreclosures. What they did was put the foreclosure on the market at a price they would clear extra money.  Forget the barga...