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2012 

"I will sell your home for free." How many times have you seen this hook in the water? I asked my 43 year old neighbor, 11 year old cousin and trusted home inspector what they thought of this phrase. I might as well have asked them what 1+1 equals. They all knew the answer. Selling your home for ...
10/31/2012
"I'm kinda working with an agent." "I'm working with an agent, but I haven't signed anything." "I have an agent, but I don't have to use them." "I don't really have an agent."   The most difficult thing about being a real estate agent isn't the marketing. It isn't the ever changing technology. It...
10/29/2012
  The frog in this picture has been hanging out in our backyard for weeks. My son loves watching him cling to the windows, jump off the branches and yes, play in our pool. About an hour ago I was dragging a cooler from shed and heard several loud screetches and what sounded like groans. It was f...
10/19/2012
This morning I Googled a phrase about home sellers and came across Experian, the credit agency. To my surprise Experian is able to sell me real estate leads.  To be perfectly honest, I pictured someone at Experian selling my data to a local bank or real estate firm. Then I thought.... No way that...
10/15/2012
There's a local Broker in town who has her Agents on a 50/50 split. When they sign on the dotted line she provides them the following:   1. One combo lock box. 2. A sign with "HER" name on it. 3. A #2 pencil. 4. A coffee mug. 5. Access to long distance on the rotary telephone by the front desk. 6...
10/13/2012
Lyn writes an excellent article about Listing Syndication abuse. The leeches who take our listings, promote them and then turn around and try and sell the traffic right back to us; all while providing inaccurate and out dated information. They are not our friends in the business.NAREP forms to fi...
10/12/2012
Last year you sold 65 homes - all by yourself. Most of this was done while you played golf, chased skirts and slept all day. You were a stud. A stud in your own mind anyways. Over the last 10 years you've sold over 1,000 homes with Get Down Realty. But all that's about to change. You've decided t...
10/12/2012
Vacuuming your carpet can raise the property value of your home. When we think of home appreciation we usually think of kitchen, bathroom and floor improvements. Items that possess financial investment and add to curb appeal are typically what home buyers and sellers notice first. New roofs, wate...
10/11/2012
10/01/2012
Remember that episode of Different Strokes where Gary Coleman/Arnold Jackson hung himself upside down in his closet thinking it would make him taller? That era produced some of the best sitcoms. They just don't make shows like that anymore. Unfortunately gimmicks are as strong as ever. Let me cut...
10/01/2012
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