Stacey's Smart Real Estate Blog

Visit my OPEN HOUSE in Summit Trace!142 Oakridge Drive, Langhorne, PA Sunday, September 30, 2007  1 to 4 p.m.     Fantastic Upgraded and Remodeled 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Townhome will surely impress the discriminating buyer! New Kitchen (2004) boasts:abundant maple cabinetry with pantry and applianc...

I am looking for a few smart women! I finally figured out my niche! It is like picking your major in college. You take a few classes, then weigh out your options and you just pick something you think you will like doing. Hopefully you won't change majors because then you'd be taking a bunch of cl...

 It was tough getting started in real estate. Even after going to real estate school I had no real idea what I was getting into. I thought you could just start working for a company and they would provide you with clients... Not So! You have to find your own clients. It's not easy, any Realtor wi...

 Recently I spoke with a friend who told me her brother's wife recently had a baby so they bought a bigger house in Willow Grove, PA. They used the listing agent to buy the home because they didn't have a Realtor.  I asked her why she didn't call me sooner, because I could have helped them, and s...

Lookout People's Court and Divorce Court, there's a new court in town! Philadelphia will be pounding it's gavel on rental housing in the Northeast, and Northeast Philadelphia absentee landlords and nuisance properties will be on trial come October. Northeast rental housing court will soon be held...

Lookout People's Court and Divorce Court, there's a new court in town! Philadelphia will be pounding it's gavel on rental housing in the Northeast, and Northeast Philadelphia absentee landlords and nuisance properties will be on trial come October. Northeast rental housing court will soon be held...

Yesterday I got a hand-addressed football schedule in the mail from an agent (we'll call her "Susie"), but it wasn't addressed to me, it was addressed to the previous owner, Lynn. Hand addressed, mind you, to Lynn, the previous owner of my house, where I have lived for 5 years! I've never gotten ...

Even though I pour over my writing and listings in the MLS, today I realized that I need to be more conscientious about my writings in comments section. Spelling and grammer and descriptive words were all I was focusing on. Well, after seeing so many plain descriptions and poor grammer, I always ...

Two unexpected things happened to me today. 1. I showed a house to a relative.2. I got a call about finding someone I know an investment property.Those 2 things alone do not make for extraordinary experiences in this business but for me they were. First, I showed a house today to a relative and d...

MANGIA Calabrisella! Since I'm half Italian, and my husband hails from South Philadelphia, we're hard to please when it comes to Italian restaurants. Let's face it, Olive Garden is a nice place for salad and bread-sticks, but when it comes to authentic Italian, it just doesn't cut it. Calabrisell...