Vinny Goldsmith an Anne Arundel County Realtor

I have a house about to go on the market this weekend and today some painters came in to give the whole thing a once over.  I asked them what they thought about the house.They said I should clean up the yards of the next door neighboors.Unfortunately, the house is in a part of the county where a ...

For me, 2007 was a decent year.  Nothing gang-busters, but I made ok money.  Basically, I got out of it what I put into it.  And I think that's the point.The great thing about real estate is that if you're willing to invest the time - you'll get rewarded.  I know I'm guilty of getting a few listi...

Agent #1 Agent #1 called and left me a message this morning about a listing.  She wanted to get into the house.  Before I could call her back, apparently her clients drove by and saw that I was having an Open House on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend.  So when I called her back she said she ...

Back in May I wrote a post about how I was going to start using a lead service.The post can be found here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/97814/Lead-Service-Taking-the Well, its a few months later and I called the service last week to cancel my subscription.  Truth be told, I got plenty of good ...

I've been doing a lot of open houses lately. Its that time of year when I'm trying to get rid of the few listings I have.  I hate having listings over the winter/holiday months.Anyway, the one thing I've noticed is that there are a lot of buyers out and about who seem to be looking for a new home...

Not so much a blog post as an informal survey.I tend to give my clients (buyers and sellers) something at or following closing.  Sometimes it is a gift certificate to a restaurant I know they like, sometimes it is something for the home.  But I'm never consistent.  I spend anywhere from $50 to as...

I get it.  We're in a down market after an unrealistically hot market.  So a lot of agents have mentally checked in and are just phoning in the servicing of their listings (sometimes literally).I have a client - came to me because he was looking for a new home from a builder.  We found him one.  ...

Number of people in the U.S.:   302,500,000.Number of MILLIONAIRES in China:  320,000,000+Granted a majority of the Chinese population is still very poor and living on incomes of less than $600 a year.But HOLY COW!  I've heard other shocking facts about the population in China before (e.g. There ...

I'm trying to put a real list together (not one that includes things like "mow the lawn", "patch the drywall", etc.) What it means to be a full-service Realtor. Listing and Selling: You research the market enough to give competent advice and counsel on where the sellers should set the price.  Thi...

On another real estate forum a Realtor posted that maybe what the market needs is higher interest rates.  He hypothesized that higher interest rates might convince sellers to lower the prices on their over-priced homes thereby stimulating the market. I understand the logic - but in my market sell...