Wishing everyone a very fun and enjoyable Halloween holiday. Amidst the colorful, creative costumes with the door bells ringing and the frolicking trick or treaters running around between the yards gathering candy, if this goes on in a dimly lit sky or darkness in your neighborhoods is to remembe
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10/31/2011
On Halloween I thought of all the wild costumes people come up with. For this year my thought turned to real estate buyers and what costume do they wear as their agents drag them around trick or treating from house to house for months on end?? The costume of THE TORMENTED SOUL. This is the p
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10/30/2011
I got to thinking about incentives for buyers to buy a home from a homeowner or in the case of new construction a Builder. Does Sweetening The Pot Make You Buy The Home? Think what is offered... large screen TVs, vacations, iPads, a luxury car, and to the Broker I have seen $2,000 cash, $5,000 ca
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10/29/2011
In our area, like many areas around the country you may tour or list properties or have buyers for million dollar or multi million dollar homes. Pocket neighborhoods for moderate cost of living areas and more common for higher priced areas like those in some states like California. These homes fa
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10/28/2011
I think as children we are both left and right brained people. Logical and Creative respectively. And then due to school, our own choice or preferences, or friends, one side is drummed out of us more than the other and a side becomes dominant. So at this stage in your life Are You A Balanced Doub
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10/27/2011
Many fairly sophisticated people question why use a REALTOR to help them buy a house? Why not do the research on your own and try to negotiate with the Seller's agent? Quick answer: The REALTOR gives you THE DEEP DIVE. Not even counting their professionalism and their training and experience.
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10/26/2011
Real estate payments to agents are in the form of straight commissions negotiated with buyers and sellers for the vast majority of business models. But what about A Retainer Fee Model Instead? Some companies are offering up these models as a $ per hour or just pay for the tasks a client needs
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10/25/2011
Sometimes when you read the techy side of some REALTOR'S or Stager's blog posts from a client perspective you might be scared off. Granted, many consumers are more hip and cool with Androids, and iPhones and iPads and such but when you present yourself as tech savvy, Don't Scare Them Off. I
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10/24/2011
Sometimes seeing all those For Sale By Owner signs out in front yards by home sellers I wonder if they realize the success rate is somewhere around 9 to 13% of it working. Seems like with those odds they'd be on the phone with their local REALTOR in a jiffy and quit wasting time. In reality, You
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10/24/2011