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I have a client who pulls at my heart strings. They have 2 children: one of whom has heart problems and is critically ill. Recently, they almost lost her, being so far from the hospital and her doctors. Because of that, they put their dream-home on the market and it sold fast. Now, we are looking...
04/29/2014
How generous are you towards other agents?  Several years ago, an experienced agent told me that I may do 1-2 (or, if I'm lucky, 3-7) transactions with a buyer/seller in a lifetime, but the real person that I need to be generous with, and market to, is the other agent in the transaction. I've alw...
12/31/2013
The market is shifting again, just as dramatically and quickly as the last time, and there are measures I take, for appraisers who have not realized times are a'changing. I take the lockbox off the house and make the appraiser come to me for entry. This way, I am standing in the driveway/front y...
06/15/2012
Yesterday, I went on a listing appointment that I thought would take 15 minutes. I figured I would politely decline listing the over-priced home and go on my merry way. Boy, was I surprised! The seller not only wanted me to market and list the home at the price I recommended (almost $100K below w...
03/18/2012
This morning, I ran into a old friend, who worked for the same builder as I worked for, a few years back. He laughingly called me a "warrior", which I took as a compliment. It tickled me and got me thinking: what exactly is a real estate warrior? A "warrior" is defined as " a person engaged or ex...
01/05/2012
Many sellers think that agents have a secret listing strategy. However, the truth is, without a seller's help, our strategies go out the window. Here are 6 sure-fire ways to sell a house fast: Price it right. Price it competitively. Interior and exterior condition is key. Make the repairs that yo...
08/13/2011
Tonight, I sat at a family's kitchen table, to tell them that to sell their home, they must come to the closing table with $50-60,000. I know everyone on this site has had a similar experience and knows how difficult it is to do. Yet the US Congress is taking another vacation??? Are they joking??...
08/03/2011
Two weeks ago, Georgia legislators listened to residents at a public hearing held at Georgia Tech, preparing for an upcoming special session of the Georgia General Assembly. The special session, to be held on August 15, will be to redraw the state’s legislative and congressional districts, to be...
07/15/2011
In late May and again in late June, there have been two town meetings, regarding the creation of the new city of Brookhaven, GA. Each meeting was conducted by people who did or did not seem to be in favor of the cityhood of Brookhaven The areas being considered for a City of Brookhaven are curre...
07/04/2011
Are you staying in touch with your buyers and sellers? If you are not, thank you, because your client may become my client in a short time. Recently, I went to a closing for one of my listings. The buyer started asking me questions about the local real estate market and asked me to put him on my ...
05/03/2011
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I blog about Atlanta's sub-markets in our metro area's real estate market and how Sellers and Buyers are affected.