Chuck's Blog

I would like to thank everyone that commented on my last post. I sure did not expect so many views and comments. My closing on Friday was a little tense, the sellers were not out by the time of our walk-through. In fact they had just started moving out and even though their agent told them to ple...

First I would like to thank everyone who has been reading my blog. I am 100% new to this and I have not even read very many blog posts before. I had been reading for the last couple of years that as a real estate agent you should you a blog. I have always liked the idea of sharing my experiences ...

Here in the St. Louis Area I am sure most of you have heard about the assault on one of our Coldwell Banker Gundaker Agents. On March 4th 2007 an agent from one of our offices had a gun pulled on her in a home she was showing. She was handcuffed to a post in the basement while all of her money, c...

I just had a situation come up on a deal that I was working and I thought I would share it in the hopes it would help someone else out. I represent the buyers who first tried to by my own listing and then we moved on to another home in the same area. We wrote a contract on a home and specified th...

Septic Inspections are a very important part of the real estate deals in Jefferson County. Do to all of the changes in Codes over the last year it is rare for a home to pass their inspection and the repairs normally range from 6 to 15 thousand dollars. This unexpected expense is usually a deal ki...

Do you see many part time lawyers? part time doctors? part time stock brokers? The answer should be NO. Yet in the real estate profession, where people make the largest monetary transactions of their life, they use an agent who drives a school bus during the day and only sells real estate at nigh...

Spring will be here soon and I have already seen a huge increase in the homes sold. I have sold four of my listings already this year and have had more showings and calls than normal for this time of year. I think that the slow fall with very few people buying and selling has lead to a better tha...