Kansas City North Real Estate and Community Information

SHORT SALE, subject to lender approval. Opportunity to gain immediate equity. Sold AS-IS, with no warranties or guarantees. Very nice home for this price in great neighborhood. To see more photos of this home, visit http://www.clayandplatte.com      

  I have to tell you that it's been a great year for real estate in 2008. That's what I tell everyone that asks, and almost every single one of them are shocked to hear this, but it's true.   This next week I'll have the last two sales of the year and with these two sales, I'll creep just over th...

Last week our office finished teaching the Keller Williams 36:12:3 class.  That stands for 36 listings in 12 months with 3 hours of lead generation per day.  I personally taught two of these classes myself, one for Marketing and the other for Agent to Agent Referrals. Although every one of the 12...

  When I took this listing http://www.postlets.com/res/211101 I knew it wouldn't be easy, but I thought it would be a great challenge and I'd look like a champ if I could pull it off.  Well, 6 months later I've spent a lot of time, effort, money and I'm looking more like a CHUMP, than a CHAMP.The...

I'm right in the middle of a horrific ordeal and just thought I should let everyone know about this.In August I picked up a listing from a guy that had completely rehabbed this little house.  He bought it from a guy that just needed out and the place was apparently a real mess.  He did a great jo...

In October I told you about a friend of mine that was having trouble making his new house payments after the loan adjusted on his ARM  "We Can't Give It To You If You Don't Ask"  Many of you on ActiveRain.com thanked me for bringing this to your attention.  It appears now that President Bush and ...

 Getting a price reduction in this market should be easy if you've gained the sellers trust and you've managed their expectations up front at the time of the listing.  The only time it's a problem is when the seller is simply not that motivated.When I take a listing, I talk about being aggressive...

This is an article from my good friend and professional home stager, Sue Shores. She's wonderful. Thanks for the helpful tips Sue! The holidays are just around the corner . . . how can we miss it with all the commercials. Yeah!  What a time to decorate . . . wait a minute, put the breaks on your ...

This last weekend I went to a family gathering with my wife's family. One of her relatives that I hadn't seen in a while was there and mentioned they were most likely going to sell their current home and move this next summer. I asked them where they were thinking they'd like to live and he menti...

I just spoke with a friend today that has discovered something bizarre and he wanted me to know about it. A couple of years ago, he refinanced his house with an adjustable rate mortgage that was scheduled to reset in two years time. He told me they thought they would probably move before that tim...