Kansas City Real Estate with Maria Morton

Trying to choose only one person from this sociological group was not easy but we're going with Suzie because we had so much fun together. (Suzie is not her real name as this was a recent transaction and we want to protect her identity.) Suzie, like all Millennials I've met, called me after doing...

What was it about Betty that made me want to do my absolute best for her? I think everyone who ever met her felt the same thing I felt; that's just how she was. She was undemanding, charming and full of a heartfelt appreciation for life. She inspired one to be better.  How did we meet? Well, her ...

One of my favorite clients of all time is an active duty Marine. As soon as he received his orders, he went online and contacted me. What's so great about working with marines? Let me count the ways! Communication is natural and easy. Why? Part of it is their training. Part of it is my history an...

Most, whether they realize it or not, expect both. Is that something we real estate agents can truly deliver? When a home buyer Googles real estate, they usually want to see homes for sale. Right now. Loads of them in the neighborhoods in which they want to live. But when they go to buy the home ...

Our lovely Brookside neighborhood is still popular with home buyers. There are actually several waiting for the home they want to come on the market as our inventory is down so their choices are limited.    The one for $30,000 under Pending is not in Brookside; the listing agent entered the wrong...

Recently, I've received a few phone calls from people checking me out on the internet before calling me in person to see if I would help them sell their house and/or buy a house. One thing they all asked about was why there were no blog posts on negotiations on either my Seller's Tips page or my ...

​Home buyers, particularly first time buyers, usually start off with a number of misconceptions about buying a home. These are cleared up during our initial consultation. Following are some of the misconceptions I have encountered most frequently this past year.  1. Potential buyers believe they ...

Margaret Gehr is the principle owner of Chicagoland Home Staging, servicing the greater Chicago area for home staging, redesign, and design projects. If she was in Kansas City, I would definitely use her to stage my clients' homes. Buyers start judging a home before they even walk in the door but...

Snow days are great for catching up on laundry and putting together comprehensive real estate market reports for consumers. As you probably know, our area continues to see rising prices and decreased inventory. The statistics show 2013 and before; the trends are continuing in January and February...

I have used videos as part of my marketing strategy when promoting and advertising homes I've listed for sale. Some people like to see videos of homes before deciding if they want to request a showing IRL while other people find videos to be time consuming and would just prefer to go look in pers...