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2011 

Driving Your Open House Business --- Part 3/The Sign-In Sheet Gather a group of real estate agents and you will have many thoughts regarding open houses.  If they work, if they don't.  My suggestion is if you think they work, do them and if you are in the camp that thinks open houses are a waste ...
04/05/2011
Driving Your Open House Business -- Part 2/Here's The Takeaway I know the one thing you can always count on when you get a group of real estate agents together will be the pros and cons of open houses.   Why they work.............Why they don't work.....Yada Yada Yada If you are an agent who does...
04/04/2011
Driving Your Open House Business -- Part 1/Proper Signage I know the one thing you can always count on when you get a group of real estate agents together will be the pros and cons of open houses.   Why they work.............Why they don't work.....Agents who tell sellers they don't work and only...
04/03/2011
  I Can See(The Home) Clearly Now and Clearly That is A Good Thing We've all seen it whether we are real estate professionals, buyers searching for the perfect home or the casual looky-loo.   That awful six letter word:    CLUTTER The elimination of clutter makes a significant difference in how y...
04/03/2011
We've Made Offers on Twenty Different Homes But Nothing Has Been Accepted Well, I have heard a lot of stories over the years so nothing surprises me.  It occured at a recent open house.   The visitors walked right up and introduced themselves.  Nice and courteous I thought to myself.  They were a...
04/02/2011
Pasadena CA Washington Square Landmark District - Open This Weekend Today, Saturday April 2 and tomorrow, Sunday, April 3 I will be holding an open house at 968 Palm Terrace in the Washington Square Landmark District in Pasadena.   The district, established in 2003 consists of approximately 250 c...
04/02/2011
 We Would Like To Sell But What About Capital Gains? Are you a longtime homeowner who has asked yourself this question?  A visitor to an open house I was holding asked this very question. The current law(from 1997) allows homeowners to avoid paying taxes on the first $500,000 of profit if they ar...
04/01/2011
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