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"To err is human, to forgive divine". The problem is some buyers would rather litigate than forgive.  As the markets accelerate, it's important for listing agents and buyer brokers to remember, "If in doubt, check it out". For example, a few days ago an agent poked their head in my office to ask ...
05/27/2009
Tina Turner is releasing a remake of her classis hit ‘What's love got to do with it?'. The new version is dedicated to stubborn sellers who refuse to lead the market with a competitive price. The new song is entitled: "What's price got to do with it?" Everything, Tina replies in her timely tune. ...
05/18/2009
The other day I was jogging with a friend of mine who is a Realtor.  He told me a story about a lady who sold her home the first day it was on the market in a buyers market. My friend was in line at a local bank.  He started conversing with the lady in back of him.  When he mentioned he was in r...
05/15/2009
Real estate agents sell houses, signs help. Sometimes sellers get this backwards. It's not the size of the sign, the number of signs, the flyer bow on the sign, or the 1/800 info rider on the post. The secret to selling houses is aggressive pricing, proper staging, and proactive marketing. The ot...
05/14/2009
1)      Talk too much. A listing appointment is really an opportunity to listen. Usually the party that is not talking is in control. 2)      Don't ask questions. Flip the pages of that ‘brag book' or PowerPoint presentation as you smile down memory lane showing pictures of your trophies, terrier...
04/20/2009
The secret of selling houses is for sellers to follow the ‘Four P Formula’: pricing, patience, positive thinking, and prayer. This is similar to the ‘Four P’s of Marketing’: product, price, promotion, and place that students study in college.   L.S.B. Leaky found fossil remains in the Olduvai gor...
04/09/2009
There is a big difference between a seller being on the market vs. in the market. To put a home on the market a seller hires a real estate agent to list a house for sale. If that house is in the market, agents and buyers view the property and make offers to purchase the house.   A fishing analogy...
04/07/2009
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was something real estate agents could do that would guarantee they would receive no referrals! That’s right, absolutely no referrals! No warm calls from friends or relatives of past clients. No, referring agents to worry about, and interrupt the precious paperwo...
04/03/2009
  1)      Wilson Mountain - If you like long, uphill, strenuous hikes with jaw dropping views after hiking 5.2 miles and gaining 2400 vertical feet and topping out at 7000 feet; this hike's for you! Park at Midgley bridge & follow the signs. Summer sun makes this extra challenging. 2)      West F...
04/01/2009
On a recent Monday morning I received a call from a seller I represent who was ecstatic that his house was show over the weekend. An agent first previewed the property and said it was, "Aggressively priced and showed great". This property would be one of four the agent would show to their client....
03/24/2009
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