Gerald's Real Estate Facts

Are you in a buyers or sellers market and how can you tell?  Well, all you have to do to answer this questions is go to www.realestatehelps.info and click on the Total Market Overview button and then just follow the instructions to find out what kind of market you are in.  REMEMBER:  The Real Est...

The FREE site that has helped many new agents and some experienced agents get a step up is about to start charging.  That's right the web site at www.realestatehelps.info will no longer be FREE after 1 September 2007.  So, if you need to get any thing off of the site while it's still FREE, hurry....

When it's time to sell your home, your biggest investment in your life, who do you want representing you?In today's modern world, everyone is looking for a specialist when they need something done right the first time.  If you have a car accident, you look for an attorney who specializes in auto ...

I'm always amazed when I click on the tour button of an MLS listing and find a photo of the front, back, and side of a home.  I may be wrong, but I thought to be a tour, there should be some photos of the inside of the house.  Also, I thought that having a picture of the kitchen, living room, din...

The curb appeal of your house can kill the sale.  After having driven all over the town in my real estate career, I am still amazed at the people who don't seem to think curb appeal matters when they are selling their house.  I've seen cars parked in the yard, dead flowers in the flowerbeds, weed...

If you want your home to sell it has to be advertised to potential buyers 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.  Information on your home has to be available to potential buyers all the time, not just when you're having an open house or when there is an ad in the paper.  Our Audio Open House allows pros...

Does the photo of your house on the MLS have people asking themselves this question?  When you list your home for sale in the winter the MLS photographer takes the picture of your house with snow on the ground.  Why is it that in April when we are looking at your house on the MLS it still has sno...

You have your home up for sale and it's on the Internet; the only thing is you can't find it.  If you home on the Internet and the only way you can find it is to type in a web address like - http://www.realtor.com/FindHome/HomeListing.asp?frm=byxmls&xlid=1065394613&fh=on&lnksrc=feathome&poe=realt...

Are you getting any lately?  Buyer feedback that is; when an agent has shown your home do you get any feedback on what the potential buyers felt about your home?  If you're not, then ask yourself why not.  Getting feedback from the buyer and their agent is as easy as falling off a log.  It's just...

Today, homebuyers surfing the Internet looking at homes want to see photos of the interior, exterior, and neighborhood.  When a homebuyer goes to Realtor Dot Com, the highest used real estate web site in the nation, they want to see photos to help them find a home.  Realtor Dot Com has even put a...