4,584,571
I try to focus on the positive aspects of real estate and life...positive coincidentally begins with p-o-s...just saying.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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John Pusa
Glendale, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Eve Alexander
Tampa, FL
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Jill Murty, Realtor - ...
Laguna Niguel, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
1,057,664
On whose part?
We part ways pretty quickly with clients who have creative ways of determining their square footage, acreage or amenities.
OH! Thank you Fred for reminding me of this:
2005, I was in Phoenix at a leadership conference. The then president of whatever their Association of Realtors is stood up with his arms outstretched to on high and declared, "There is no bubble!"
Everybody cheered. I laughed out loud. I told my husband this guy's on crack, of course there's a freaking bubble and we'll probably hit in the next three years. Hellooooooo!
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
3,350,764
The Denial is a very long river of tales to be told.
Present day ... it would have to be the NAR.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Joseph Domino 480-390-...
Scottsdale, AZ
1,847,781
When an agent couldn't figure out why he was going away for 15 years to the Federal vacation spot.
When an older gentlemen wouldn't leave the house after the closing because he said he 'wasn't' getting a divorce. Sorry, you are & it's been done. Please get your butt out of the new owners house please.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Joseph Domino 480-390-...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
1,326,624
"I have great credit" he said. "Getting a loan will be no problem".
Then "Do it!" I said,
"No problem, I will take care of that when I find the house I like" he said.
"But then it will be to late. Offers will be submitted and the house will be sold while you are still trying to get an approval." I said
"Not a problem." He said. "I am on top of it."
No...he was not!
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Joseph Domino 480-390-...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
544,014
NAR at the beginning of the housing crash denying that there's a problem
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
2,684,769
During the Boom of the early 2000's. I told friends, clients, et al that they were paying way too much, or refinancing their homes and investment property for too much money. "But prices will keep going up!" they insisted.
At least two close acquaintances lost their homes in the years following. A good friend paid $250K for a condo-conversion; when the prices dropped back under $100K she did a "strategic default" and wrecked her credit.
On the positive side of the Boom... I have other acquaintances who made a lot of money during that era!
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
2,785,606
Thats not my signature
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Joseph Domino 480-390-...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
5,583,328
I don't remember any significant situations....I worked fast and furious.... the last 25 years of my career were dedicated to new construction.... list, sell, rinse and repeat...right Michael Jacobs ...... everything negative is removed from my mind after it happens....
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
420,003
When WAMU was Bankrupted by Chase, Feds came in and locked the doors, one employee stayed inside an office waiting overnight -
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
5,773,367
John,
The guy who tried to make us believe that his buildings were not highrises, even though he referred to them as horizontal highrises! A
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
1,242,204
People play games. Nobel Laurette's phd scientist use agents to be Supra doorman. Dump all go direct to listings agent to strike a deal 8X.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Sam Shueh
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
5,258,956
If you're talking about NAR, I would have to agree, John!
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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John Pusa
Glendale, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
4,182,258
John Bear a few competitors stole my research on real estate investment.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
519,324
A client who insisted on putting new expensive granite on top of old worn out cabinets. It took several attempts before we finally talked them out of it.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
400,356
I had a really lovely lady as a client. She lived in a very large house, but she'd collected a lot of things over the years. She had shelves installed in a shower she didn't use so she could use it for storage.
When I listed the home, I asked her to remove the shelves from the shower stall. She asked "Are you sure??!!" She couldn't undertand removing them because she'd found them to be so convenient.
The shelves were removed, but she thought it was so wrong.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
117,135
oh, I have an example- someone wanted to sell an older, original condition home for the price of the fully rehabed, professional flip home o the next road... Hmm, time to face reality.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
7,871,475
In real estate, you need to be able to cope with the unexpected every day.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
2,222,281
Parked and reading.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
5,246,545
I make a lot of money! Down the road all cash. No value for a mortgage.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
4,800,132
I had a guy decide that he didn't like the condo he bought one day after moving in.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
3,071,589
Kathleen Daniels nailed this one!
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
921,504
Denials.
Just the tip of the iceberg.
Always reminds me of that Shaggy tune '''Wasn't me."
None of us need people like that in our lives. EVER.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
5,117,103
Maybe the NAR is in denial that its members are not up in arms and that they are not useful to its membership any longer.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
6,425,924
Denile, a river in Egypt, who would deny me?
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
87,920
When a seller can not move on time, or the lender can not fund by the COE, when title suddenly finds something and it is almost too late, etc.
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
4,319,873
John Bear - I love the home but the school system is not so good!
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
3,986,308
Ther is a several volume book
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
1,555,089
Sellers, right before a price reduction. 😲
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
1,507,073
4,434,177
5,879,816
Sellers believing their home is worth so much more than the comps show.