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Tim and Julie Harris (Harris Real Estate University)
Today we had this question 38 times (yes, I counted)… "Coach, where is the housing market headed… I am hearing conflicting information and I am not sure what I should be doing now" Our answer is.. "The housing market is like a constipated…
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John Ammirati (Century 21 Prevete)
With markets settling down to a slower pace after the mad rush to get into contract by April 30th, many realtors and economists are questioning whether we need another helping hand from the government to get a our business going. What's good for…
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Bob Haywood, www.BobHaywood.com (McGraw Realtors)
Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you got to do is call and I'll be there yeah yeah yeah. Ain´t it good to know that you´ve got a friend people can be so cold they'll hurt you and desert you well they'll take your soul if you let…
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Jim Gatos (Keller Williams Realty)
About a year ago, I was talking to a fellow agent about how we run our businesses. Probably, that my first mistake right then and there. (Just Kidding)… However, I told that agent, no matter what I tell sellers when I look at their property, I…
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Dorie Dillard: Canyon Creek & NW Austin Living (Coldwell Banker United)
I was reading a great blog by Richard Wiseman on Knowing Your Competition It is crucial to understand what your competition is offering so you can create several higher levels of offerings that will make you stand out as a marketing guru. Of…
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Jay Beckingham (HomeLynx Home Loans)
Like most purchases my involvement with the short sale buyer probably started out with prequalifying the buyer, and putting them through the preapproval process. Then I issue a preapproval letter based on hard copy financial data. Pay attention…
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Patsy Overton (Stage, Show & SELL Home Staging Co. Atlanta, Georgia)
You Might Be A Redneck Home Stager If… I live in metro Atlanta, which is Jeff Foxworthy country. Last I heard, he lived about 20 miles up the road from me. We all love him around here. Last week my husband and I went to the local diner for…
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Jennifer Allan, Author of Sell with Soul (Sell with Soul)
I'm going to steal a page from the Broker Bryant rulebook and dredge up an old post from the distant past. In fact, what follows is one of my very first posts here on ActiveRain, but I was inspired to re-post today it by Susan Haughton's excellent…
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Richard Iarossi, Crofton MD Real Estate, Annapolis MD Real Estate (Long and Foster® Real Estate, Inc.)
As large as the real estate industry is, in reality we deal in our smaller, local communities as we conduct business on a day to day basis. We're dealing with customers and clients, and we always have to remember, we're dealing with other agents as…
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Susan Haughton Alexandria, VA REALTOR® www.susanmovesyou.com (Long & Foster REALTORS® Old Town Alexandria)
Although I pride myself on being pretty darn patient with my clients who are searching for that perfect home here in Alexandria and while I assure them they should take as much time as they need to feel comfortable with their home buying decision,…
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Roland Woodworth,SFR - Clarksville Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource (Exit Realty Clarksville)
Have you checked out the roster This is a cool feature where you can check out the new ActiveRain members by month and year dating all the way back to the beginning of AR time. Do you know the date Just who were the first 38 ActiveRain…
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Lisa Udy Realtor Utah Real Estate Specialist (Logan Utah Real Estate The Platinum Real Estate Group)
Question: Are Cutthroat Home Buyers Causing Home Values To Decline More? While you're working with a buyer, when they write an offer, do you just let them write it where they want? Do you let your buyers write low offers just to get that…
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ActiveRain Corp.
Recently, the RainCamp train made a slight deviation from its normal 'Big City' course. After doing LA, New York, DC, Dallas, Chicago and a number of other big market cities, we booked a RainCamp in Prescott. Some of you may have been thinking,..
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Lenn Harley, Real Estate Broker, Virginia & Maryland (Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate)
STOVEPIPING! "retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another" Dictionary. com WHAT'S THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REAL ESTATE…
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Stacie Kvanvig, Real Estate Dame (Keller Williams Legacy One Realty)
I recently went on a listing presentation where I knew the seller had negative equity. When I arrived, I got the customary tour and received a detailed list of property upgrades. I asked the seller the typical questions: how many loans to you have;…
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Renee Burrows - Las Vegas NV Valley - Homes For Sale - Real Estate Market News (The Force Realty -Realtor>Estate>Probate>REO>Short Sale)
Gotta love having a buyer consultation going on and then your phone just literally blows up. Five calls in 4 minutes from the same big branded Las Vegas Resort phone number! I finish the call with serious buyer. :ring ring: me: Good…
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Sheldon Neal -- That British Agent -- (Bergen County, NJ - RE/MAX Real Estate Limited)
Times are stressful right now for most. There's no hiding that. So any way we can 'reduce' stress is a benefit to our lives. I ran into someone last week who I had been friendly with a few years ago when he worked at a different brokerage. We…
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Larry Lawfer (EXIT Realty Metro Dallas)
I am an early riser; I have been all my life. Believe me this is no badge of honor. Some would consider it a curse. For me, it is just the way I am wired and so I have time in the morning to read and write and think. It is a private…
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Stephen MyTitleGuy@Me.com Garner ( MyTitleGuy.Net (I.D.S.))
OK, so maybe this didn’t happen…………. I just escaped! I ran all the way home to tell you what just happened to me. I can’t believe this…. I’m out of breath……. Ok, breathe…in…
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