home selling tips: Reflections of Homes Not Selling On Your Time Table - 11/21/09 05:56 PM
Yes, sometimes houses just don't close for very good reasons but we just don't know it yet. As people, we tend to want to fix things and make things right when it goes "wrong". Real estate transactions and negotiations included.
This property 4581 Spencer in Wellington at Preston Meadows of Plano, … (5 comments)
home selling tips: I Wished Someone Would Have Told Me It Was a Preview - 04/30/09 08:23 AM
At the front door, the Seller said, "I wished someone would have told me it was a Preview. I wouldn't have gone to this extend to prepare the house".
I just want to ponder on this statement in this post.
Realtors preview homes everyday. At least that's what we should do … (17 comments)
home selling tips: Let's Make a Sweet, sweet deal! - 04/02/09 07:05 AM
Let's make it a sweet, sweet deal. Calling all home buyers and sellers alike to make a sweet, sweet real estate deal!
It's not always about the price. We always know that He who has the most information wins. So, instead of haggling on solely the price, try talking it out … (9 comments)
home selling tips: Sellers, Showcase Your Home with its Energy Up, Up and Up - 03/25/09 06:40 PM
It is timely to bring this topic up again since our home selling season is on its way. Selling a home is nothing more than presenting the home in the right energy to invoke your buyers' emotions. You want to capitalize on the energy going up, up and up. Your home … (8 comments)
home selling tips: Staging Is Staging Is Staging Is Not Decorating - 03/16/09 07:24 AM
The good news is that staging has taken center stage, worked its way into known as an accepted concept for Home Selling in today's Buyer's market.
Staging has changing my business just like blogging did. I believe in this philosophy so much that I made it a business requirement of accepting … (21 comments)
home selling tips: Sellers, Please Remove Your Emotions From The Sale of Your Frisco TX Home - 02/22/09 10:53 PM
Sellers, please REMOVE "yourself" from the sale of your Frisco TX home. By that, I mean remove your EMOTIONS! Perhaps start packing them away into the storage unit along with your items.
As you remove your personal photographs, diplomas and special collectibles or expensive artwork, you are already beginning your process of "moving … (14 comments)
home selling tips: Why Sellers Should Not Be Home When Buyers View Your Home - 02/11/09 09:10 PM
I typically advise my Seller clients not to be home when buyers view their house. Even on a short notice. Sometimes, the appointment is not relayed to the Sellers in time, buyers and their agents have been known to walk in on Sellers. My typical advice if this situation arise is, … (12 comments)
home selling tips: Another Successful Sale and Sellers Moved On - 11/03/08 06:57 PM
It does take work, knowledge and experience to produce a sale in today's challenging market, both from the Realtor(R) and Sellers' sides of the equation. I am proud to share with you that another Seller have successfully sold their property and moved on with their lives. It took me years … (13 comments)
home selling tips: The Five Senses of Selling. How Prepared Are You? - 10/30/08 10:09 PM
See. Feel. Taste. Smell. Hear.
When a buyer makes a purchase, the person must first make an "emotional" decision. Besides the price, this purchase must first appeal to our five senses.
Sense of Sight: In order to prepare your house for sale, it will be advisable to keep your house colors … (9 comments)
home selling tips: Sellers Fail To See - 10/22/08 10:06 PM
We are in a buyer's market today and every seller knows that. In order
to be able to get a full market price for your property, the property has to be
in top-notched conditions given the location is also top-notched. If you are
thinking about selling your house and you … (13 comments)
home selling tips: Sellers Are The Ultimate Decision Makers of Their Sale - 10/13/08 08:44 PM
Are you thinking about selling your home? Does this housing market sends you chills just thinking about your intentions? Selling your home is a very huge decision that affects your entire family. During this time, you and your family will definitely be inconvenienced and you probably have to put your … (6 comments)
home selling tips: The First Three Weeks May Be The First Lifeline for Your Sale - 10/02/08 06:02 PM
The skill of pricing a home to sell is not art and neither is it subjective. It comes with proper research and market analysis of surrounding homes within the neighborhood, similar year built and similar features. Correctly-priced homes do not stay on the market long (especially here in the Frisco and … (10 comments)
home selling tips: My secret to selling in 30 days when others took over 180! - 09/04/08 11:21 PM
It is not a secret that selling in today's market if you live in "most" of America will be a challenge. Some markets are tougher than others. I sold my rental property a year ago in yet another tough market - Norman, Oklahoma. But my objective was clear: to get this … (19 comments)
home selling tips: Do not lose focus while walking clients through difficult times - 08/11/08 05:36 PM
Patricia Harris of Celtic Realty in Dunedin, FL wrote about her blog about her sadness about her business flourishing when others around her are losing their homes. She and her agents are in business because of others' misfortunes - short sales and foreclosures. Patricia has a big and kind heart and … (10 comments)
home selling tips: Why Have Your Home Not Sold in Panther Creek Estates Frisco? - 08/08/08 04:09 AM
You have done your due diligence. You have de-cluttered. You have brought in the curb appeal. You have done everything you could do to anticipate the sale of your home at Panther Creek Estates. It has been over 90 days with not much traffic. You wonder Why? Is the market "really" … (2 comments)
home selling tips: Your Real Estate Agent In The Front Line - 08/05/08 02:22 PM
Broker Bryant's previous blog about Sellers sell for all sorts of reasons (Thanks to Broker Bryant, I've pasted the link he sent. If you havent read this, you need to) and one of my recent experience inspired to write this blog. Your role as your client's real estate agent has truly … (4 comments)
home selling tips: Buyers & Sellers: Does Your Starting Price Point Matter? - 07/17/08 08:25 PM
Here is another day-to-day, yet very real scenario that happens to many of our buyers and sellers in the real estate market these days.
For Sellers:
It doesn't matter what your original listing price is - especially when you did not get it priced correctly in the first place. Sellers often … (6 comments)
home selling tips: Another Happy Frisco TX Home Seller sold ... and moved on - 07/16/08 05:41 PM
This a testimonial which I received a while back. I am taking this opportunity to describe how I view my job as a realtor very seriously and passionately. I hope that through this testimonial, you would see the person that I am. Thank you.
Well, to make the long story short, … (3 comments)
home selling tips: Finally Someone With A Brain Commenting About the Real Estate Market - 07/15/08 06:11 PM
Finally someone with a brain...
I have been very tired about listening to the media for the past few months. Everywhere you turn, the media is painting the world is coming to an end. The media wants you to see that the sky is falling. But is it really?
I finally … (4 comments)
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