listings: There are town-homes, town-boxes, and even town-ruts ... Make sure yours is a "townhome"! - 06/24/07 06:23 PM
It's bad enough that the world is diluged with what my neighbor calls "snout houses", but now we have these townhome developments where all you see are garages as you drive into the development. Do you want to get to the front door, on foot? Well, you'll have to park some long distance away, then (0 comments)
listings: Uh oh; all of my listings have sold! I need more Des Moines listings! - 05/30/07 06:12 AM
It's a nice problem to have -- I seldom have that many listings anyhow - I think five is my tops thus far, but recently I changed companies, brought my three listings with me. Two sold in a week and the other within a month! Now I'm fresh out and I need to get (8 comments)
listings: The Value of the Listing Continues to Escalate - Online - 05/21/07 08:16 AM
The requirement for a business to continue to evolve is fundamental. If one does not allow the business model to change with the times, the business could begin to sink into a downward spiral that resembles a planet approaching a black hole -- the demiss is so catastrophic, and so out of control of management, there (1 comments)
listings: Finding motivators sellers (for OO and NOO's) - 05/14/07 11:31 PM
I sometimes find it amusing that so much time is spent by investors wondering how they will find motivated Sellers. Being "in the industry" of real estate sales, of course, allows me a different perspective than if I weren't a professional Realtor. The way we (REALTORS) discover motivated Sellers is to interview (2 comments)
listings: Strategic Pricing Methodology for Today's Marketplace - 04/30/07 09:27 PM
It occurred to me a while back that having a listing that is overpriced is actually nearly as bad as not having a listing! Seller's can be demanding, and some are high maintenance (redundant, I know), but ALL tend to want their house sold!!! Of course, Realtors wouldn't take listings if the (0 comments)
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