hawaii home seller: Strategic Planning + Hard Work = Property IN CONTRACT - 11/03/09 12:50 PM
We all talk about how we go above and beyond the call of duty in our businesses and there are many different opinions of exactly what that means. In a market that has been undoubtedly slow we have to be unique in our approach in doing the best we can for … (65 comments)
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hawaii home seller: How to Be a Happy Hawaii Short Sale Home Buyer - 10/30/09 12:53 AM
After working diligently the last few month with short sale buyers I am pleased to announce that recently two of my Hawaii Home Buyers finally got approved for short sale properties! For most of 2009 it's been hard to get Hawaii Relocation clients into contract. For one, they are just relocating … (11 comments)
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hawaii home seller: In the Day of Vikings and Short Sale Negotiators? - 09/23/09 12:04 AM
At the height of the financial crisis with banks closing, lending institutions in trouble and mortgage fraud abundant in those closing mortgage brokerage firms you would think that many of those banks and institutions (after getting all that help themselves) would be out to help the consumer in trouble as well.
There are … (19 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Aiea Heights Hawaii Home SOLD for $511,000! - 09/18/09 08:18 PM
Property Details for 99-118 Napuanani Road, Aiea, Hawaii 96701
· MLS # 2910068
· 3 Bedrooms /2 Bathrooms
· Built in 1954
· Extra HUGE Covered Lanai
· MANY MATURE Fruit Trees (Lychee, persimmon, fig, avocado)
· All electric changed
· 2 Car carport
· 1332 Interior SQ/FT
· 10,006 sq/ft land!
· $201 Mo. Property Tax
· NO … (16 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Semantics on Words for Showing Appointments? - 08/31/09 12:01 PM
I'm going down the home stretch in getting showing appointments ready for Hawaii Military Relocation clients. We all have our HORROR stories with no responses for email and showing requests but I ran across something that has me, my broker and other agents I've asked......stumped.
It took one week for an agent to respond to my calls and emails....with a … (21 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Honolulu Real Estate | Market Report for June 2009 - 07/03/09 10:07 PM
Honolulu County Real Estate Housing Market Numbers Are Out for JUNE 2009 !
In the previous two posts on Year to Date Honolulu County Housing Market Statistics I showed you the reality from 2008 to 2009 where numbers and sales prices showed a decrease. Looking at the following housing market numbers and … (11 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Honolulu Real Estate | You Are a GUEST While You Are Attending an Open House - 06/24/09 07:56 PM
Hawaii Home Buyers and Sellers | Etiquette for Open Houses
Our Open Houses on Oahu (Honolulu County) are still a great way to preview a property. Maybe your Realtor® is unable to attend with you (the Home Buyer) due to previous appointments or holding an Open House themselves. It's also a great way … (16 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Hawaii Home Buyer | Why They Think They Can Negotiate OUR Commission - 06/21/09 11:51 PM
What a great Open House today! About 45 people running through and no time to sit down. No potty break and a good thing I brought my water bottle (which, incidentally, I forgot in the seller's fridge) otherwise I would have shriveled away (yeah, right)
A good turnout and soooo many … (36 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Are You Really Thinking in the Best Interests of YOUR SELLER? - 05/28/09 01:00 PM
Making decisions for a client and not thinking in their best interests creates some serious thoughts in my head as to what their agenda is. Questioning what we do not know allows us to get an opinion "outside our own thinking" and could possibly save you a slap in the face … (24 comments)
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hawaii home seller: For EVERY Action there IS a Reaction | The Ripple Effect in Motion in Hawaii's Housing Market - 05/22/09 07:36 PM
There IS certainly a reaction for every action and regardless of how much we try to just....BE....there is always the human mind and behavior that will cause some sort of reaction.
For instance, if I call you a @#%^&! you are not just going to just ....be. You'll either fly a remark back or your eyebrows will … (23 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Going Past Professionalism- When Clients Become Lifelong Friends - 05/17/09 02:05 PM
I'm one of those Real Estate Professionals that loves to have a personal connection with my clients. It's just something that occurs naturally because of a job well done as well as having a personal comfortable connection with clients during the course of one, two, three times a repeat client. It's … (28 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Building a Reputation Over a Lifetime - 04/08/09 12:33 AM
She packs up loads of books, pamphlets, documents and brochures for her listing appointment. Hmm...she snaps her fingers as a signal that she almost forgot something. The camera and flip video; and she grabs them and places them in her satchel as well.
Hair neatly combed and dressed in a nice pantsuit … (31 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Royal Kunia Home JUST SOLD! - 04/01/09 05:33 PM
94-1063 Hoohele Street three bedroom, 2.5 bath home built in 2003 was JUST SOLD by Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman, Realtor-Associate® for Century 21 Liberty Homes. Referral by Willam E. Johnson, RE/MAX Associates in San Diego, CA. THAT IS THE POWER OF ACTIVERAIN :))
Highlights of the home:
3 SPACIOUS Bedrooms!
2 … (15 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Marketing Strategy on a Tight Budget....Includes Blogging - 03/23/09 11:44 PM
A couple of weeks ago I did a portion of our Monday Sales Meeting for Century 21 Liberty Homes. The biggest thing I wanted to stress to our agents was that the Art of Blogging is the biggest part of marketing our business and our expertise in representing our buyers and … (124 comments)
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hawaii home seller: The First 24 Hours- Crucial Internet Strategy for Listings - 02/15/09 05:22 AM
It is so important to have my game plan ready for marketing a property and giving it the best exposure possible as a new listing. Provided that the home is in "showing condition ready" those first 24 hours are crucial to get all marketing material ready and out for the public to consume.
I take dozens of pictures … (95 comments)
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hawaii home seller: It Never Ceases to Amaze Me! - 02/11/09 10:46 AM
All of us start to get those calls coming in for potential clients wanting to buy a home, sell a home or just general questions or feedback to one of our posts. I receive many emails though many are commenting on the beaches in Hawaii or the beautiful pictures of the … (32 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Reflections and Compassion in the Real Estate Industry - 02/06/09 04:23 PM
Most of us have had to adjust our budgets, spending habits, marketing techniques and life in general to change with the changing economy and market. I limited my trips to those junk food places (which is most likely healthier for me) and sellers have had to adjust their thinking and actually … (30 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Barriers & Bridges VS Selling Your Hawaii Home - 01/09/09 11:06 AM
No matter where you are our United States of America.... it IS a BUYER'S market. That means buyers can negotiate for a better price, maybe a credit to go towards closing costs. Maybe they just transferred to Hawaii with the military … (21 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Assumptions Have NO Place in this World - 01/07/09 04:12 PM
Countless times I have wondered, pondered, assumed and presumed. The THINKING can drive us nuts if we allow our own thinking to interfere with good, sound advice.
I've watched the changes and the upgrades to ActiveRain and the red flag whatsamajigger doodad (ugly in my opinion) next to my points go … (82 comments)
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hawaii home seller: Aggressive, Pushy or a Flat Out Pain in the ...... ?? - 12/15/08 07:46 PM
That first meeting! We usually have some insight regarding the attitude of a person at that very first meeting. It's that first impression that really stands out in ones mind.
Let's say we 'meet' a peer online and for that first impressionwe get is an opinionated mindset and a bunch of !!!! (yelling) … (74 comments)
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