buyers: ET, Call Home ~ "Flying Saucer House" SOLD! To The Highest Bidder - 03/17/08 09:00 PM
I believe that for every unique home there is a unique buyer. The trick is to find that unique buyer.
Homes don't get much more unique than Chattanooga Tennessee's Flying Saucer House. Constructed on Signal Mountain in 1970, this house looks like every alien space craft ever depicted in a sci-fi movie … (47 comments)
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buyers: Are You Waiting For The Right Moment? - 02/13/08 02:05 PM
Ice and snow, wind and low temperatures; these are the conditions we face in mid-February. Our instinct in winter is to huddle inside where it is warm and dry, keeping everything on hold as we wait for seasons to change and spring to arrive.
While winter may not seem like the … (16 comments)
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buyers: Let There Be Light! - 10/02/07 08:58 PM
Sellers, don't overlook the importance of lighting in your homes. Buyers and their agents need to be able to shed a little light on the subject.
Recently, I accompanied a young couple and their home inspector as they went room to room in a home the couple has an interested in purchasing. Fortunately, this couple is … (3 comments)
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buyers: The Nesting Instinct ~ What We Can Learn From the Birds - 09/11/07 01:19 PM
During these waning days of summer, I spend as much time as possible communing with nature. So I spend a lot of time looking up at birds. Nesting habits is what I know most about bird behavior, and I find this behavior fascinating.
As a real estate agent, I tend to … (4 comments)
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buyers: Vicarious Joy ~ Witnessing the Excitement of New Home Potential - 09/09/07 07:49 PM
I had one of those purely pleasurable days in real estate today. Today I opened the door for a young family so they could take measurements for the renovations they will be making to the soon to be theirs "as is" house. They intend to hit the ground running as soon as … (7 comments)
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buyers: Buyer’s Agent ~ Remaining Calm in the Eye of the Storm - 09/06/07 03:21 AM
For many clients, the home buying experience is terribly stressful. Even when all goes well nerves are often frayed. Buying a home, after all, involves a huge financial commitment, and the buyer's confidence levels can be shaky. So one can only imagine how a client feels when things are not going … (4 comments)
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buyers: Modern Conveniences ~ Then and Now - 09/05/07 02:02 PM
Recently, while showing homes to a young couple, I came across something I haven't seen in a long time. The wife and I were in the kitchen of an older home checking storage capacity. We chatted congenially about pots and pans, flatware, and china as we pulled open drawers and peaked … (3 comments)
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buyers: Sympathetic Pain ~ Obtaining a Mortgage - 09/04/07 09:17 PM
(Due to reader misunderstanding, as demonstrated in comments 1-6, I am adding some clarification to this blog - I only work with buyer clients who have first acquired mortgage pre-approval. This is office policy. Also as office policy, all buyer clients on first meeting receive a list of recommended financial officers.) In this new age of … (6 comments)
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buyers: Mr. and Mrs. Seller, Please Give FHA a Chance! - 09/02/07 10:04 PM
Over the years FHA has helped many Buyers, who did not qualify for other mortgage products, achieve their dream of homeownership. These individuals consider an FHA mortgage a very good thing.
That is not, however, the perception among many home Sellers. At the mention of FHA financing, home Sellers run for the … (5 comments)
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buyers: Do You Carpool With Clients, or Do You Caravan? - 08/25/07 09:55 PM
There is an active debate among buyers' agents concerning which is the best way to travel with clients. Should we carpool with them, or should we caravan?
When showing properties, there are those who prefer to travel with their clients with them in their vehicles. Front seat and back seat, they travel … (13 comments)
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buyers: Not to Sound Sexist, But… - 08/25/07 08:31 AM
My homebuyer-clients ask a lot of questions about properties they are considering for purchase. In order to be as helpful as possible, I try to anticipate likely questions. I am prepared to field questions about storage space and space for a potential home office or nursery. And I can look at … (31 comments)
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