Earl's Blog

My wife called me Saturday afternoon, while I was at the JOB and she said that a plane landed on a house in Rosamond.    I decided to go by there after I got off. (this was at 6:30)  Sure enough, I rounded the corner and the road was blocked.  I went to a different enterance and saw a small plane...

From Jan to May, nearly 100 residents have lost their Sect 8, due to major local enforcement targeted at finding those who are defrauding, or breaking the rules of, the government aid program.  (I am one who feels about this like I do about Welfare.  I feel that these are great programs for those...

I came across a great idea today.  It was emailed to me from a group I really have come to respect their advice.  When I read this, it made great since.It is to order multiple business cards when you order some.  I was thinking, "What, this could cost me more money and why?"  Talk about short sig...

How important is market share to you?  What can it mean for you?  How do you build your market share?  What are you currently doing to increase your share of the market?  What is market share?  It is the percentage of sales that have done in the market.  It can be for many different things: listi...

Many are under the assumption that since they were preapproved a few months back that they are still preapproved.  Is this true?There are allot more aspects in the mix then even a few months ago.  Some lender have recently gone out of business.  What do you do if you were approved by these compan...

Fliers are widely used as promotional tools for marketing.  You can use fliers to promote listings and to promote your personal brands.  You can use logos, picturs, your own special slogan, contact information, etc.. And if you have a web site, it is a great way to drive prospective clients to it...

When you first get a listing, how many pics do you take to put on the MLS?   What do you focus on?  What mega picle do you find works the best, without taking forever to load?  You don't want the clients getting board waiting on pics to load.  How many outside shots do you take?  Do you use the l...

Your objective is to blow the prospective buyers and make a great first impression.  You need to make sure the house shows  the lightest, brightest and largest interior possible.  You have to put yourself in the buyers shoes and think like they would and what they would  want to see.  You will ne...

Your property has several different values, depending on what the purpose of the appriasal and who is doing it.  THe tax assessor, mortgage lender, insurance company, seller and buyer require different things.     There is also what is called "market value", this is what your buyer is willing to ...

Have the right price on your home is key from the start.  The higher the price tag (especially if it is above realistic market value) the longer it will take to sell (if at all) and the less interest it will attract.With the right price tag on it good things happen:  more buyers will be attracted...