The Selling Agents

  The community of Brentwood Hills has the distinction of being one neighborhood, with two cities.  With some residents using a Brandon address, and others using a Valrico address, people can often be at a loss for telling you exactly where Brentwood Hills is.  Bordered on the North by some of th...

I hate fraud, there is no place for it in legitimate business.  This author is dead on in his assesment of short sale investor practices; and the outcry that he recieved from the investor readers is similar to what a local journalist heard from investors after she published a non biased article o...

As we moved into the market we have today, and we all learned more than we ever wanted to about short sales, we also got to learn quite a bit about short sale scams.  I have read more than I ever needed to about the different short sale riches programs that have been pushed so heavily. My positio...

This is a great video on the hardest topic to discuss with sellers.  Every fifteen years or so there is a  market that allows you to price the home at the high end, and "test the water".  For the rest of the time, pricing above the market is like swimming in a rip tide.  Price it corectly, get lo...

  First let me state that I beleive in HOA's.  Not in the same way that I believe in Bigfoot, but rather, that HOA's can and mostly do, exactly what they are supposed to do.  They maintain standards of appearance, and provide an insurance against another resident doing things that may harm the v...

While on a recent drive to South Florida, I saw a billboard that was advertising a credit restoration service, and the name of the company jumped right out at me.  I spent the next few minutes thinking about the great name, Cred-Ability, and how it is really relevant to our home buyer market of l...

Thanks Anna for telling a often told story once again.  One of my biggest lessons learned came early on.  You will not find that needle in the haystack buyer, you will only regret the time and energy you put into a listing that will not sell. Fariy Tale Agents Please Put Your Magic Wand Away!   Y...

These could be very good daily affirmations.  Maybe find the weak one for yourself and work on that in your day to day.  Thanks Don, for a great post.  Once I am succesful, I will have to look back on these and see if all five apply to me...I wish I could remember where I read this recently so I ...

Working with buyers that are interested in the idea of buying a short sale is always a two step process.  First you have to educate them on the inconsistencies of the short sale market, and then you have to prepare them for the wait/failure rate of short sale purchase attempts.   Buyers are used ...

It is that time of year again, as the Hillsborough County TRIM notices, or property tax assessments, have been mailed out.  These are a constant source of confusion, frustration, and grief.  People seem to have a very difficult time understanding the property tax statement, so hopefully this will...