PENDING SALE! 2201 Tremond Blvd in Northwest Grand Rapids - 02/28/12 01:56 PM
Pending Sales in the Grand Rapids and surrounding communities shows the market still is active. Whe buyer's call about a specific properties availability it is hard for them to understand that it may be listed as availably on one website and already sold on another. Please Refer to my blog "Grand Rapid Home for Sale Nope Sold!" This home is pending with a cash buyer. It is unlikely to come back on the market. … (4 comments)
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Lakefront Home Selling Specialists - 02/26/12 10:45 AM
Thinking of buying a lakefront home in West Michigan? We are the Lakefront Home Selling Specialists. Waiting until spring to buy, might I say you will miss the deals!
When the spring selling market comes prices go up and you have more buyers to compete with your offer. Looking for something special but can't find it. We will use our vast data bases of lakes and seller's to help you find the right property at the right price. It may take a little bit but it will be worth the time if you find exactly what you want. Many times we … (4 comments)
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Volunteer in Your Community - 02/26/12 05:58 AM
Want positive recognition within your community for doing positive something you believe in? Volunteering not money, anyone can do that, your time. Get to know people, understand them and their needs. People can see through those that are on boards for the name on a resume. Build communities from the inside out, with your knowledge and help.
I am making a video for a local cancer society. They are going to do a fund drive, they need a drop off point but more importantly they needed advertising on a shoestring budget. This isn't about my needs or my exposure but it happens … (3 comments)
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NOW PENDING! 1048 Neland SE Grand Rapids, Michigan - 02/24/12 12:21 PM
Homes selling in the Grand Rapids Real Estate market offers buyer's many opportunities to own a beautiful home and maintain a reallistic budget. Many times home ownership can be cheaper than rent for many people. Making a house payment can help create long term wealth. When buyer's consider today's home prices, they may never have this opportunity again in history. Homes available for sale change daily. If you are considering buying a home visit our website Flexit Realty for a "FREE" Home Buyer's Checklist … (3 comments)
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Nosy Neighbor! - 02/24/12 10:55 AM
No you can not come in or see my house! You are just a nosy neighbor, go snoop around someone else's house. Today I met the ultimate for sale by owner. It was a chance meeting but had me in stitches, laughing because I could see this guy doing everything he was relating to me.
We have a winter storm that closed schools and caused travel difficulties except for those of us owning 4 wheel drives or brave any conditions. I offered to drive my wife to her hair cut appointment. I took a book I have been reading on some … (5 comments)
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Do You Believe? - 02/24/12 04:24 AM
Statistics are the cornerstone of evaluation methods. Without statistics it we would not be able to analyze outcomes. We would not forecast, anticipate sales options or create projections.
This brings me to using statistics in Real Estate. Forecasting Sales in real estate can be based on population trends, housing availability, price and income to name a few.
The hidden factor is you the agent. How much are you willing to invest in your career. Real estate is not like a normal 8-5 jobs. You have some control factors that must be recognized.
Top 10 Agent Factors:
Can you schedule you … (7 comments)
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Grand Rapids Real Estate Broker - 02/23/12 03:17 PM
Grand Rapids real estate brokers are many times small single person offices, the broker is the agent.
Real estate services offered are often limited based on dollars and technology. Selling homes is a matter of buyer exposure, the rule of numbers. The more buyers seeing a home for sale, the faster the home sells. This is why technology is so important to generate home sales. broker's are not always wiling to spend brokerage money on advertising a client's home. This minimizes buyer expose of the property for sale to a smaller pool of home buyer's.
Flexit Realty agents have multiple years … (0 comments)
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Having Client's Help You Sell Faster with Virtual Tours - 02/23/12 02:11 PM
Many Realtors® don't take the time to explain the value of using virtual tour links to their clients.
Seller's can impact your selling time by helping you use virtual methods to sell their properties. We as Realtors® know photos are worth a thousand words...virtual tours are worth thousands of dollars in commissions too!
I recently posted a home we have listed for sale using a custom virtual tour I created. It wasn't a canned tour nor was it intended to be more than a promotional tour for our company and the property. It does both very nicely.
The client was very … (0 comments)
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1117 Cooper SE NEW PRICE! Only $62,900 SE Grand Rapids Renovated Home - 02/19/12 11:02 AM
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SE Grand Rapids Price Reduction 1048 Neland SE Now $57,000 Renovated, Move in Ready - 02/19/12 10:58 AM
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Happy Birthday to Me! - 02/19/12 10:00 AM
Yike's what a day...the dreaded 65!
I have never had an issue with birthday's but this one has been different. I really never gave time or dates much thought unless they were associated with a contract or closing a sale.
I have maintained my physical condition over the years. Enjoyed using and abusing my body in every conceivable manor.
I went through Green Beret training school, ran miles without thinking it was far, jumped into and out of situations without hesitation. I raced motorcycles, sailboats (which I still do) peddled bikes for miles, cross country skied miles, hang glided, hiked in remote … (11 comments)
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Wild Times at the "White House" - 02/19/12 09:28 AM
Of course the "First Lady" keeps me in line. My etiquette, dress code, security issues all being sought after on a daily basis.
Press release information, current events, community issues along with neighborhood happenings are always on my agenda. Meetings with the chief of staff, talking with the army and rescue units for client welfare to insure policy and open communications are being exercised. No invasions of vacant properties or notices posted without a quick response. A routine day for the Commander in Chief.
Then I look out the window and we are surrounded! Our "White House" is located on approximately … (2 comments)
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Rockford Michigan Home For Sale - 02/18/12 09:00 AM
Looking for a Rockford Michigan Home? We have a daylight ranch available with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, updated inside and out. close to schools, walk to downtown Rockford. Close to Grand Rapids yet enjoy a beautiful rural community. You will feel like you are in a resort town without the crowds.
We have a local real estate agent living in the Rockford area. Need a Exclusive Buyer agent you'll have one or you can sell your home and expect great service.
Here is a video of this beautiful home, includes a 5 year home warranty. Rockford home buyer and selling experts … (4 comments)
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Home Selling Agent Grand Rapids - 02/17/12 05:46 PM
Selecting a home selling agent is an important issue when considering selling your home. If you are considering "Home Selling Agents in Grand Rapids" your choice of real estate agent will be very important. Selling homes today requires a broad range of expertise in Internet marketing, local real estate market knowledge and robust communication skills.
Your property is one of hundreds available for buyer's to consider. Like you and I we go to the convenience of the Internet to research information. Home buyer's are no different. They use the Internet to research homes 80% of the time. This means your seller … (1 comments)
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Exclusive Home Buyer Agent's Grand Rapids Michigan - 02/16/12 10:37 PM
Exclusive home buying agents only represent home buyer's as the name suggests. There is more to a name than Buyer's Agent. Exclusive Home Buyer Agents can help you, as a buyer, with neighborhood information, demograpics, sales data, even school locations, tax data and much more.
Many home buyer agents specialize in neighborhood areas. Flexit Realty has agents that live in Grand Rapids and surrounding communities helping home buyer's with personal knowledge from living in the areas they work. Exclusive Home Buying Agent's offer something more, a single task bound by an relationship agreement to work in your best interest.
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Grand Rapids Horse Stable Business For Sale - 02/16/12 05:49 PM
Horse Stable Business for sale, turn key, 30 stalls, fenced 16.4 acres, built in 2000. Inside lighted training and riding arena. Outside lighted arena approved for eventing. Custom designed and built with horse lovers in mind. Riding trails just down the road in a country setting, yet only a short drive to Michigan's second largest city, Grand Rapids.
The horse stable is designed in a "U" shape with stable wings on each side of the indoor arena for indoor access. Wash areas in each stable wing. Private client tack lockers, grain room, and inside hay loft that holds 1600-1700 bales of … (0 comments)
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Selling My Grand Rapids Michigan Home - 02/13/12 02:53 PM
Thinking of Selling your home in the Grand Rapids Real Estate market?
We produced a short video outling some of the steps of home selling. You can visit our website for more selling details and a FREE "Home Seller's Checklist"
Let us know what you think of the video by clicking the like button.
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Grand Rapids Home Buyer Agents - 02/12/12 06:41 PM
Thinking about buying a home in Grand Rapids Michigan? Get yourself financially qualified by a lender, your first step.
Buying the home of your dreams club be one of the best opportunities of your life or a emotional roller coaster without a lender pre-qualification letter. Seller's will view your offer as legitimate with a pre-qualification letter. Without this step being done your offer will only be viewed with skepticism by the seller's
Flexit Realty offers professional buyer agents living neighborhoods just like yours. Take a moment and view our buyer agent video. It will help you with a few other home … (1 comments)
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Do You Use Video Advertising? - 02/12/12 08:53 AM
Video Advertising can be very powerful in today's world of cross channel media.
Think of attracting clients within your real estate market with targeted advertising that talks to them. Commercials are immediately sniffed out by consumers. A low key, quick video between 45- 2 minutes 30 seconds, solving a problem they might have is dynamite!
I just produced a video for my real estate market, Grand Rapids Michigan. I have a series of videos coming out that address the service offered by my company. These videos coincide with the launch of a new website. Making the whole package new for the … (4 comments)
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Do I look like an ATM? - 02/07/12 02:15 PM
Do I look Like your personal ATM?
Real Estate Agents and Brokers are in the business of real estate, selling homes. I maintain an office in Grand Rapids Michigan under the name Flexit Realty®. The name was created from “Flexible Real Estate Solutions” but that isn’t why I look like an ATM.
From time to time we all hear from potential clients the reasons why they can’t buy. We hear why they will have trouble paying the rent. We even hear why they are moving. Most of the time you have to feel for the economic situation that has caused them … (8 comments)
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Selling Your Home in 12 Easy Steps, Step #12 Negotiations - 02/06/12 06:05 PM
Negotiating Your Homes Sale, Step #12
Is one of the finale steps before you meet at the title company or lawyers office, depending on your state and method of completing your homes sale.
This steps requires some diplomacy and nerve to hold your ground on issues that will not kill the sale, yet will not cost your thousands of dollars.
Before inspections in most cases, before the value appraisal comes the purchase agreement to buy your home.
Real estate agents have very little contract negotiation training. Agents bring
Real Estate agents often do not have Negotiation Skills, they are learned on the job, … (4 comments)
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2012 Spring Shakedown Regatta Grand Rapids Yacht Club - 02/05/12 05:12 PM
MC Scow Racing at Grand Rapids Yacht Club Reeds Lake Michigan. Regatta Race Date May 19-20 2012.
This may seem like a odd time of the year to talk about sailboat racing if you live in Michigan. We are enjoying one of the mildest winters I can remember. Yesterday the MC Scow fleet had the pre-season race meeting. It's time to start thinking about the spring and summer race schedules. Racing sailboats has been one of my passions for over 25 years.
The MC Scow is a little "Hot Rod"on the water. It is only 16 feet long and 6 feet … (2 comments)
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Selling Your Home in 12 Easy Steps, Step #11 Open Houses - 02/04/12 09:34 AM
Selling Your Home, Step #11 Open Houses
A few days before your “Open House” go over the home selling steps already covered in this series. Create the right home selling environment for buyers. We will cover how to advertise your home for sale to maximize buyer attendance to your open house.
Step #4 Marketing Methods to attract the widest range of buyers that may be
Marketing Your Home correctly will help buyer's find Your Home First! interested in your home.
Step #5 Property Descriptions, you will not be handing your property descriptions to every buyer that comes through the door, but those interested in … (8 comments)
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Selling Your Home in Grand Rapids Michigan - 02/03/12 05:02 PM
Thinking of selling your home in Grand Rapids Michigan?
You have a couple of choices when considering selling your home. You can sell your own home or you can hire a real estate sellers agent to sell your home. Selling your home on your own meaning you take on the role of a real estate agent with all the marketing, phone calls, buyer interviews, showing your home along with the paperwork.
I am not discouraging you, just pointing out the facts. You can reduce your selling costs if you are willing to put in the hours and money required upfront. Most … (2 comments)
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12 Easy Steps to Selling Your Home- Step #10 Financing - 02/03/12 12:49 PM
Selling Your Home Step #10 Financing, helping buyer's, buy!
(originally posted on FlexitRealtyBlog)
Many times buyers start looking for a home before they have secured financing. This means buyers are looking, dreaming about a new home, without the proven ability to purchase. Unless they have cash, which is rare, buyers will need to discuss lending option with a bank or mortgage broker.
Real estate agents representing sellers, know to ask, if the buyers have seen a lender to establish mortgage guidelines. Meaning the buyer knows the maximum lending limit the bank or mortgage company is willing to lend them. The buyer also knows … (5 comments)
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Sell Your Home in 12 Easy Steps, Step #9 - 02/02/12 10:46 AM
Sell Your Home in 12 easy steps. Step #9 Showing Your Home To Potential Buyers (originally posted on the Flexit Realty Blog)
Home Showing is where the difference between a professional real estate agent and a home owner’s become evident. Home owner’s rare have to show their home, unless a quick family or friend tour, as a quest.
Showing your home to potential buyers is quite another story. Real Estate Agents are making assessments of the buyer during the meet and greet. They watch their eyes body language and “listen” for comments. In short, agents tune into buyers and their actions.
Agent know … (4 comments)
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Selling Your Home in 12 Easy Steps, Step #8 Photos - 02/01/12 01:18 PM
12 Easy Steps to Selling Your Home “Step #8 “Photos, the visual details to attract buyers” (originally posted on FlexitRealtyblog.com)
If you consider the old cliche, “pictures are worth a thousand words”. The saying should be, pictures are worth thousands of dollars, when it comes to selling real estate! “Pictures Equals Buyers”, the real issue is getting your home sold. Photos taken with the right angles, light, clarity and descriptions help sell houses.
How many times have you looked for a home on a website or picked up a brochure in front of a home to have one photo? Buyers may or … (2 comments)
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