real estate: Meeting and Beating the Competition - 07/01/08 11:54 AM
During this time of more buyer-friendly real estate markets, we are having lots of conversations with our sellers about making their houses competitive as possible.
There are all of the normal factors that any good agent will discuss. This would include
Marketing, both traditional and web marketing
Developing a pricing strategy … (10 comments)
real estate: House Karma? - 04/02/08 10:30 PM
When my first (and favorite) ex-husband and I were looking for a house, the market was almost as funky as it is now. It was the early 1980’s. Interest rates had crept down from 19 to about 14 percent, and it was a strong buyers’ market.I was a new real estate … (6 comments)
real estate: Do You Work In An Amusement Park? - 03/09/08 11:40 PM
Throughout my awfully long real estate career, I've noticed that almost every transaction has at least one - usually more than one - moment when I'm sure the transaction isn't going to make it. You find the perfect house, craft and negotiate a great deal, then it starts. First, the buyer's remorse. It's … (20 comments)
real estate: Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! - 11/11/07 06:56 PM
When I was a little girl, one of our family rituals was the Saturday morning trip to the public library with my Dad. We would return home with arm loads of books and records.The books were for bedtime stories he read to us, but the records were for right away listening … (6 comments)
real estate: You Could Write a Book! Part 4 - 10/10/07 05:37 PM
The first time I tried to get published ten years ago, you needed an agent who would shop the book to various publishers. After my second rejection from an agent, it was easy to let the hot real estate market of the late 1990’s distract me from focusing on the book. … (4 comments)
real estate: PUPPY ENVY! - 08/30/07 03:20 PM
Last November, an adorable fluff ball joined my household.
My expectation was that he would be one of those adorably cute little creatures who could ride around in the car with me, come into the office, and sit in on my business card photo session. OK, so exploiting your pet is … (8 comments)
real estate: The Good Client - 08/13/07 07:59 PM
Every real estate advice column gives you advice on how to find a great agent. And that’s important. Even more important, however, is learning how to be a great client – how to empower your agent to provide truly awesome, amazing service. So here are some pointers:
Start with a great … (1 comments)
real estate: A Book MeMe! - 08/12/07 11:34 AM
When I was a baby, a guy knocked on the door selling “Journeys Through Bookland”, an eleven-volume set of the classics for toddlers to teens, from nursery rhymes, to Aesop’ s Fables, to every classic fit for a young person’s consumption. My mom bought a set.The Kennedy children got used to … (5 comments)
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During this time of more buyer-friendly real estate markets, we are having lots of conversations with our sellers about making their houses competitive as possible.
