Real estate blog entries tagged with topics for discussion by Jennifer Kirby, the Luxury Agent (Exit Realty Ventures)

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topics for discussion: Death in the Home - Is it the Kiss of Death to Your Listing Too? - 05/01/08 09:15 AM

A few weeks ago, I was contacted about representing a family who had recently lost their loved one to suicide. The death occurred in the home, and as you can imagine, the family is extremely upset. Currently they are taking steps to clean the room in which the death occurred, removing drywall, … (16 comments)

topics for discussion: How Agents are the Enemy...and Often Kill the Deal - 03/05/08 09:33 AM

Over the weekend, an offer came in on one of my listings. No big surprise but it was a low-ball offer. Needless to say, the sellers were not too happy, especially because the buyers saw the home four times this last week. Now, if you are going to make an offer … (10 comments)

topics for discussion: Don't Bother Me With Your Low-Ball Offer! - 03/04/08 03:32 PM

So, you are looking into buying a high-end home, most likely priced above $1 Million. You ask your buyer's agent to pull some recent sold data and find homes which to compare against the listing you love. You think this is going to be an easy process - just pull solds … (11 comments)

topics for discussion: Is Flipping Homes as Bad as the Media Makes it Out to Be? - 02/22/08 09:59 AM

I will be the first to say that there are some good things that come out of our Realtor Associations, like consumer advocacy, Realtor education, and the option now for health care. But I don't agree with everything that comes out of the mouths of our so called "leaders" here in … (0 comments)

topics for discussion: Even Dotting Your I's and Crossing Your T's Might Not Save You - 01/24/08 10:31 AM

Well, we all knew it was inevitable. As Buyer's Agency becomes more mainstream, our liability to the transaction increases and we begin to take on an even more important role to our clients. Maybe those of us who have acted as Buyer's Agents have been taking the role for granted by not … (9 comments)

topics for discussion: How Investors Artificially Inflated the Perceived Need for Housing - 01/13/08 06:36 PM

During the boom, business was booming for builders. It seemed I would wake up in the morning, drive to the office, and see a new development going up on the way. I wondered, "Geez, where are all these buyers coming from". After a while, I started to figure it out.
Here is … (12 comments)

topics for discussion: Christmas Traditions and the Message they Hold - 12/23/07 05:39 PM

Christmas holds special traditions for everyone. Over the years, we seem to stumble onto things that make us smile and appreciate the season. We even marry into families and merge traditions. I think that is one of the most fun things to discover about us all, the little quirks we … (7 comments)

topics for discussion: Going Down, In a Blaze of Glory...wait... In a Blaze of Embarrassment - 12/20/07 10:37 AM

So, after a few years of hearing complaints about the FTC lawsuits going on against all these Multiple Listing Services across the country, it appears that the Gestapo tactics of intimidation are starting to back fire on the FTC. Just this week, two MLS boards have been vindicated in the court of … (2 comments)

topics for discussion: No Matter How Good You Are, You Can't Win Them All! - 12/07/07 10:09 AM

Every Christmas I sit down and write personal Christmas cards to all my past clients and those in my Sphere of Influence. Sometimes I even get Christmas cards from my clients, those being the ones that truly love me. Sitting down last night, I poured over the list of people and … (15 comments)

topics for discussion: 150 Years?...That Don't Impress Me Much. - 10/14/07 10:54 PM

When we first moved to Florida, we bought a new home, and thus needed furniture. After looking up various places around town, we decided to go look at one of the biggest guys in town. Upon walking into the showroom, we were greeted with beautiful displays, fancy lights, and well dressed … (7 comments)

topics for discussion: How Can You Disclose Something That Might Never Happen? - 10/08/07 01:40 AM

I have been keeping up with a post on Active Rain about Global Warming. One commentator brought up the point that a real estate agent could be sued for not disclosing the effects of Global Warming to a client and that is was our legal responsibility to inform buyers of coastal property that their home … (50 comments)

topics for discussion: Are you Also Getting Tired of Calls from companies Saying THEY can Get You to #1? - 10/03/07 12:08 PM

Almost daily, I receive a phone call from Texas, Arizona, or Idaho from Google, Yahoo, and the like claiming, no GUARANTEEING, that they can get me to the number one position in their search engine.
Today it was Yahoo. The salesman was trying to get me to sign up with their ClickSmart … (13 comments)

topics for discussion: Pass the Grey Poupon Please - 10/02/07 01:39 AM

The Tainted Love of Trulia's Voices
I am sure all of you have heard of Trulia. But have you heard of another part of the website called Trulia Voices?
Voices allows questions to be asked and answered by consumers and agents a like. It seemed like a great idea in the beginning … (9 comments)

topics for discussion: Step up to the Plate, Be a Man, and Own Up to It - 08/31/07 11:21 AM

Yesterday I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal about Utility Companies closing down local offices, in favor of on-line customer service centers. No longer can you walk into their office to pay your utility bill, but must do so on-line. But what happens if there is a computer … (0 comments)

topics for discussion: How Does Your Website Measure UP to the Competition? - 08/14/07 06:12 PM

If you want to see how you measure up in the wide world of real estate related sites, check out Market Leap. They have a great site in which you can measure where you stand against your competition.
As you can see, you can check out your link popularity, that is, how … (8 comments)

topics for discussion: Emergency Plans...do you Have One? - 08/01/07 08:45 PM

By now I am sure many of you have heard about the major interstate bridge collapse in downtown Minneapolis. The 35 W is one of the only ways into and out of Minneapolis (north-south) and is a major lifeline. This bridge spans the Mississippi River.
It's really shocking to have a major … (5 comments)

topics for discussion: Next Time, Take a Different Approach - 07/30/07 11:01 PM

I was going through blog posts today and came across Lenn Harleys post about Working with Buyers, which then took me to Maggie Dokics post on Educating Our Customers.
Lenn of course had some really great points that buyers need to understand and Maggie describes what happens to many of us every … (11 comments)

topics for discussion: When I Grow UP, I Want to Be... - 07/22/07 10:15 AM

Making the Career Decision to Be a Real Estate Agent
I was recently looking through some of my old grade school papers that my mom was inclined to keep for the last 20 years. Deep in the pile I found a questionnaire that my third grade teacher put together for us, asking … (11 comments)

topics for discussion: In Our Own Little World... - 07/11/07 04:16 PM

A funny thing happened to me last week...I went on vacation. Not a great vacation some where on the other side of the world, but to my home state of Indiana. I haven't thought much about the state itself since I moved away 8 years ago, but driving from Minneapolis to … (8 comments)

topics for discussion: When Technology Dies... - 06/26/07 10:05 PM

...just what do you do? We rely so heavily on other service oreinted websites to help provide ways for us to promote ourselves, we can quickly forget that this could all go away overnight. I just lost what I consider an important way of displaying photos of the Twin Cities. I have been using FilmLoopto showcase photos of day trips … (6 comments)

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