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 Say that 5 times real fast! Believe it or not, there once was a time when writing an offer "As Is" was relatively rare in my experience. Even in 2008 most offers I've seen and written are of the "As Is" variety. Most of the reason for this is because, in this area at least, sellers, for the mos...
08/13/2008
You know those terms...old news, extensive briefing, military inteligence. Nothing say's Oxymoron to me quite like "understanding comparables". Sellers study the comparables to determine a correct price with which to market their home, and buyers study the comps to determine the price that they ...
08/05/2008
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It occured to me while I was showing property over the weekend that maybe the best thing about this current market is the fact that buyers don't have to compromise nearly as much as they used to. Fortunately, the old and wise rules about real estate investment have returned...and that's a good t...
07/22/2008
My wife Lesley's aunt Barbara lives in a liitle town about 30 miles north of Memphis, Tennessee called Munford. It's sort of a bedroom community, kind of cute and quaint but kind of lacking when it comes to the truly important things in life that we're used to...like soy latte's and Pomegranate ...
07/17/2008
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Here's a true confession...when I got into the business in 1990 I really didn't know diddly. I took a correspondence course, because we lived in Denver at the time, and then took the state test to get my license. The state test was full of useless information...defining "avulsion" and "accretion...
07/15/2008
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I suspect there isn't another area of Real Estate life that get's discussed more than the basic weekend Open House does. I'll bet buyers and sellers would be surprised by that somewhat. Every Monday morning Real Estate offices everywhere have meetings where activity at Open Houses is always disc...
07/13/2008
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I got to thinking the other day about the bigger picture of buying a home, that is presenting an offer. The truth is that the toy pictured above is quite possibly the most common way that Real Estate agents present their client's offers. The offer is faxed to the listing agent who then presents i...
07/09/2008
How about these before and after shots! Frequently, I'll hear clients tell me that they would like a house that needs some work. They've heard, acurately, that buying a fixer upper is a great path toward building equity and thus maximizing their investment. The clients of mine that have bought a...
06/26/2008
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OK, this may sound like a bit of a rant. (some of you are saying..."what else is new?") Open House ads in the newspaper make me crazy. Last Friday morning I called the San Francisco Chronicle and placed an ad in the Sunday open home guide for a new listing of mine. During this process I create th...
06/24/2008
You've spent a ton of time getting ready for this big step. Hours and hours scouring the 1001 internet sites pertaining to Real Estate and home buying. You've been to Borders and bought books. You've talked about this with friends, co workers and your parents until you're blue in the face. You se...
06/17/2008
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