Janie Killian-Sullivan's (jrb0856) Blog

Selling your home is my job so please let me do my job.   When you ask me why your home isn't selling and I tell you........    1.   Remove half the furniture in your house so people can at least tell what kind of floor covering you have.  2.   CLEAN your house and I don't mean just swipe at the ...

I've been in the real estate business for over 25 years and I know that most of my business is conducted after 5 p.m. and all day on weekends but with the ease of staying plugged in via electronics, I'm wondering where to draw the line.  Between my smartphone and a laptop with wireless interenet,...

I've spent the bulk of my over 27 years in the real estate business, listing/selling in small rural areas which translates to usually having both sides of the transaction.  Occasionally I have to deal with a "big city" agent who thinks they are above the rest because they're some bored rich house...

Have you ever signed papers on a listing where the price was just too good to be true and you had to bite your tongue and sit on your hands to keep from buying the place yourself?  I've been called several times over the past 3 weeks about listing a home.  Every time we'd make an appointment, she...

Have you ever sold a property where the owners made verbal promises that you've passed along to the buyers agent, only to have your sellers develop selective amnesia when it comes time to fulfill those promises?  If you've been in real estate long, I'd say you're sitting there shaking your head y...

I, like many others, have tried different "lead" programs and admit to not have much success with any of them so I didn't waste my time or money even listening to the pitches I was receiving almost daily until..... .....until recently when I got a call that captured my attention and I listened to...

I swear, if I have to keep up with one more social networking site, I think I'll scream.  Is that what you're thinking too?  I'm just now checking in to Google's new Buzz so if you're already using it, please tell me why I need yet another social networking site?  If I blog,Facebook, Myspace, Twi...

Will you be at RainCamp in Dallas on February 16, 2010?  If so, tell me why I should be there too.   Happy Trails, y'all..........................

I had a most interesting encounter with another Realtor this week and it really got my blood to boiling.  For background purposes, I have a client who can't make up her mind whether she wants to live in Oklahoma or Texas so she keeps going back and forth.  I'm a broker in both states and I've off...

I've been around long enough to have survived housing bubbles and crashes before.  The most memorable was during the savings and loan collapse in 1989.  It was devastating for many, including people like me who were single parents, raising children and depending on real estate for their living.  ...