Real Estate Office Updesk Phones - 11/30/10 12:05 PM
When a buyer makes a call off a yard sign, very few of them understand where that phone call goes.  Almost always, it goes to the listing office updesk.  Agents in the office sign up for shifts on the office updesk.  It is common for those shifts to be called "Opportunity Time" because it is a way for agents to identify potential buyer clients.  Over the years I have sold lots of houses to people I first got to know when they called the updesk.
The other place those calls go is to the listing agent.  That agent represents the property owner. 
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Did You Really Expect a Counter Offer? - 11/15/10 10:35 AM
A recent featured blog suggested some ways to have a low-ball offer taken seriously.  When I am acting as a Buyer's Agent, part of my job is to demonstrate that our offer is serious, even if it appears ridiculously low.  If all a Buyer's Agent does is simply prepare a half-baked low-ball offer and then just lobe it into the Listing Agent's lap, it isn't going to be taken seriously. 
Part of the process of preparing the offer is to do enough market research to be able to justify the offer being made.  I usually write a cover letter and attach … (1 comments)

The Cedars Artist Studio Tour November 20 2010 - 11/14/10 11:57 AM
Many people in Dallas don't know anything at all about an area of our city called The Cedars.  It is the area south of I-30, across from downtown, across from the Farmers Market. It was a prime residential area in the 1880s and 1890s.  By the end of World War II, it was mostly an industrial area.  What is there now is a mix of industrial buildings, Victorian houses, and vacant lots.  Think Southside on Lamar, Lee Harvey's Bar, the Dallas Police Headquarters, Dallas Heritage Village. 
It is also home to a number of people as well as a number of artist's studios.  … (0 comments)

Daylight Savings Time - 11/07/10 08:45 AM
I got up late this morning.  It was 8:30.  The first thing I did was to called the showing scheduling service (CSS) because I need to schedule two additional showings for some buyers I am meeting with at 10 this morning.  The phone just rang and rang and rang.  I couldn't figure out what the problem was because the CSS opens at 8 on Sunday morning.  I called the number a 2nd time and then a 3rd time.  I was really puzzled by this point.
Showings can be set up on-line.  I use the on-line service after-hours on a regular basis.  So, I turn on my computer and fire up the … (6 comments)

 
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Judith Abbott

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