The Power of Rain Referrals - 06/26/08 10:45 PM
OK, folks. Pay attention and see how being connected helps and, thanks to Active Rain, helps a lot.....
Diane Olsen, a good Realtoy buddy of mine and a somewhat dormant Active Rainer, referred me to a great client who wanted to sell his house in MD and move into a condo … (25 comments)
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Is the Mainstream Media Talking UP the Housing Market? - 06/24/08 06:36 AM
Every now and then I goof off a little and tune into CNBC to watch a little bt of what's going on in the world of money...or, at least, the financial markets. For the longest time. Diane Olick of CNBC has been talking down the housing market. If you wanted to … (3 comments)
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Sentrilock vs the Old Computer - 06/23/08 07:40 PM
In a previous post, I wrote about how I bought the new Sentrilock card and card reader so I could easily access the new fangled lockboxes in the surronding Counties/Associations. You see, everyone around us has already made the switch from Supra to Sentrilock and we're not due to complete the … (3 comments)
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And you thought the SafeMLS was a pain - 06/22/08 08:58 PM
OK. I admit it! I have an older computer. Can you believe it only has a 30GB hard drive -- in a day and age when 200+++ hard drives are the norm. About 1 GB of RAM wehn 3GB is the minimum to run Vista and Office together?
So anyway, my … (7 comments)
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Is a Million the new $200,000 - 06/18/08 04:25 PM
Let me know if I'm missing something here....
I have this nice listing in a great location in Bethesda (OK, not perfect, but still very nice) that's selling for a tad over a million bucks. Ther's a sign in the yard as there are on other million plus homes in the … (12 comments)
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Why I Love My Showing Service - 06/17/08 05:49 AM
In this post by my DC area colleague, James Dwoning, he laments having to call Listing Agents to make appointments to show homes to his buyer clients. In a nutshell, his biggest beef is that if or when a Listing Agent calls him back it's so much later that it's, well, … (7 comments)
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Don't Suffer Through the "Short Sale" Process...These Homes Are Ready For YOU! - 06/14/08 07:08 PM
It's a little bit of a slow market and lots of buyers are looking at "short sales" as a way to buy a home cheaply. The challenge with that approach is that it takes the patience of Job to wade through the extremely long and convoluted process of getting the "third … (1 comments)
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From One End of the Spectrum to the Other - 06/14/08 06:49 PM
A month or so ago I was referred to a client from a Realtor colleague in Houston to sell the childhood home in College Park, MD. I visited the house, spoke with the Persoal Rep. for the Estate and got the Listing Agreement with the house priced to sell. Long story … (3 comments)
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Shhhhhh!.....Can you hear it? - 06/12/08 10:55 AM
I'm always surprised at some of the things people will provide in their feedback about a house they've visited. Some of the things are absolutely valid and even "fixable" by the Seller - things like paint or clutter or rooms that need more light. Some things are absolutely beyond the control … (6 comments)
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Relocation Blues - 06/11/08 10:20 AM
Relocation is not my primary focus but when I get a referral from a great past client for someone moving into this area from elsewhere, I'm always glad to help.
However, the fun really starts when the buyer or "re-locater" is moving from a part of the country where prices are … (2 comments)
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Mixed Messages on Mortgages - 06/09/08 08:09 PM
Besides being appealingly alliterative the mixed mortgage messages coming out from loan officers and the Washington Post set my head to spinning and wondering what type of time warp we are in.
I recently received two e-mails from two separte loan officers working for two separate mortgage companies. One of the … (3 comments)
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Why is there an "Earnest Money" Deposit? - 06/09/08 07:38 PM
Although the "earnest money deposit" comes from the Buyer's funds it has important implications for both the Buyer and the Seller.
Typically, when an offer to purchase is prepared by a Buyer and his or her Realtor, the Buyer will submit a check for an amount of money to be used … (0 comments)
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Sorry, Mr. Buyer (or Realtor), you can't see the house in 5 minutes! - 06/08/08 04:14 PM
I have this nice listing in Bethesda, MD that, for some reason, has been getting a lot of activity even though it's not cheap and it's not a "short sale" or foreclosure. It's a normal, plain vanilla home sale. The reson it is a little surprosing that it is getting so … (9 comments)
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Showing Our Own Listings - 06/08/08 02:15 PM
In this post by Pat Kennedy, she expounds on why it's important to sit down with Buyers prior to showing homes and generally running around. Her reasons are sound and thoughtful and, best of all, they make sense.
Here's my question, though. What about you're own listings?
Let's say you have … (12 comments)
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Whatever Happened to Good Faith? Part 2 - 06/04/08 09:03 PM
In the previous episode, my Seller client has ratified a contract with a Buyer after one counter offer and we were on our way to the inspection phase when the Buyer's Agent called to say that the Buyer wanted to change the financial terms of the Contract. Agreed upon terms -- … (5 comments)
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Whatever Happened to Good Faith? - 06/04/08 06:10 AM
Every now and then I actually get a little surprised at a new "tactic" or some new wrinkle in the real estate buying/selling process. Recently, I came across a a different way to "negotiate" terms to the benefit on the buyer client.
Here's the generally accepted method: The Buyer finds a … (8 comments)
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Showing Temp. Off Market Homes....Pretty Please with a Cherry on top?? - 06/02/08 06:35 PM
In my previous post I was writing about how this new listing of mine seemed to be running into all kinds of problems before it started to get any showings. So, I put the listing into TempOff Status in MRIS because it was only going to be a couple of days … (3 comments)
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It's a Go...No, Wait, Not Yet - 06/01/08 09:06 PM
I recently took a listing for a nice house. I helped the Sellers buy the place five years ago and now they're on the move.
We talked about what to do to prepare the house and I set up the virtual tour guy and an appraiser (the house is in an … (3 comments)
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