Selfish-Selling Is Zombie. We Need A New Bike. Become Super-Choosable. - 03/29/10 10:17 AM
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Selfish-Selling Is Self-Focused and Sucks.  We Need A New Bike. It shouts how mighty, majestic and magnificent we think we are.  It’s heavy handed and pushy in pursuit of doing-the-deal.  It’s me before thee.  It crams square solutions into round problems. Selfish-Selling doesn’t work anymore.  It’s zombie dead. That means, it looks raggedy-ass, it smells putrid and it’s soulless.  But it doesn’t know it’s dead, it shambles around threatening to feed on innocent civilians.  You know what I’m … (0 comments)

Are You Bright, Focused and Distinctive, or Just Delusional? Take The Scrape-The-Label Test and Find Out. - 03/22/10 01:21 PM
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Are You B. F. D. or Delusional? Take The Scrape The Label Test. By Ken Brand on March 22, 2010 | Edit | 4 Responses
21♻ G-Tweet It’s importantEVERYTHING… How people perceive us…
Are we trusted?
Are we interesting?
Are we competent?
Are we attractive?
Are we memorable?
Are we referable?
Will we attract and hold attention?
Are we worth our price?
We’re in the business of being chosen.  Chosen to manage the successful sale or purchase of real estate and the everything in-between details.  In … (1 comments)

3 ASAP Must Do’s For Listed Home Sellers and Their Icon Listing Agents. - 03/19/10 11:18 AM

 
Friends, if you’re property’s been listed For Sale for 30, 60, 120 days, NOW is the time to do these 3-Things. ASAP
Why?
Mr. Sun is shinning. Days are longer. Wildflowers are blooming. Snows melting and trees are budding green and leafy. The Homebuyer Tax Credit (free money) expires soon, mortgage rates are still low, but expected to rise.
Friends, this is the season where qualified homebuyers begin shopping in earnest and bunches. If ever there was a time to take action and position yourself for a successful sale, this is it. Right Now. Seriously. Right NOW.
#1 – … (1 comments)

How To Price Your Listing Correctly. The Why's and What's A Valuable CMA (Competitive Market Analysis) Should Include. - 03/18/10 12:32 PM
’m sharing the why’s and what’s and how’s of creating a useful CMA (Competitive Market Analysis) for pricing your property. The goal is to sell it for the highest possible price, in your desired time frame. Experience has shown that Qualified Home Buyers comparison shop. Typically, they will define a price range and an area or areas that they are interested in, the style and design, desired amenities, etc., and they go shopping, looking at pre-owned homes and New Homes. After viewing all of the available homes that meet their criteria, a buyer will narrow their choices down to a short … (0 comments)

Listing Agents, A Quick Question. Is Adopting Abandoned Buyers Smart or Stealing - 03/15/10 07:37 AM
1♻ G-Tweet Does Closing and Running = Abandonment I decided it wasn’t worth the trouble.  We both know the truth.  I don’t need to share charts, survey percentages or statistical bona fides, do I?  The truth is plentifully self-evident.
The average and ordinary majority of selling agents, DO NOT stay in touch with buyer clients after closing.  The deal is done, it’s time to run.  Fresh leads needs chasing and an uncertain future need feeding.
At first blush, closing and running seems logical, maybe even smart.  After all, gleefully settled buyers won’t be moving for years, why waste your finite attention on a years-distant possibility.  Bills … (2 comments)

Wondering where you can find reliable demographic data for The Woodlands TX? Here you go. - 03/11/10 03:59 PM
The Woodlands Texas – Demographics / 2010 The Woodlands Development Company shared this demographic data with us and I’m sharing it with you.
Here’s a few interesting tidbits.
Population of The Woodlands TX = 92,348
Households with children = 45%
How many children are there in The Woodlands = 23,837
What’s the Median Income in The Woodlands TX = $116,732
What’s the Median Age of The Woodlands resident = 35Years
What’s the Average Square Footage of a home sold in 2009 = 3,068 Square Feet.
Take A LOOK
The Woodlands Texas Demographics 2010  To download the .PDF for The Woodlands TX Demographics … (0 comments)