Real estate blog entries tagged with seller mistakes by Vicki Lloyd ~ (949)457-0281 Lake Forest and South Orange County, CA (The Real Estate Professionals)

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Home : Blogs : Vicki Lloyd ~ (949)457-0281 Lake Forest and South Orange County, CA : Real Estate Activities in Lake Forest California : Tag "seller mistakes"

seller mistakes: Listing with an Out of Area Realtor? - 03/29/11 03:06 PM

I just got a call from an out-of-area seller. "Yipee - they want to list with me!" was my first reaction. Wrong! "I already have a Realtor," she told me, "I just need to know if low-flow toilets are required when a property sells in Lake Forest."
"Gee - why don't you ask your Realtor?" I asked (innocently!) "She is from out of the area and doesn't know." was her answer.

OK, I get it. She wants to save money, so she listed the house with a relative or friend who is probably not charging her much, if … (2 comments)

seller mistakes: Photos are for MARKETING a Property! - 10/19/08 09:04 PM

At least once a week, while checking the MLS, I find awful photos that an agent has loaded in to the MLS with his latest listing. I have been collecting them in a folder for a while, and sending them to my friend, Athol Kay, a Conneticut agent who has posted them on his "Bad MLS Photos" blog. Athol has since left the business, and I decided that I will just post them myself occasionally as I find them.
To me, the whole purpose of adding photos of listings is to present the attractive features that might make a potential buyer … (6 comments)

seller mistakes: Sellers need to respond quickly when they get an offer! - 06/20/08 04:20 PM

In the current market, when a buyer makes an offer on a property, it is in the seller's best interest to respond quickly. The buyers today are not impulsive, frenzied, or in a panic to "buy now or be priced out forever." If any urgency is felt by a buyer, it is more likely based on interest rates rising.
The standard contract in California provides an expiration date of 3 days after an offer is signed. That doesn't mean that the seller should take their sweet time to make a decision. I have seen buyers go through a careful thought process … (1 comments)

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