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market: Staying calm in the eye of the storm - 04/02/10 02:45 PM
In my 20+ years listing and selling real estate I've seen just about everything go wrong that could. One thing I've learned is deliberate action always wins out over emotional reaction.
Sometimes it's the client that is reacting and we, as agents have to step in to calm the parties involved and work through the problems. Unfortunately, as often as not, it's the agents that get emotionally involved and stir up the clients. As an ethics instructor one of the things I emphasize to my students is that the easiest way to go from practicing real estate to practicing law is … (2 comments)

market: Are foreclosures crushing the market? - 06/17/09 10:08 AM
Anyone listing and selling real estate, whether agent or owner/buyer can tell that foreclosures are affecting property values. Certainly this begs the question, isn't it in the banks' best interest to get top dollar for their inventory?
The answer may surprise you!
Recently I was in contact with a local appraiser who expressed his frustration at what he referred to as two sets of data. The first is normal sales between a willing buyer purchasing from a willing seller and the other is bargain hunters buying up foreclosures. The problem is that, as foreclosures become a larger percentage of the market, … (2 comments)

 

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