seller tips: Low-Cost Ways to Make Your Home Shine - 03/22/08 11:42 PM
A few years ago, the NAR published this list of ways to spruce up your home, and I figure it's worth revisiting: Trim bushes so they don’t block windows and cut down on light. Buy a new doormat. Put a pot of bright flowers (or a small evergreen in winter) on your porch. Put
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seller tips: Flash Cards For Home Sellers - 01/20/08 11:01 PM
I love creative, fun real estate videos. The best ones are those that demonstrate a point to our real estate clients in an entertaining fashion. They tend to hold your attention and make you remember the point they're designed to make.
I saw this one today embedded on someone's myspace page,
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seller tips: Overpriced Listings - The Big Picture - 01/01/08 09:56 PM
Yesterday I posted about the ill effects of overpricing your home for sale, and I have no doubt that I could never address this topic enough. It's an ongoing problem that we'll never be fully rid of, but I hope that by sharing my thoughts on it, I may be able to help
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seller tips: Price Your Home Correctly - I Dare You! - 12/31/07 05:27 PM
Meeting with home sellers in the Edmond and Oklahoma city area almost daily, I have a lot of long discussions about overpriced listings. I even have this discussion with A LOT of local agents. In fact, Jeff Straka and I were just talking about it earlier today. Why is this such a frequent topic?
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seller tips: Edmond Home Sales - The Calm Before the Storm - 08/15/07 12:16 AM
As most sellers in the OKC metro area are painfully aware, buyer traffic has come to a snail-like crawl. It's nothing unusual for this time of year though, and certainly no reason for alarm. Every August, things seem to move into slow mode for a few weeks. Maybe it's the 100+
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seller tips: How Do You Choose a Listing Agent? - 05/30/07 04:57 PM
Over the past few weeks, while exploring how to sell a home in our current Edmond Real Estate market, we've addressed preparing your home and pricing your home to sell. To achieve a successful sale in today's market, every aspect of the sale is equally important; from preparation, to pricing, to marketing, but
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seller tips: The Critical Art of Pricing Your Home For Sale - 05/14/07 03:09 PM
We mentioned last week that selling a home in Edmond takes more effort, more time and more money than it did last year. You may be wondering why. You'll hear the national and local media talk about the US being in a "buyer's market" now. Many people misunderstand this term (or confuse it with a market
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seller tips: Overpriced Listings are the devil! - 05/09/07 06:32 PM
I've never experimented with chasing expired listings before, but recently decided to give it a shot. Broker Bryant unselfishly sent me a copy of the letter he uses and I tailored it to fit. I've been faithfully sending this letter to the owners of EVERY home that expires in my area for
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seller tips: Is Your Home "For Sale" or "On Sale?" - 05/03/07 10:25 PM
In today's market, even though Edmond homes are selling well, it takes more effort, more time and more money to sell a home than it did just a year ago. Oftentimes, it's difficult for a homeowner to understand why they need to do more than their neighbor or friend had to
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