selling: What is the Austin Real Estate Market. - 06/18/07 07:07 PM
Austin Real EstateThe Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) regulates all of licensed Real Estate Agents in the state of Texas. If you have a complaint with a Texas Real Estate company, then TREC is where you'd go. I believe no one is perfect and shouldn't be held to that standard, however, (1 comments)
selling: New Age, New Ways to Sell Real Estate than ever! - 09/27/06 02:28 PM
Real Estate Selling used to be very much organized and run by Gov'ts. Through the ages, individuals were given land rights and due to various reasons they needed to sell their land. Real Estate Agents entered into the picture not too long after that, but didn't represent anyone. They were "middlemen". (2 comments)
selling: Cocktail Parties to generate leads? - 09/23/06 11:49 AM
I recently talked to a REALTOR in our area that holds "invitation only" cocktail parties to obtain clients. His market is the "luxury" market & he finds this type of networking to be very effective. He'll host the cocktail party at his home or sometimes at one of his elaborate listings, (3 comments)
selling: To Lease Purchase or to NOT Lease Purchase - 09/14/06 01:19 PM
In recent years in Texas, the format of a Lease Purchase has been under attack. For rightful reasons in many cases. There were plenty and probably still are, many "investors" that preyed upon people with bad credit, bad situations, and illegal aliens. Promising them they could own a house through lease (2 comments)
selling: Qualified REALTORS...or NOT - 09/07/06 04:05 PM
The National Association of REALTORS (NAR) has been doing a nationwide advertising junction to encourage the public to use a designated REALTOR when buying or selling real estate. Recently the Austin Board of REALTORS has followed suit with advertising in magazines, billboards, TV and radio spots.From my experience, being a designated (5 comments)
selling: Color Blind? You're buyers may not be! - 09/01/06 12:34 PM
When an investor looks to buy a house, they are looking to see what they'll need to do in order to sell it quickly. They are trying to determine what costs the least amount of money but will appeal to most buyers. After all, the more buyers the home appeals to, (1 comments)