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Gratitude, The Essential Ingredient For A Happy Thanksgiving!

Brentwood TN Real Estate/Homes - Vanessa Stalets REALTOR® (RE/MAX Elite) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:55:12 -0600

This morning I have been reflecting, on the last year, all the ups and downs. Last Thanksgiving was a painful one, being the first one just after my mother's suicide. My husband and I retreated to his large and wonderful family in Illinois and they took excellent care of me. Giving me simple things to do to keep me occupied and loving me unconditionally, they are marvelous people! Through the next few months I was entrenched in the pain of my loss and the never ending (or so it seemed) litany of legal issues surrounding my mother's estate and property. All the while God gave me comfort in the form of friends, family and even strangers, helping me through. This last year has also seen us become empty nesters, when Chris moved out to go to college and then recently our oldest, Josh announced his impending marriage to a wonderful girl whom we adore! In between all of those things the market went to hell and life as a Realtor was quite the roller coaster ride. I watched many get off the ride completely and still others who reinvented themselves according to the need in their area. I started working with a coach and did some reinventing myself~ ;.)

Suffice it say, it has been a year full of emotion; anger, denial, fear, pain and joy! Today I am remembering that gratitude is the essential part of a happy Thanksgiving, and indeed any happy day. Knowing I am blessed and lucky, regardless of the events currently unfolding(some good, some not what I want at all) and what I may think of them. Today, I know God is with me and I choose to be grateful instead of sad or afraid or even weary. No matter the circumstance, there is always something to smile at if I am willing to look!

Today smile at a stranger, let someone in your lane in front of you on the freeway, wave at your neighbor or office mates as you go by and remember that gratitude is contagious and can be spread, one heart to another!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in The Rain! May your hearts and bellies be full this day and all the days to come!

Vanessa Stalets
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615-661-4400

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What is a Buyer's Market Anyway?

Brentwood TN Real Estate/Homes - Vanessa Stalets REALTOR® (RE/MAX Elite) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:57:51 -0600

I loved this post and have said so many of the same things for so long now that I wanted to get this out there further! Well said and well done! In the Brentwood, Franklin and Nashville markets I sell in we are not experienceing "fire" sales ala Detroit! Yet, buyers expect to get a 2million dollar home for less than 1 million just because. Really? Is that reasonable? What say you?

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Vanessa Stalets
615-957-6333
RE/MAX Elite
615-661-4400

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Via J. Philip Real Estate LLC Briarcliff Manor, NY:

Now is a great time to buy real estate. I was quoted 3.75% on a 7/1 ARM today (great if you are putting a lot down and plan to move in 5 years or less), and 30 year fixed are getting deliciously close to 5%. The high inventory and low prices are all in the buyer's favor. I see homes off 25-30% from their peak in some very nice areas, and even more in some parts. Sellers want to make a deal too, and I am seeing them do things they never would have done even 2 years ago: include furniture, help with closing costs, eating the difference in low appraisals, and even agree to significant repairs. All this points to a strong buyer's market.

Yet some buyers are frustrated. Why? Because all this talk in the media has them thinking that if they offer $400,000 on a gorgeous $500,000 home in a prime location that the seller will fall down and kiss their feet! Worse, when someone outbids them for that gorgeous, well appointed home in a prime location they are perplexed! Prices are down 50% in Shamokin! I should be able to get something in White Plains or Scarsdale for 25% off! Isn't a buyer's market a license to steal?

Of course it isn't. A buyer's market isn't a flea market. That $500,000 house was selling for $650,000 4 years ago. That's your discount. If I am your buyer agent, you might get it for $460,000 or $475,000. And the seller may throw in the deck furniture, the snow blower and the breakfront you liked. But a market, by its very definition, is not where theft occurs. It is only a good deal if the seller goes for it. And until we are able to hypnotize the seller, their agent, their lawyer and Uncle Vinny, you aren't gonna raid the neighborhood like an invading Visigoth.

Moreover, in those perplexing cases where you are outbid, you have to understand that if you adore a fantastic place that is aggressively priced, then someone else will probably love it too! Hot properties still have a larger audience. So happy househunting for you brave, smart people out there actually looking in earnest, and do remember that a buyer's market is distinct from a hold up.

J. Philip Faranda, Broker-owner, J. Philip Real Estate, LLC. Reach Phil at (914) 723-8900. Search the MLS like an agent here. Read my short sale bog here. J. Philip Serves Briarcliff Manor, Ossining, the River Towns, Westchester County, and the bedroom counties of New York City.

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Brentwood TN Real Estate/Homes - Vanessa Stalets REALTOR® (RE/MAX Elite) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:11:19 -0600

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