The Salem Oregon Real Estate News
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2008
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Dear Mr. Top Producer since 1990, I want to thank you for following up with for your sellers with a somewhat desperate call to me for feedback from my showing of your listing. It's nice to know that you mentioned in the voice mail 3 times that you really wanted pricing feedback, but it would be o...
06/27/2008
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Paul Slaybaugh recently wrote a post. You all can go and read it. It's a good post as usual. A couple of days later, I had some floundering clients that inspiried me to write this post. These events did bring up for me the issue of mental health, stress, and real estate. In my previous life...
06/26/2008
Gas prices are high and agents know buyers need to conserve gas. I want to let you know that we agents, from different brokerages no less, have banded together to make it convenient for buyers to come and view our listings.We have the first South Salem Neighborhood Open House planned for this Sun...
06/26/2008
Gas prices are high and no one wants to spend their weekends driving around to open houses. Myself and 4 other agents want to make it convienent for you, so we are having a neighborhood open house in the Sprague Heights/Hill Villa neighborhood. All of these listings are just a short jaunt from e...
06/26/2008
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I take the words buyer agent very seriously. My buyers sign a buyer agency agreement with me, and one of the terms in the agreement is whether or not they want me to search the FSBO listings for them. Most of my buyers want me to look, knowing that they would have to pay my fee if the seller wo...
06/25/2008
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I love the character of old homes. I love the details that our newer homes seem to lack. This home in Scio, OR was built in 1905. Imagine being over 100 years old and going strong! The home has interesting architecture in that it has more classic Victorian lines with a hint of Arts and Crafts...
06/24/2008
These are uncertain times for many people. Projections are that many areas are going to continue to decline with regard to the real estate market. Gas prices are soaring, food prices are going up, home equity lines are being slashed, foreclosures are continuing...need I go on? Buyers are worrie...
06/23/2008
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As usual, I was reading my blog feeds to get a feel for what's new in real estate. I have been very busy lately, so my opportunities to blog have been limited. I finally had some time, so I spent last night catching up.Jeff Brown, a real estate agent in CA, proposed A different model for other ag...
06/18/2008
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I'm a statistics fiend. Gimme data, lots of data, the more the better. I am a firm believer that if I am going to invest my time or money into something, I need to be able to measure outcomes. It's one of the things I love about internet advertising for my clients. I know how many views, clicks,...
06/14/2008
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First of all you need to know that I really dislike puffing. Agents know the term puffing: it's what some agents do when describing a property. Stunning views! (yes the mountains are great, but what about 50 junky cars that my neighbor has on their property right below that view) or handyman'...
06/11/2008
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