home sellers: Welcome to Our Home! - 10/29/09 08:08 AM
Does Your Home Say "Welcome?"
There are many things that get buyers into a home other than price. For some the attraction is subliminal and for other signals are very tangible. Buyers are usually drawn and attracted to a specific home. In todays market it may be price that gets them on the hook, … (86 comments)
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home sellers: Staging Doesn't Work! - 10/26/09 07:55 AM
Staging Vacant Homes - Who are you really fooling?
It takes more than furniture, art pieces and a few carefully placed articles to sell a home. There are other senses that can give away the facts of the home when no one is living there. Our senses can easily alert us to … (23 comments)
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home sellers: Top 10 Reasons Your Home Isn't Selling! - 09/28/09 10:01 AM
First of all there are many homes out their that could sell but do not. They have equity, they are not upside down in a short sale position, and the reason why it isn't selling to another real estate agent is obvious. The onely one that does not seem to get … (29 comments)
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home sellers: Numbed to the News! - 07/01/09 08:42 PM
Today's Headlines..."Mortgage Applications are Off By 19%" places fear in the hearts of many. I confess, it is beyound scary even if the news shrugs it off and the stock markets climb higher. That is not where I want to place my money. I think it is safe in real estate...at least at … (18 comments)
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home sellers: Listing Case Scenarios - What Do You Tell the Home Sellers? - 04/17/09 09:23 PM
"Truth is a double edged sword that can hurt when you are not prepared to hear the news." There is so much difficulty when listing a home in this current market. There are loads of homes that you have to compete with in foreclosures, bank owned, short sales and new homes … (10 comments)
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home sellers: The Home Seller Says No! So Does the Buyer! - 02/14/09 08:27 PM
Over the years in Atlanta real estate market there are a lot of lessons learned. Ones that are learned well are the hard ones that did not sell - we do not want to repeat them. Once is enough. As part of our listing routine when Ellen and I go on … (2 comments)
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home sellers: Why Some Agents Cannot Tell the Sellers the Truth! - 12/13/08 07:47 PM
Have you ever wondered what is up with agents that do not properly price homes? I mean the price is not even close. If I drive into a neighborhood that I know the top price is 400K - so what is with the 550K or 650K price? It just doesn't make … (24 comments)
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home sellers: The Pause in Real Estate. - 10/18/08 12:27 PM
Real estate for those that have been in it for a long time is known to take a pause for a while. A 'Pause' is down time when the phones do not ring, there are no walk ins to the office, and anxious buyers step back behind the yellow safety line … (43 comments)
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home sellers: Seller's On The Edge! What's Your Home Worth? - 08/26/08 11:48 AM
There isn't much that can prepare you to deal with the current real estate market we are in. The double digit mortgages of the 1980's, WRAP mortgages and the early 1990's when in many markets appreciation took a holiday! The current real estate market is a credit crunch that is testing … (49 comments)
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home sellers: Sellers That have Lost Touch with Reality! Did You Enable Them? - 05/18/08 08:36 AM
Times have changed in real estate, but homes that are priced well are still selling. Unfortunately, some home sellers are in a time warp thinking things are still fantastic after all there is a real estate agent that does her hair that tells her it is a great real estate market! … (75 comments)
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home sellers: Things I have Learned in Real Estate! - 04/05/08 10:18 AM
Over the years of selling real estate you start to see the patterns more easily. We must learn from each experience we are in! It is all about being able to recognise the situations before you get into it, and not waste your time! Time is money! It is easier to … (57 comments)
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home sellers: If the Home Seller Says.... This is what they really Mean! - 03/25/08 10:01 PM
For all of us that are veterans in real estate we've heard every possible line a potential home seller can say while they try to negotiate in a position of strength! The problem is that most of them really don't know what they are saying and how it will most likely … (44 comments)
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home sellers: Did The Seller Forget What They Said? - 01/10/08 09:29 AM
Over the years in real estate when listing a seller you sit across from them at the kitchen table and they are wringing their hands begging you to get them a contract. The words they use are "Just get me a contract, and we'll make it work!" Items you point out … (34 comments)
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home sellers: Selling a Home in Atlanta - When Do Your Realize Your Home Is Priced Wrong? - 11/09/07 08:02 PM
Many Atlanta homes could sell, but their Atlanta home sellers live in denial of price. How long should it take to come to the realization that your home in Atlanta is just overpriced? Will it take 3 months, 7 months or more than a year on the market before you wake up … (10 comments)
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home sellers: Listing Agents Say "Buy Now!" and Buyers Agents Say "Wait!" - 10/04/07 10:45 PM
Listing agents and buyers agents have each drawn a line in the sand choosing to represent as an agent either a buyer or a seller. The object of each agency agreement is to represent their clients in selling or buying a home. When you think about it, the advice should not … (20 comments)
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home sellers: I Need a Really Good Real Estate Agent | I Must Sell My Home or Else… | Do You Qualify? - 09/23/07 09:34 PM
The title above is not so far fetched these days. A lot of homeowners are really up against different types of pressure and they need real help yesterday! Home sellers may have different needs, but they share one thing in common, they must get results! The needs of one seller … (12 comments)
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home sellers: Selling Above What You Paid For It | Aversion for Selling at A Loss | Decision Time For Sellers - 09/22/07 10:58 PM
I just finished reading several well written real estate articles that explored a reality check for home sellers. It was quite informative, and compared other periods of peaks in the real estate market in the late 1980's and draws some comparisons to our current situations. It seems as though a mathematician … (34 comments)
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home sellers: Home Sellers - I Want to Sell My Home, But I'm Not Going to Give It Away! - 09/12/07 09:19 AM
Have you noticed the new mantra from home seller's when you try to explain the current market conditions and realities is "I Want to Sell My Home, But I'm Not Going to Give It Away!" What they don't realize that if the do not listen to what you are telling them … (22 comments)
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home sellers: Reality Real Estate | Has this ever happened to you? - 07/29/07 08:45 AM
Have you ever taken one of those listings that you really had misgivings about...thinking it would never sell in your lifetime? I mean every home has at least one negative feature. There are power lines, homes backing to roads, below street grade lots, creeks in the back yard, homes with lots … (32 comments)
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home sellers: I Sold My Home in Atlanta | I'm Moving and I have Empathy for my Clients! - 07/23/07 11:41 PM
No matter how many homes we can sell a year in Atlanta, nothing really can prepare you for moving day as it approaches. It comes too fast, and is stressful! Ellen and I recently listed and got our own home in Atlanta under contract in record time. We are downsizing. Both … (14 comments)
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