listing agents: 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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listing agents: Buyers Agents Should Not Give Feedback! - 10/27/09 07:24 AM
Buyers
Agents Have No Right To Share Their Buyer Clients Feedback on
a Property!
When
I read posts and comments on Active Rain, and in my daily work as a buyers agent - requesting feedback for the listing agents and sellers... my stomach
turns. Feedback
to the listing agent and seller is … (266 comments)
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listing agents: Call Agent Before Showing! - 10/26/09 08:36 PM
I was showing some homes in the Atlanta area today, and 4 of the 5 homes showed in the Internet as "Owner occupied." "Call agent first before showing" was listed in the private agents instructions in the MLS. What bothered me most is that 5 of the 5 homes were vacant. This just … (20 comments)
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listing agents: 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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listing agents: Tacky Selling and Turning off Buyers! - 10/14/09 08:55 PM
I think from all the years I've sold real estate the thing that annoys my buyers and myself the most are over priced homes, with signs and tags throughout the home. New homes with granite, tumbled stone back splashes with under counter lighting, stainless new appliances, gourmet kitchens, Brazilian hard wood floors, … (26 comments)
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listing agents: Thanks But No Thanks! We Don't Do Dog & Pony Shows! - 09/16/09 04:44 PM
Occasionally in real estate we receive a call from a person that wants to sell a home and in the course of the conversation you start asking yourself if you even want the listing. On most properties, we will drive by the day before an appointment to see if there are … (27 comments)
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listing agents: Listing Agent or Home Property Manager? - 08/19/09 05:48 PM
Listing agents used to have all the glory in our business, and now it seems they have just a lot of headaches. The saying used to go "List to live!" I often wonder if that still applies with so many homes sitting on the market waiting to be sold? Many of my friends in real estate are going crazy … (17 comments)
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listing agents: Buyers Agent or Listing Agent? What is Your Preference? - 08/05/09 11:33 PM
Listing
Agents or Buyers Agents?
Doctors specialize and
so do most Atlanta real
estate agents. Some Atlanta real
estate agents only list homes,
and others will only work as buyers agents. There are agents that only
like to sell Atlanta
commercial real estate,
but that is not my cup of … (11 comments)
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listing agents: The Listing Agent is On Vacation! - 07/26/09 07:04 PM
In
all the years I've sold Atlanta real
estate I've found nothing is
more chilling than to call for information on a listing and not
being able to contact the listing agent
for more information about a property. It is occuring more than ever in
this current real estate market, … (32 comments)
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listing agents: Wasting Time at the Expense of Others - A Real Estate Passtime? - 06/27/09 09:12 PM
I read an interesting article recently that talked about real estate agents that really just do not get it. Many of their actions are self defeating to say the least. They spend a lot of unproductive time needlessly pursuing businesses that is totally counterproductive. They will list overpriced homes that they will … (13 comments)
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listing agents: It Ain't Gonna Happen! - 06/08/09 09:21 AM
I saw a listing the other day that had in the remarks for agents, "Must be full price offer, and buyer must pay 15K at closing to cover the cost of commissions!" In all the years I've been selling real estate I have never come across that one. Now I understand … (24 comments)
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listing agents: Vacant Homes - Call Agents Before Showing! - 04/17/09 09:41 PM
There is a new trend in real estate needs to be exposed as a total loser. It is that the listing agent has placed a comment that they are to be contacted before showing the home. But when the home is 'VACANT?' Give me a break! Some have even placed in the comments … (66 comments)
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listing agents: 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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listing agents: Performance Based - Real Estate Solutions for Buyers and Sellers - 04/11/09 10:36 AM
The reality or real estate is very expensive if you do not understand what is all about! Too many buyers and sellers for the past few years thought there was nothing more to sellinga home than filling in the blanks of a contract. They made major mistakes! Buyers over paid for … (18 comments)
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listing agents: Atlanta Homes Sellers are Out of Touch! - 04/07/09 09:42 PM
For the past few days I've been showing homes as an Atlanta buyers agent. The spring buyers are here in an annual event because of spring break and Easter. Atlanta listing agents should have advised their sellers to be ready! Many Atlanta home sellers were not, and may have missed the opportunity to have real buyer prospects … (17 comments)
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listing agents: Do Atlanta Home Sellers Just Want A Free Opinion? - 04/03/09 10:31 AM
Some things in Atlanta Real estate never change. We can never take listing a home in Atlanta as a sure thing. On listing presentations, and Free CMA's, it was not uncommon to walk the home with the seller, and reconcile pricing with the current state of the home. The sellers will ask … (12 comments)
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listing agents: 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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listing agents: Spring Real Estate Markets, Are You Ready to Sell? - 01/25/09 10:46 PM
The end of January is approaching fast, and based on my observations I realize a lot of sellers are going to try to get a jump on the spring market. Will they sell their Atlanta home, or just list it? What does that mean? It means that more sellers will be listing … (12 comments)
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listing agents: Do Some Listing Agents Not Get It? - 12/27/08 09:36 PM
I notice there are still so many agents pricing homes as if this was the real estate market 2 years ago. What are they thinking? How do they explain to their sellers why no one is coming to look at their home? Do they even have an accountability from their peers … (121 comments)
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listing agents: 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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