Ah, the holidays are here. Nothing like 80 degree temps with muggy, foggy mornings to really get you in the Christmas mood. By the time you read this though, the weather here in L.A. (Lower Alabama) will be changing, just in time for those of us recovering from the last cold snap. But as we like to say in these parts, if you don’t like the weather here, just wait a day or two.
Unlike the weather here in south Alabama, the bloggers highlighted below are always consistent. It gets more difficult each week for me to narrow down this list to a manageable size. Keep'em coming folks! So, without further delay, here is the best on the vine this week.
Black and white or sugar-coated? Sandi Bauman from Chico Home Search has a great post this week about the choices we as real estate professionals make when communicating with our customers and clients. By the way Dothan home buyers and sellers, we are black and white here at Dothan Home Search.
More coverage of the mortgage rate freeze, announced last week by President Bush. Roberta Murphy at Luxury Home Digest has it spelled out in terms I can understand, who wins and who loses. Excellent recap on this piece of news.
Margaret Woda is Focusing on Crofton again, and has some tips on competing with desperate home sellers. This current market is not for the timid home seller, and Margaret lets us know how you can set yourself apart from the sellers that are in a desperate situation to unload their home, and are willing to do just about anything to do it.
In a post about his Alpharetta real estate market, Kevin Warmath over at Live in Alpharetta provides this absolute gem; “…...a good realtor’s value is not in providing you with information, but rather in interpreting that data in a meaningful way.” I haven’t heard a better job description of a REALTOR in a long time. Take a minute to read his entire post.
It is almost New Year’s resolution time, and Jennifer Steck from Central Denver blog has a plan; start with the end of in mind. Great advice for all of us that sometimes have trouble keeping our resolutions!
All real estate is local, a topic I have harped on several times on this site. John Coley from just up the road in the Lake Martin area says, “Basically they point out that while all markets are influenced by things like the mortgage market, most pricing and activity in the real estate industry is due to local factors. I couldn't have said it better myself.
Finally, Jennifer Cowan, just a little further up the road than John in Marietta, Georgia, tells us about something I have never heard of, but I think it would be a great idea here in Dothan. Sweat Mountain Dog Park is just that, a park for dogs. What a concept!
Another week of great writing Tomatoes!
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