I had a buyer client I'd worked with for a while, who suddenly decided to look in a different area. We had gotten along famously, they thanked me profusely for my help and knowledge, so I was sad to see them go, but, the new area was far enough away from my area of expertise, that I understood t...

07/11/2019

The pie-hole that wouldn't close.

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Many times, over recent years, in my experiences in online real estate discussion groups, someone will inevitably ask the question: "What is the standard commission in your area?"Most of the time, knowledgeable agents jump in and state: "There is no 'standard', real estate commissions are negotia...

07/07/2019

7 reasons why your property won't sell!

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7 Reasons why your property won't sell 1. YOUR PROPERTY WON'T SELL because your photos are "less than impressive". The vast majority of home buyers begin their search for a property on the Internet, so your property had better look fantastic in print. Not just nice, it has to look downright fabul...

07/04/2019

How to assure your loan dies an ignominius death.

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Here's a handy list of 10 things you can do to kill your chances of getting a loan today.1. THE PROPERTY NEEDS TOO MUCH WORK!This applies to REO's, foreclosures, and short sales... sure they're good deals, but getting financing can be rough. Any broken windows, bad (or missing) appliances, leaki...

07/03/2019

How to fail on Active Rain in 5 easy steps (or 1 really hard one)

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Active Rain is a community of real estate professionals. Realtors, Inspectors, Loan Officers, Stagers and everyone else directly and indirectly related to real estate.It can be a little complicated to get started... so let me offer 5 easy steps to screwing up on Active Rain.Don't read any posts....

07/02/2019

How to make friends and influence Rainers. (attn: Failure ahead)

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07/02/2019

How to fail on Active Rain in 5 easy steps (or one really hard one)

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Active Rain is a community of real estate professionals. Realtors, Inspectors, Loan Officers, Lenders, Stagers and everyone else directly, or indirectly, related to real estate.It can be a little complicated, for newbies, to get started... so let me offer 5 easy steps to screwing up on Active Ra...

07/02/2019