Selecting a home is not a logical undertaking for most buyers. Most buyers are very swayed by the initial emotions they feel when they first walk through the door of a potential new home. Almost instantly, the home either feels right or feels wrong. Rarely do people warm up to a home. They receive a first impression and in short order they believe a home is "it" - or it's not. That first impression can be the beginning of a sales success, or it can be a prohibitive factor that you'll find hard to overcome. I … (9 comments)
home: Go ON, Take Off "their" Rose-Colored Glasses....Help Your Buyers SEE!
- 06/06/08 10:48 AM
When showing property to buyers, your job is to help clients imagine living in the home. The quicker you can get them to think about what it would be like to move into the house, the more quickly you'll help move them to their decision. The way to help the buyer move in is to ask questions like these: Laura, would you arrange YOUR furniture this way? How would you arrange it differently? Which of these bedrooms would be best for Tim?
When showing property to buyers, your job is to help clients imagine living in the home. The quicker you can get them to think about what it would be like to move into the house, the more quickly you'll help move them to their decision. The way to help the buyer move in is to ask questions like these: Laura, would you arrange YOUR furniture this way? How would you arrange it differently? Which of these bedrooms would be best for Tim?
Now must come a time where I must truly PRACTICE what I often preach; that being: "When One Door Closes another Opens ....." Three days ago, I had just returned from the dentist; I looked like a perfect Bill Cosby act
I pull into our driveway and I see one of our garage doors up and I think "OH NO: I dont remember leaving that door up, shoot" I pull a little further up and into my side of the garage and I see David. "PHEW" Wasn't me; he was home. HOME??? What the heck … (8 comments)
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home: "Underwriter's Panties in a Bind" cause more than an Uncomfortable Moment--It Changed My Clients Future!
- 05/13/08 01:12 AM
Well, here's the newest experience for my Brokers Book O' Events! We all know how lendors/underwriters must do their final verification of employment in the few days surrounding our buyers closing date. Being the good little Broker that I am; I am sure to cover this part of the process in our initial interview, and again after our offer was accepted and we entered our 30 day road to close. Back in the fall of 2007 I met this delightful woman who found me from my real estate yard sign sitting on a property just around the corner from hers. Our … (6 comments)
I am incorporating my 25+ years of being in the restaurant business to my successful career as a Broker/Realtor in Real Estate. Therefore in all I do, and remembering one of my mantra's: Education is Empowerment; Patti Puckett's real estate recipes include: recipe for choosing the right realtor or broker,recipes for creating credit,recipe for repairing credit,recipe for staging your home for success,recipe for choosing the right financial product,even recipes for food.
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