ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2014
How To Grossly Over Improve Your University Gardens / Southdowns Home...what NOT to do Pay way too much for a home to begin with - $164/sf for only 1425sf on normal size lot, a home that supposedly needed updating. Sink $80,000 more dollars into it, $15K of which was in the yard itself. So, ...
09/30/2014
Thinking of RENTING out your Baton Rouge home? I appraised this home in 2008 and it was renovated and very nice condition inside and out. Today, after being turned into a rental, this is what it looks like. Tenants even left their junk car in yard, gas tank in shrubbery and spare tire on side ...
09/08/2014
For August 2013 vs August 2014, Greater Baton Rouge Home Prices and Pending Listings were UP 2% and 20% respectively while Sales and Inventory were DOWN 8% and 25% respectively. NOTE: By "Greater Baton Rouge" I'm referring to the four (4) major Parishes that make up Greater Baton Rouge: East Bat...
09/07/2014
This is Jon Ferrara's Daily Routine for Lead Generation - Adivce To REALTORS® on Lead Generation and Relationship Building via employing the 5 E's of Social Selling or Social Business. This is a 7 minute clip of a 55 minute interview via Chris Smith Curaytor Real Estate Marketing That Works Wate...
09/07/2014
More MISLEADING "How To Increase The Value Of Your Home...." rhetoric from Home Industry "Salesman"Home Theater systems, Inground Swimming Pools, Sprinkler Systems, 30kW Backup Generators, Excessive Landscaping...how the add-on home sales industry misleads with "This will add value to your home.....
09/05/2014