pineville louisiana real estate: Three Percent of 10k= Broke Realtor - 04/23/10 07:08 AM
If you have some free time today, do a MLS search for land under 30k in your area. While I love helping buyers, I must confess a dislike of land transactions. Why? It's all about the money!
Let's examine the payout on a typical Central Louisiana land deal. 10,000 X .03= 300. Cut this number in half to account for broker split and corp fees and we have a whopping 150 BEFORE expenses. 
And how many clients buy the first piece of land they see? Our service area is larger than Rhode Island, so these plots of land may be thirty … (5 comments)

pineville louisiana real estate: Starter Homes Don't Have Granite - 04/23/10 03:37 AM
One of the joys of my job is working with first time buyers. The look on their face when the seller hands over the keys is worth as much as the commission. Well, almost as much...
With visions of granite counter tops and subzero appliances the young couple begin their journey. What price range you ask? About 100k, maybe 105k if push comes to shove. Thanks in large part to HGTV such buyers often need to be educated on what to look for in a first time home. Here are some items first time buyers should focus on.
1)Location-- Yes, you … (6 comments)

pineville louisiana real estate: First Year Blunders - 04/22/10 09:27 AM
Experience is the best teacher. However, in our line of work such lessons can get pricey. In the hopes of helping this year's batch of new agents, I would like to share some of my first year blunders. Space restrictions limit me from covering all, so here is the cream of the crop!
1)Focusing on Buyers Only-- This is the "cheap way" to get your start. After all, you simply tour a couple of houses and presto! Here's a commission check. What I didn't factor were the fuel costs, time, and low closing rate...
2) Starting Part time-- Ease my way into … (0 comments)

pineville louisiana real estate: We Don't Need No Directional Signs! - 04/22/10 07:27 AM
Just returned from the mother of all showings. Being rural, our coverage area is larger than some states. And being southern, we are less than creative with our street names. Apparently there are approximately ten acceptable names for streets. Magnolia, Hickory, Rebel, and Jeff Davis are especially common. So listing agent, please do these things to help us poor buyer's agents get to your lovely property.
1)Don't Rely on the MLS Map Feature Alone--This is just lazy. Sure the feature works well enough in the suburbs, but things get a little dicey in the country. My favorite was when I printed … (1 comments)

pineville louisiana real estate: Get Your Blog Featured For Only 19.95! - 04/21/10 01:55 PM
I have posted 31 blogs on ActiveRain. Truth be told, only ONE has been featured. Honestly I don't have a clue why one blog is featured and the other goes the way of Miley Ray's future career.
But isn't it a sad commentary on our field how much snake oil is sold? And bought??? Try logging onto any real estate site without being bombarded with all sorts of real estate gadgets. Each one so cheaply priced one would be reckless NOT to purchase it.
Yet few are worth the money. Most prey on agents who are at their wits end. What … (4 comments)

pineville louisiana real estate: Details, Details - 04/19/10 03:55 PM
Manic Monday certainly lived up to its name! I had a list of things to do today that would put Santa's little list to shame. This was also one of those days when random past prospects would appear.
The only "easy" thing to do was a 4pm closing. The work being done, all I had to do was go eat some chocolate mints and hand over the keys. So when things got busy, I would imagine me sitting at the settlement table doing absolutely nothing.
Finally the moment arrived. The parties met and people started signing. Then it happened. Whatever Monday … (4 comments)

 
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