CB Bain's (cbbain) Blog

Some national reports site that the improvement in the housing market has been in better neighborhoods and for non-distressed properties. There is no question we have a bifurcated market. Nationally non-distressed properties are down on average 25% from the peak while the distressed property mark...

Our office recently received a referral from an out of state broker.  Since the condition of the home is a challenge, she recommended we have an inspection before putting it on the market.  This is not standard practice in our area.  In fact, even though a home is priced with the understanding th...

In the many years I've managed Real Estate branch offices, disputes over mistakes or misrepresentations of the square footage on a listing have come up every few years.  And while the industry has evolved to alert the buyer of the importance of investigating the size of the home they are purchasi...

  Why has office culture and business culture become the buzz word in our industry?   The American Heritage Dictionary (circa 1985) has numerous descriptions for the term culture. My two favorites are:   1.    “The act of developing the social, moral and intellectual faculties through education” ...

As real estate professionals we spend an incredible amount of time managing our Sphere’s and prospecting, always in search of the “Worthy Customer”.  While, there is often great debate about methods, I tend to subscribe to the simple philosophy scribed by Dave Beeson, “everything works and nothin...