I know in our hot market that well priced, well presented properties tend to go under contract VERY quickly - sometimes within the first day, depending on the price point. I've shifted my thought process to check the "Hot Sheet", our local MLS term for new listings, virtually every change, from once a day to several times per day. Why is this important for buyers and sellers? A new home for buyers is an opportunity, a new listing for sellers is new competition. Example: a listing I'm bringing to the market required a price revision based on a new listing that had better systems (4 comments)
abr: FAQ: Who Should Attend A Home Inspection?
- 06/11/15 02:07 AM
I have attended many home inspections during my tenure as a Realtor. Of course, as the buyer's reprensentative, that's one of my responsibilites (at least, for my comfort level, for the most part). Over the years, I've seen wonderful, streamlined inspectors, who get their job done in the time they have allotted (and they know better than anyone else how long a house will take). And, then, I've seen the opposite: long drawn out inspections with too many people in attendence, all wanting to ask "their" question. Yesterday was one of the latter examples. The buyer showed up, with her 9 year old daughter in (6 comments)