David's Thoughts, Tirades, Rants & Blogs!

Forget about the bubble bursting, it’s making a mess all over everything!  I’m not saying that I’m not grateful or appreciative for the offers that are 25% less than my already low low asking price (upwards of $100,000 below asking). I’m just having the time of my life presenting these offers to ...

Several years ago, I was interviewing potential assistants.  Bob Pavey (an AR participant) shared an office with me. He came running into my office, completely out of breath and exclaimed, “Wait until you see what’s waiting at the front for you!”  I went up to meet my interviewee.  She was wearin...

8 years ago I worked with a “dancer” to find a home. She bought an investment home that I owned. She had $80,000 as a down payment. She reported that she earned that money one dollar at a time (she intended the pun!)  She was approaching 40 and I asked her what she intended to do as it gets more ...

To bring you up to date if you've missed my blogs part 1 and 2, Hakan and his family are holed up in a Turkey forest, hiding from the "bad" people who have seized his passport & accounts. He was able to hide away some money and wants to buy a house in South Florida.  I have found him the perfect ...

I was complaining to my coach, Bob Corcoran at Corcoran Coaching about how I think my buyers agents aren’t responding quick enough to leads.  He reminded me of NAR’s statistics that say that if you respond to internet leads with-in 15 minutes, you have an 85% chance of converting that lead.  Furt...

I always get a laugh when I pass an agent on the road with his/her company license plate.  I think, ok, that agent is with Coldwell Banker or Keller Williams or Century 21, but who are they? If I was a consumer, who would I call? Ok, so suppose I like the vibrant blue color of Coldwell Banker’s l...

We are all familiar with the typical ways to generate business, mail-outs, yard signs, magazine ads, tele-prospecting, newspapers, etc. There are other “outside of the box” ways to generate business.  Become the expert in the area. I send out press releases (similar to a blog) to the local newspa...

I’ve never been a deposit Nazi! Unless the escrow deposit is completely ridiculous, like $500 or $1000, I usually don’t recommend to my clients that they counter.  I do, however, explain that it’s usually difficult to keep a deposit. The buyer just needs to back out by following the contract cont...

I run a lot of listing appointments. I get most of them.  On occasion I don’t go for the close.  I know I should be whipping out the listing agreement and asking for the order but sometimes I’m just not up for it!  I want the listing but I just don’t make the effort to close. When I get an object...