The Real Estate Agent: just a license or a career? Just in the last few weeks, I know of two people that have acquired their real estate license. They both have signed on with real estate firms. They both have other full time jobs. They both think they can make money in real estate. All this may
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03/04/2010
Agents: Share the Love and the Profits, too! I just had to share my experiences of sharing - listings, that is! I'm in a county where two MLS overlap. Many agents don't want to belong to two MLS, so they co-list with me to give their listings broader exposure, even if they're with another firm! I
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02/24/2010
Agents: To Specialize or Not to Specialize? When I first got into real estate in 2003, I'll never forget being told I needed to specialize in selling a particular type of real estate. I even read in some of my real estate magazines that the only way to be successful, is to specialize and become a
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02/18/2010
The Surprising Truth About Home Ownership: I was rather amazed to read this article, "The 5 Myths About Home Sweet Ownership" by Joseph Gyourko from the Sunday, November 15, 2009 edition of the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111302214.html As
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02/10/2010
Nice building lot in Bedford County, Virginia - almost level building lot with mountain views! Deed restrictions to protect your investment, state maintained road, conveniently located just minutes from Bedford City. Seller is motivated adn will consider owner financing!
02/10/2010
Sellers: A word about home pricing. I was surprised the other day when an experienced agent asked me what he should tell sellers when they want to list their property at an unrealistic price (too high). Here's what I told him I do. First, the CMAs I create that suggest a certain price range are s
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01/21/2010
Agents: What to tell Sellers that want to list their property at unrealistic prices. I was surprised the other day when an experienced agent asked me what he should tell sellers when they want to list their property at an unrealistic price (too high). Here's what I told him I do. First, the CMAs
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01/21/2010
Agents & Consumers: What Staging and Speech Writing have in Common. I hire a stager for every home I list. I offer the initial consultation for free, because I think staging is that effective and it's part of my marketing strategy. I recently had my staging consultant in a home that was filled wi
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01/18/2010
Agents & Consumers: What Staging and Speech Writing have in Common. I hire a stager for every home I list. I offer the initial consultation for free, because I think staging is that effective and it's part of my marketing strategy. I recently had my staging consultant in a home that was filled wi
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01/18/2010
I found these incredible new products on the following link: http://styledstagedsold.blogs.realtor.org/2009/12/22/10-hot-home-products-for-the-new-year/ Realtors, use these ideas to help your client stage their home for sale. What will they think of next? Stay tuned for weekly information!
01/04/2010