selling homes: Nosy Neighbor!
- 02/24/12 02:55 AM
No you can not come in or see my house! You are just a nosy neighbor, go snoop around someone else's house. Today I met the ultimate for sale by owner. It was a chance meeting but had me in stitches, laughing because I could see this guy doing everything he was relating to me. We have a winter storm that closed schools and caused travel difficulties except for those of us owning 4 wheel drives or brave any conditions. I offered to drive my wife to her hair cut appointment. I took a book I have been reading on some … (5 comments)
selling homes: Grand Rapids Real Estate Broker
- 02/23/12 07:17 AM
Grand Rapids real estate brokers are many times small single person offices, the broker is the agent. Real estate services offered are often limited based on dollars and technology. Selling homes is a matter of buyer exposure, the rule of numbers. The more buyers seeing a home for sale, the faster the home sells. This is why technology is so important to generate home sales. broker's are not always wiling to spend brokerage money on advertising a client's home. This minimizes buyer expose of the property for sale to a smaller pool of home buyer's. Flexit Realty agents have multiple years … (0 comments)
selling homes: 12 Easy Steps to Selling Your Home- Step #10 Financing
- 02/03/12 04:49 AM
Selling Your Home Step #10 Financing, helping buyer's, buy! (originally posted on FlexitRealtyBlog) Many times buyers start looking for a home before they have secured financing. This means buyers are looking, dreaming about a new home, without the proven ability to purchase. Unless they have cash, which is rare, buyers will need to discuss lending option with a bank or mortgage broker. Real estate agents representing sellers, know to ask, if the buyers have seen a lender to establish mortgage guidelines. Meaning the buyer knows the maximum lending limit the bank or mortgage company is willing to lend them. The buyer also knows … (5 comments)
selling homes: Sell Your Home in 12 Easy Steps, Step #9
- 02/02/12 02:46 AM
Sell Your Home in 12 easy steps. Step #9 Showing Your Home To Potential Buyers (originally posted on the Flexit Realty Blog) Home Showing is where the difference between a professional real estate agent and a home owner’s become evident. Home owner’s rare have to show their home, unless a quick family or friend tour, as a quest. Showing your home to potential buyers is quite another story. Real Estate Agents are making assessments of the buyer during the meet and greet. They watch their eyes body language and “listen” for comments. In short, agents tune into buyers and their actions. Agent know … (4 comments)
selling homes: 12 Easy Steps to Selling Your Home, Step #3
- 01/27/12 03:29 AM
12 Easy Steps to Selling Your Home “Step #3” Originally posted on the FlexitRealty Blog. “Step #3” Deciding to sell you home with a real estate agent or without. For some, the option of using a real estate agent is a real struggle and for others there is no question. A real estate professional is going to handle the sale of their home for them. The Internet has increased home marketing opportunities for real estate agents who understand how to use these resources to reach more home buyers than ever before. Home owners recognize buyer exposure created by the Internet can … (2 comments)
selling homes: Singing the Short Sale Blues!
- 01/19/12 06:56 AM
Today I was contacted by a father of a potential client. I had talked with his children last year in late summer. Very nice people with a credit and income problem. Spending more than their income can support. Hum mm, where have I heard that before? We discussed a short sale to market their home. They had already picked out another home to rent in another more influential community. Status and location were more important than affordability since he was a college instructor. The father was concerned that they never moved forward with the short sale and just simple moved to … (4 comments)
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