birmingham alabama real estate: Blood, Sweat and Tears
- 03/20/08 02:51 AM
Hello Everyone, It seems as if the offers I'm writing in this day and time and the market we are in have been extremely difficult. Buyer are wanting to low ball and sellers are taking these offers personally. And as hard as we try as agents to keep this from happening it does anyway. The past few days I have been on both sides, I have written a low offer for a client and as hard as I tried to get my client to keep the offer real or counterable he just was not going to change his mind so as you know with … (1 comments)
birmingham alabama real estate: Spring Has Sprung And There Is Work To Be Done, Thank God
- 03/09/08 03:57 AM
Yes for me in Birmingham Al. as I hope it is for all of you, business has picked up and people are coming out of hibernation. The weather here has been great and my phone is ringing again. Yes I'm back to 6 to 7 days a week showing houses, what a wonderful feeling. It seems that my buyer clients are more confident about the market and are ready to make a commitment which makes our job so much easier. Rates are great, sellers are ready to sell, the birds are chirping, IT IS a great time to buy a home. Good luck to everyone Take … (0 comments)
birmingham alabama real estate: Warmer Weather In Alabama is Getting People Off They're Couch's
- 02/28/08 11:54 PM
It seems traffic has picked up and a weekend of warm weather has gotten people off the coach and into they're cars to look at houses. Of course this is Alabama so we get these warm weekends in Feb. I know a lot of people are saying that it will be 2009 before we some any significant change in Real Estate, but I do believe we will still sell some houses in Spring. Now I'm not sure if we will have record months but I believe it will be decent, I do. I've got a Mortgage Co. here that give me 1 … (0 comments)
birmingham alabama real estate: Keeping a Positive attitude in Negative attitude Business
- 02/26/08 07:30 AM
I went to an agents open house luncheon today and I was talking to a lot of fellow agents and just listing to some of the conversations around me and It was like there was an echo in the room, I was hearing the same thing everywhere I turned and that was how bad there business how rotten the Real Estate market was in general. There was so much negative in the room I thought could you imagine what a Real Estate agent could do right now with a positive attitude. It makes you think doesn't it Good Selling Everyone, Gary Love *** When … (3 comments)
birmingham alabama real estate: What a Real Estate Coach Recently Told Me !!!
- 02/23/08 01:22 AM
I got an opportunity to spend sometime last week with an incredible Real Estate coach. A lot of the things he told me I already new and just have not put in place yet. But one thing he said kind of blew me away he said if you are not getting a least 5 referrals a year from people like your Dentist, accountant, Doctor, etc, everybody that you spend good money with and use exclusively then you should quit using them and find someone that is capable to give you referrals and I went wow thats kind of harsh, but I guess when you … (9 comments)
birmingham alabama real estate: Getting Those Sub -prime Borrowers Closed
- 02/22/08 03:04 AM
Yes, the sub-prime market has changed and those questionable clients are going to be tough. But I'm still getting my clients that need 100% financing done. Of Course "My Community" is an option. But I've got a handful of aggresive, hungry mortgage people here in Birmingham doing manually Written FHA loans. A lot of times they are people that have little or no credit and you have to build it or people out of school and new on the job, but I have 2 or 3 clients now that I'm working that we are going manually written FHA and it looks … (2 comments)
birmingham alabama real estate: They're Starting to Come Out of Their Dens
- 02/21/08 11:31 PM
I think People in a matter of speaking hibernate like animals, they DO!!!. Historically Jan. & Feb are slower months, then it starts to pick up first warm snap in March. My phone started ringing yesterday which is a little earlier but I surely will take it. When it starts to get warm in the New Construction that I do we start to get more traffic, same thing as your Open Houses or your showings on your listings. As hot as it was this summer in Birmingham, I was ready for fall. But I tell you I'm ready to SELL HOUSES so bring … (0 comments)
birmingham alabama real estate: Those Lasting Friendships- our past clients
- 02/19/08 12:40 AM
I have to say with 11 years as a Realtor some of my cherished moments are the ones with my past clients. I can go even further than that, some of the best friends I have today are past clients. I'm the kind that really stay in touch with my past clients, drop by there homes just making sure they are totally happy with there investment(their home), send cards, calenders, e-mails. We hang out, go to the mall, eat lunch or dinner and you know they never forget about me when it comes to there friends and family that may have Real Estate needs. We … (0 comments)
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