Greg's Blog

One of my friends that I trained in the computer technology field in an area called “Business Intelligence” just called to let me know of his new position. He’s a manager getting to work from home, 100% health care coverage, and 4 weeks vacation. He gets bonuses as well as paid company outings. S...

In my area the burglars are getting creative. Burglars are targeting homes that are listed and have a lock box on them. The thieves pry the lock box open and get the keys. Then they get into the home, open the garage door while they pull in their truck. From there, they steal everything from new ...

I’ve always been the type of person to speak my mind. And so this past weekend, I let this other person know exactly how I felt. I don’t usually go around critiquing other realtors listing, but when I have to show my clients then it becomes fair game. This one realtor did the absolute minimum for...

I recently wrapped up my project of getting to know my neighbors. The project was a great success. I worked with a business and got all of my neighbors a great discount. The work was amazing. I’m referring to my seal coating project to get to know the neighbors. I wrote about it a few weeks ago. ...

I called a realtor today because one of his properties had dropped down into my client’s price range. The realtor only had 1 picture up and I requested to have more pictures emailed to me. He didn’t have any additional photos. He basically was rambling on about maybe he could get me some pictures...

I know it’s against the rules for another agent to solicit someone else's listing. But if the seller contacts an agent after she brings over a buyer, then this becomes a gray area that is hard to file a complaint over. Proving to the Ethics committee that an agent disregarded a listing is hard to...

On the MLS that we use in Illinois, there is a report section that allows you to get the current market conditions for a particular location. It comes out in a nice format that you can hand over to your clients. I use this feature once in a while because it has some good information. But if I wer...

I was going through and reading one of Active Rain’s member’s posts. He has a large number of points and is also a featured member for his area. On his latest post, I decided to google his writing. Sure enough, every word was copied from another web site. I personally don’t think someone should b...

A friend of mine had a showing the other day. He sent me this nice itinerary of the properties that he was going to show along with the time frames. I made a suggestion that he should have an area for comments so the client could take notes. I was wondering if anyone uses an itinerary when doing ...

Last Christmas, I accomplished my goal in 4 years by paying off my house. My other realtor friends are advising me to purchase an investment property. Right now I’ve been enjoying not having a mortgage payment. But a part of me is starting to wonder if I should purchase a condo and rent it out. I...