Shawn Murray's (irishman) Blog

I'm preparing for my first open house after the tax credits experiation.  I am just a little concerned that a lot of the potential people who can buy a home are now not going to buy because there is no incentive.  Also, this weekend is mothers day.  i know that a lot of people will be spending ti...

I have a seller who just recently had an offer and accepted on April 30th at 11:59 PM.  Yes, the buyer did cut it close on the tax credit.  Now I am hearing from my seller that if the inspector finds anything wrong with the home that they are not going to fix it.  He states that he if they do not...

I just got off the phone with a number of unrepresented sellers.  FSBO's is also a term we use.  most were very nice.  A few were a little nasty.  I just wanted to say that I understand your wanting to try to sell your home to save a little cash.  My question to them is that in this tough market ...

Are ready for it.  Yes I can smell it in the the air.  Spring, the time of the year that everything is turning green.  Are ready for the best time of the year to buy or sell a home.  We all know that most homes are sold between the months of April to August.  Are you prepared to assist your clien...

I just wanted to share an experience with you.  Now, I have nothing against a commercial agent writing offers on a residential home.  My problem is that when I received a purchase agreement from this agent it looked as if a two year old had written.  She had paragraphs crossed out with in the con...

Wow, what a ride we had with the tax incentives.  Was your Friday as busy as mine was? I let me be up front with you.  Yes the tax incentives did help some as far as getting the 1st time buyers into a home, other than that, I do not think they helped much for the existing home owner.  I experienc...

Just an FYI for the agents of Nebraska.  I recently listed a home from a client who lives in CO.  The death of his mother was hard on him and the family.  There are 3 siblings involved.  It took a year to get thru all the paper work in order for my client to be a personal representative.  Two of ...

I just wanted to say that I truly enjoy helping new agents get started with their new career in real estate.  I am always learning new ways to help them as well as myself.  I do receive a lot of valid information via ActiveRain and I just wanted to thank everyone who has been so generous in shari...

I just wanted to share some information I received about the engery bill. I wanted to take a second to reiterate that there is an internet hoax circulating about the energy bill. For the facts on the energy bill, please click here.   REALTORS® succeeded in making a number of positive changes affe...

We are all aware that when we show homes to new clients that we want to ensure that we have a client who can truly purchase a home in these tuff times.  I recently had a sign call on one of my listings and the buyer assured me that it was a cash deal.  I ask him to bring proof of funds at our fir...