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2007
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I took a call from a new client last week whose property has been on the market over a year. They wanted to know if I took the listing would I hold open houses? I told them that this is one of the ways that I market a home and if people don't see the home they won't buy it. They told me that...
01/29/2007
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Who says that you can't find a deal in Cincinnati? Some investor bought this home for a song! Listings as of 01/30/07 at 7:16amPage 1Sold 12/11/06CD 01/25/07 DOM 110SOWEBM01 CASHSP$4,000E01WH 3076 Mentor AveUnit# SubuWalnut HillsLP$7,500City/Village Cincinnati Cnty HamiltonState OHZip45206O...
01/29/2007
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Here in the Cincinnati area the number of people wanting to sell their homes has climbed over last year. In December we had 14,053 homes available for sale. Last year the same month we had 12,245 for an increase of 14.77% in the number of homes available. Sales of homes on the market are st...
01/23/2007
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Well it finally came. The first snowfall of the season. Sunday morning about 5 a.m.the snow started to fall and it came heavy. By 8 a.m. we had about 4 inches of snow on the ground and I was scheduled to start showing homes at 9. I called my buyers and suggested that we cancel for this morning an...
01/21/2007
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Well we have a contract on the property! After Friday morning the sellers became more to our needs and on Saturday evening we worked out the final details. I did show my buyers 3 homes on Saturday morning and if one of the homes had been in different area of the subdivision we looked at we wou...
01/21/2007
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Back to the story on the relocation property. I had warned my client that we may get a call Friday on the property. As I had anticipated the call came and it came early, 9:30 so the other agent must have told the relocation company early. The other agent asked if we could reopen negotiations on ...
01/19/2007
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There is a Relocation property in my area that one of my clients made an offer on. I am very familar with the neighborhood and home. We made 5 rounds of counters on the property priced where the seller who bought the home 1 year ago would not be hurt financialy by the price. On the second count...
01/18/2007
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My weekly update of investor deals found this gem in the rough. This property is sold but there are more for sale out there! Listings as of 01/19/07 at 5:54amPage 1Sold05/20/06CD 01/11/07DOM51SOHUFF08 CASHSP$ 2,000M994474pE01CI548 York StUnit#SubuCityLP$ 9,900City/VillageCincinnatiCnty Hamil...
01/18/2007
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This past Monday (Martin Luther KingDay) I was dropping off a purchase contract to a Brokerage in my area. The Broker of this agency has been trying to recruit me and now the top agent who I brought the contract to is following up for him. She told me how much more I would have made on this sale...
01/15/2007
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My broker has a contest to kick off the spring season every year. This year he has outdone and posted a video on You Tube. It takes about 2 minutes to watch it but you will get a real kick out of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4p9AY4xSak&eurl=Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!Good Luck and ...
01/15/2007