Jim's blog about Mission Valley and San Diego
Tips, tricks, ideas, and suggestions for buying and selling, marketing, home maintenance and safety, and much more.
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2008
I try very hard not to sell myself or my company but instead simply to be helpful. In my farming area, I do this by sending helpful postcards, emails, and snail mail flyers, with a preference toward postcards since one can get four postcards for the cost of one flyer. Here's the postcard titles I...
08/12/2008
When I started as a Realtor and went through training with my broker, part of the training package was how to farm a neighborhood. The basic approach was what I call the nuclear bomb approach, or NBA. Figure 1. Historical picture of a nuclear bomb test from the Manhattan Project We were supposed...
08/11/2008
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The open house that you are having probably is not the only open house that those who stop by are going to visit that day. So what my partner does for me is create an Open House Survivor Kit. I keep them hidden in the closet at the front entrance, and as people are leaving I give them one. What i...
08/10/2008
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I love to list homes where there are pets, especially cats since I have a little DSH ginger tabby named Zoey (Figure 1). However, sometimes there are cat odors that need to be dealt with in order to make the home fresh, and one can't always move all the furniture and have a good flooring professi...
08/09/2008
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This week's recall/safety concern notice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission includes four recalls: 1. Fire and Burn Hazards Prompt Recall of Gas Grills Sold at Lowe's Stores Name of Product: Perfect Flame Double Lid Four Burner Gas GrillsUnits: About 24,000Retailer: Lowe's Home Centers,...
08/09/2008
Cats and music are an important part of my personality, but cats ON music? http://www.middlegeorgianow.com/cats.htm I had an acute spontaneous nasal reflex (ASNR, or drink up the nose) the first time I saw that and every occasionally I have to go find it again to add a little laughter to my day. ...
08/08/2008
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You've staged your listing (or at least convinced the sellers to clean it up and put excessive furnishings in storage); advertised it on Localism, Active Rain, and Craigslist; entered it in the MLS; sponsored a broker's caravan, and now it's time for that Open House. Three glorious hours of sitti...
08/07/2008
The Power of P - Part III 4. Plan. It's my considered opinion that without a Plan, you're not going to go far for any significant Period of time. The two most important Plans are: Business Plan Marketing Plan So, what can a Plan do for you? When you go on a vacation, do you Plan how to get there...
08/06/2008
The Power of P - Part II Click here to first read The Part Of P - Part I Previously we discussed Product. Let's continue with... 2. Pride. A Pride of lions Sometimes the most difficult task is finding a Product that you can take Pride in. I submit that there might be at least one person readin...
08/06/2008
The Power of P - Part I Virtually everything we do in our business careers can be described using a word that begins with P. You might already have seen me describe Active Rain as a Pleasant, Positive, Personable, and Professional Place. "Eat your peas" my mother often said. "They'll make you gr...
08/05/2008
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Jim Frimmer
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist