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Real Estate Agent - Keller Williams Metropolitan
Buying real estate can be a tricky proposition, take a look at some key issues to look out for.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
     I've been selling real estate going on six years now and the market is certainly different now than when I first got into it.  Setting the market aside, I think we agents need to grow and conform to the both the needs of our clients and the market itself.  We are in the middle of what is arg...
03/06/2008
Or "a good offense is the best defense" is a better phrase for the day.  2 weeks ago I had 5 closings set up for today (and I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to attend all of them), and as fortune would have it, at the moment only 1 will close (today).  Out of my 5 deals, I had 2 short sal...
02/29/2008
     Amid a flood of negative publicity about a downward market, possible recession and the worst winter in over a decade in the northeast, I find myself wrapping up my biggest month ever in over 5 years...BY DOUBLE.  I know there are those who might say it's a fluke, but I'm already lining up ne...
02/27/2008
Since my last blog seemed to get a lot of interest, here's another issue for agents to be on the lookout for.  In the New Hampshire Purchase & Sales Agreement Page 2 Section 10:10. TAXES, CONDO FEES, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, RENTS, WATER AND SEWERAGE BILLS AND FUEL IN STORAGE SHALL BE PRORATED AS OF ...
02/25/2008
For those of you who haven't had the opportunity to sell a bank owned property yet, look out for this little fast one the bank likes to try, if you're not looking for it, you just may miss it:Recording fees, escrow fees and other customary closing costs WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRANSFER TAXES, shall...
02/25/2008
     I wrote a blog a few weeks ago titled cold snap = frozen pipes which sparked a lot of interest.  I had a few comments posted by a few members who suggested frozen pipes wouldn't be an issue if the house was winterized.     I am currently representing several different buyers buying several d...
02/19/2008
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     After sitting through a recent seminar on foreclosures and short sales, I picked up a little info I thought would benefit many agents and buyers in this current market.       When buying a foreclosed property AT AUCTION it's important for both agents and buyers to understand that in most sta...
02/11/2008
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Rick Geha, the broker/co-owner of a Keller Williams office located in Stockton, California-The #1 location of foreclosed properties in nation.  As a matter of fact the day I spoke with him he told me there were 3600 single family homes on the market...
01/26/2008
      I know the majority of america is freaking out about our nations economy right now, and some of it is rightly deserved, but i think the majority of americans have some misunderstandings about what it actually means.  A recession is when the economy has two quarters of downward growth in a r...
01/23/2008
     I just wanted to pass along a little friendly advice for other Realtors out there.  At a recent office meeting the issue of empty homes which hadn't been winterized came up and i thought passing this info along might keep a fellow Realtor out of trouble.  If you have a home in which the sell...
01/21/2008
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