Kevin Whitty's (kevreal456) Blog

Besides hiring an accountant, whats the best way to keep track of your expenses for the year?  I wonder if I'm not writing off everthing that I can.  So I'm curious to find out how everyone else is doing it.  I want to start now to be prepared for next year.  In the past I would just itemize and ...

With this market, I believe we should try all forms of marketing or lead generation.  I believe there is one that we forgot about or stop using because of the do not call list.  Or because many sellers are fustrated and have bad attitudes.  I just wanted to let everyone know that there are severa...

Well , I was so happy that spring was coming and going to be here soon.  I was focused and ready to make money and deals on a regular basis.  I even had a closing (thank God) And now a few things have changed negatively of course and it seems to have thrown me of course.  I'm going through the mo...

Hello, ActiveRain Community!  I have a seller who wants to sell quick.  The good thing is his price is high,right now, and he has room to play with.  i'm just wondering what has worked for most of you in the past.  I am open to all suggestions.  I have been in real estate for 6 years as a part ti...

This time of year reminds me of one of the best and worst open houses I ever did.  My clients were moving immediately and I was in charge of selling the house.  Except they forgot to clean the house prior to leaving and I forgot to check it myself.  What a surprise I got on Sunday at 12:30 for  m...

It's all business .  In this market do you focus on the clients who are interested in buying or do you focus on the clients who want to rent?  There are pro and cons to both.  I'm not sure who is worth spending the afternoon with one or the other.  Normally, you would proably say the buyer , but ...

Well today , hopefully is 2 days away from my first closing of the year.  This is a beautiful thing provided we close as scheduled.  It is definitely a blessing, but I find myself behind on my schedule of closings for the year according to my goals.  Well, maybe my goals weren't realistic or mayb...

How many of you ?  Have had closings cancelled or postponed at the last minute or the day before.  Before I got into real estate , about 6 years ago,I never would have believed these things happen like this .  Meaning , with such frequency that if something can go wrong it will.  My friends and f...

Hello , Active Rain.  This week i had a closing that was postponed due to the PATRIOT ACT. This was after the mortgage company gave us permission to schedule the closing 2 weeks prior.  To make matters worse they only gave my clients minium information about the problem.  This is all because a th...