Real estate blog entries tagged with buyers by Tammy Lankford,, Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville (Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668)

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buyers: Stop waiting... get pre-approved and start searching on Lake Sinclair - 04/23/14 06:39 AM

I hate waiting, but that's what I'm doing right now. Two hours for an oil change. It happens. Not sure why everyone waited until Wednesday to get their oil changed. I would come back another day if I could, but since I'm planning on a little weekend away, I have to sit and wait because it's the last day I have to get it done.
This is a busy time of the year in real estate too. It's the time of year that we always have a back up planned for our duty agent. Of course we prefer buyers and sellers call ahead … (11 comments)

buyers: Would I show a Lake Sinclair listing for another agent? - 04/22/14 04:16 AM

Well that's not a simple yes or no answer. There are a lot of factors that would go into my determination of how I would respond if an agent asked me to show a Lake Sinclair home FOR them.
First: Do I have a relationship with this agent?
Second: Is it a Lane Realty listing they want to see?
Third: Why is the buyer's agent unable to show the property themselves?

When sellers hire me to sell their homes it's my JOB to make sure they are marketed well and don't miss opportunities to be seen by buyers. If an … (51 comments)

buyers: Is it a modular or a manufactured home? - 04/16/14 06:36 AM

Is it a modular home? Is a manufactured home? Is it a trailer? What's the difference?
In our market we see the term modular getting misused a LOT! People (including some agents) are of the belief that just because you take the wheels off and put block, non load bearing around the perimeter that it somehow makes it a modular. Nope, it doesn't. If the house was ever on wheels and was delivered from the factory to the site on wheels and has a iron I-beam under it it's a manufactured home.
A modular home:
built completely in a factory delivered on … (54 comments)

buyers: Lake Sinclair Broker remembers lesson her real estate teacher learned - 04/02/14 01:37 AM

Debbie Reynolds wrote a blog that is featured today about the contracts in her state including window treatments. It reminded me of my real estate classes... oh so long ago. The best teachers on the planet teach with stories in their experience. It was certainly something I never forgot.
My teacher back in the early 90s when I got into real estate was Bob Greer. He was a brilliant teacher and he said when I was in his class that he knew I would be successful in real estate. He was right, here I am two decades later with 19 years … (10 comments)

buyers: The hidden gem of deeded lake access properties at Lake Sinclair - 03/11/14 06:03 AM

Sometimes we have buyers call or email that would really like to live on the lake, but their budget doesn't let them afford a Lake Sinclair home. Lots of buyers who have been turned away from other agencies are surprised when we tell them about "deeded" lake access properties.
We have lots of subdivisions around Lake Sinclair that offer such lots. I know what those subdivisions are and where the lake access lots are in those subdivisions. In fact, my last closing was one of those properties.
For the VERY low price of just $34,000 my buyers own a … (6 comments)

buyers: Hire the right Lake Sinclair agent to assist in your property search - 03/01/14 06:06 AM

Buying property is a complicated process, even though sometimes your agent will make it look very easy. Well that is if you have the right agent at Lake Sinclair. If you don't you may sign an offer that will never make it to a contract.
Recently we got such an offer from an agent. An agent who made an appointment without the lawful disclosure she was an agent representing clients. Then we got an offer, on the wrong form. It was faxed and two pages to a sheet and not legible by the time we received it. The agent has told my firms listing … (17 comments)

buyers: Busy busy busy, but right now you are THE only client - 02/24/14 05:36 AM

Today has been quiet in my office and every agent here is breathing a sigh of relief. We're not at all unhappy with the amount of busy we are, please don't misunderstand. But we were literally stumbling across each other at not only the office the past week, but at homes we were showing as well.
From time to time clients got handed off to me the broker to do some of the paper work so that the agent could keep showing property to other clients. On Saturday we had John holding down the fort of the office while the … (10 comments)

buyers: Milledgeville First Time Homebuyers: One of those times that I just LOVED my job - 02/02/14 06:17 AM

A couple years ago I don't think I had ever worked with a first time home buyer. Even after 18 years in the business. I had a niche market of second home/retirement home Lake Sinclair clients and I focus my marketing on that.
Times had changed and business was slow, so I began to do some alternative marketing and it paid off. I think it paid off for both me and my clients. One afternoon I got a call from a young woman who found me on the internet and reached out to me about viewing some homes. I really don't … (6 comments)

buyers: Another Lane Realty listing and Lane Realty buyer closed today! - 01/30/14 07:07 AM

Sometimes it's not so much about the price of the house as it is the finish line for a difficult one. Today was one of those days. Complications and pressure for deadlines on the buyers end of the house she is moving out of and things going wrong along the way. But in the end we did it.
We have a happy buyer who closed and is now preparing to move on Saturday. Our buyer is a Veteran and our loan office did a fabulous job for them. In fact another agent in my office and I had a conversation … (5 comments)

buyers: Hiring the inspector before your Lake Sinclair purchase: who does the inspector work for? - 01/24/14 01:31 AM

I have heard other agents and even a local broker say they "hire" the inspector and then get the report and go over it and then tell the buyer what they think they should no. No way is that going to be the process at Lane Realty.
First of all, if an inspection "kills the deal" and I don't get paid, good, because I really don't want my buyer clients buying a house that is falling apart or has a serious problem. Don't get me wrong, I know that from time to time things get missed on an inspection no matter … (15 comments)

buyers: Don't talk about about price or the house, while viewing the house - 12/14/13 03:30 AM

When I am showing property I like to give my buyer's handouts of the homes we're going to see and even offer to let them use my clipboard to make notes. As I drive them from home to home we chat about the previous homes we saw, but I remind them not to talk about a house while we are there.
Of course there are exceptions. For example, if it's a bank listing one my agents represents I'm SURE that there are no recording devises inside the property. That's can't be said for all homes. You've watched HGTV right? Seen sellers … (9 comments)

buyers: Mortgage company still hounding appraiser after we've closed - 12/05/13 04:38 AM

Recently we had a buyer who didn't listen to us and go with one of our preferred lenders and our preferred attorney... okay her money I get it. So we muddled through with little communication and closed. The appraiser on this deal was local and we've been friends for a long time.
At the time he turned his appraisal the lender started nitpicking and asking for changes. They didn't like photo angles/lighting blah blah blah. The actual day before closing they were asking him to change ONE MORE THING and he had done it, let us know about it and turned it … (7 comments)

buyers: Why discussing your offer over dinner in a public restaurant is a really bad idea - 10/08/13 08:03 AM

Recently my Donald and I were at dinner at one of our favorite places to eat. Little Tokyo is the name and you're seated at a hibachi grill with other guests. One of the other guests happened to be another agent I know. This agent was with what appeared to be clients. And right there among strangers they were discussing marketing strategy. The buyer clearly stating out loud what their "top dollar" was for this home and the agent never once telling them this was not the time or place to have this discussion.
Now I have had lunch and dinner with … (125 comments)

buyers: Thank you other real estate firm for sending us business.... - 09/04/13 07:50 AM

This morning we got a call from a potential buyer. She was on here way to visit our area for a few days. She had a rental home lined up, the address in her GPS and had emailed another firm a few days ago about seeing homes. She had included the information that she would be paying cash and her price range and a few homes she would like to see while she is in the area. She'd heard nothing. No email reply, no phone call, nothing. She'd also called their office number and left a voice mail.
Well our … (8 comments)

buyers: Determined to help a veteran client get into a home in Eatonton - 08/01/13 05:25 AM

Every once in a while I hear one of these stories that just makes my blood boil. Today was one of those days. The client is a veteran and his hardship came while still active duty. Long story short... the Air Force transferred him and he had a loan on a home when that happened. He made every effort to work with his lender to do a loan modification and/or short sale and they jerked him around for a while, told him to become delinquent and eventually foreclosed on his home. That was 2010.
Now he's had other agents and … (27 comments)

buyers: Buyers, don't mistake a for sale sign as an invitation to trespass - 04/08/13 01:11 PM

This weekend some nimwit pulled his boat up the dock of one of our listings. Do you think he called the number on sign to ask for info? No, he didn't. Nimwit walked up the house and opened the door. There sat the owner in her night gown. Nimwit tucked tail and made his way back to the dock and his boat with a quickness.
A home being on the market doesn't make it a free to trespass zone. Sometimes owners allow buyers to walk and look at the property. I have a home where the blinds are drawn and the … (43 comments)

buyers: This deal must have been "really meant to be" - 12/17/12 05:02 AM

A year ago I was fighting with the federal government and boy was I loosing. I called my congressman. My buyer called his congressman. I wrote my Senator, I called his office too. I begged. I tried being firm and loud. I tried tears. Nope, no one would budge and the seller (Fannie Mae) just pulled the contract and the house from the market.
So a few weeks ago when the issues were finally worked out would you believe that my buyer actually had to go in as any other buyer and make an offer. Finally we won. Today we close. … (16 comments)

buyers: My cat the hunter and real estate - 11/08/12 12:28 PM

I just let my puppies out to go potty one last time before they turned in for the night. With a couple of lamps on all evening I guess there were a few moths near my patio doors. When I opened the door one flew in and my cat went on "hunter" mode. She jumped around from chair to sofa to chair to coffee table. Within one minute the moth flew down by lamp and my little ittle bitness got it. She played with it for a while, then ran into the other room with it. I don't know what happened … (15 comments)

buyers: Sometimes it really is about the game and not winning or loosing - 10/26/12 09:35 AM

This afternoon my Donald and I played cards with friends. We had a fabulous lunch followed by an afternoon of playing cards. We play a game called hand and foot and it's all in fun, no money involved. But we do have a little trophy that we swap back and forth depending upon who wins 2 out of three games each month when we get together to play. Sadly the elephant is NOT on my entertainment center where he has been the last three or four months. But we still had a great time. Sometimes it's just about the game....
But … (14 comments)

buyers: The Laws of Attraction and Real Estate? - 08/03/12 08:32 AM

When driving to work I heard that all relationships start with attraction. And while that may be true, it's not ALWAYS what you see that attracts you, it might perhaps be what you read. I know this from personal experience and when I think about the calls I get on Real estate ads they are sometimes not intrigued at all by the photos, but the words. In fact, sometimes they don't call on a particular house at all, they call on a blog post and even the strangest of blog posts are the ones they find sometimes.
And the other day … (36 comments)

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