yourstories realty: Habits versus Techniques Day 27 of 90 in a Realtors® life.
- 05/03/18 04:09 AM
Habits versus Techniques Day 27 of 90 in a Realtors® life. When we sit in our continuing education classes we are learning the laws so that we remain compliant as we practice. We also learn techniques on how to prospect, how to follow up, newest trends and techniques. Successful agents will be present in these classes and they know that techniques are nothing more than that. Techniques for prospecting and selling homes are good, vital in fact, but they are not what will make us successful. It is our daily habits with what we have learned that make us successful.
For instance … (5 comments)
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yourstories realty: Thoughts on a Labor Day Boston Area Move In Homes
- 09/05/17 05:21 AM
Thoughts on a Labor Day Boston Area Move In Homes, perhaps more than one thought. Labor is a necessary thing. A day to celebrate our collective labor is a very good thing. The origin of Labor Day goes back to the end of the 1800's. Thought on a Labor Day Boston Area Move In Homes. President Grover Cleveland signed into law this national holiday. There are conflicting reasons for this law, as always in this current fractious political climate, but the celebration of our individual and then collective labor is a very positive celebratory moment. (hinckley rd milton ma 02186-fall)
Sen. James … (2 comments)
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yourstories realty: Empty Nesters: Best to Remodel or Time to Sell?
- 09/03/17 05:54 AM
This is a decision that many families in the Boston area are facing. They love the house, the kids are gone and now they have kids, seems like the only time the house is filled is during the holiday parties. The love of one's home of many years is also a strong inducement to stay. Your neighbors, your neighborhood, your friends, your routines are all thrown up in the air when the decision to move is made. Remodeling is a different form of torture. Living with the planning and spending and waiting around for things to happen and then have things … (12 comments)
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yourstories realty: Did you know, your Ambassador is here to serve?
- 04/17/15 12:18 AM
Did you know, your Ambassador is here to serve? The Ambassador's here in Active Rain are not paid, they do not receive any compensation for taking the time to answer your questions or to help you through a difficult and confusing negotiation. Ambassador's are chosen for their unique abilities to explain our industry and be available to those who need help understanding aspects of the industry that can be confusing at time. We are here to help you, plain and simple.
New agents as well as those agents who started in the business back in the day when there was no internet … (19 comments)
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yourstories realty: Villages In Newton, MA 02458
- 09/23/14 10:14 PM
Villages In Newton, MA 02458, are there 13 or are there less? Newton is a town that is made up of a variety of smaller villages with very distinct characteristics. In some cases the bounderies are blurred. Newton is located just 6-8 miles from downtown Boston depending on where you are in the village and where you are going into Boston. That is not a long trip and public transportation is readily available. People live in Newton because it has been ranked as one of the top towns in the country on numerous occasions. In fact right now, it was just … (0 comments)
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yourstories realty: Best value for Newton Luxury home, check it out
- 09/17/14 02:14 AM
Best value for Newton Luxury home, check it out this week. 114 Shornecliffe Road, Newton MA, 02458 goes on the market this week. This home has been standing high on the hill since 1911. It has had just a few families up until now who have had the opportunity to raise their family in the 6810 square feet of fully rehabbed and renovated space. You can live in the luxury of today's electronic homes with “Smart Home” technology and wired so that you can control your home from your phone while feeling safe and secure in this building that was built … (2 comments)
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yourstories realty: When you work with the best
- 09/09/14 10:57 PM
When you work with the best you are always leveraging two minds on a common goal and this is always to your benefit. The process of selling a home is complicated with so many moving parts. The marketing of a home has it's own process as well. With an average agent they put the property into MLS after taking some pictures and writing up a short description. They depend on the IDX of their local MLS to distribute the MLS content to all the consumer sites like Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com and all the rest of the agencies that are signed up … (8 comments)
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yourstories realty: Discretion and Connection are Best Practices in Real Estate
- 09/09/14 10:18 PM
Discretion and Connection are Best Practices in Real Estate. As a Realtor® our National Code provides our clients with, "The obligation of REALTORS® to preserve confidential information (as defined by state law)..."Standard of Practice 1-9, but Best Practices go well beyond just securing confidential information. A good Realtor® knows how to gather information beneficial to their clients objectives. A good Realtor® is polite, returns their phone calls and emails and realizes that treating people fairly is beneficial to all parties. The average agent does not do this. They rarely pick up the phone when you call. Average agents take time to … (4 comments)
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yourstories realty: Back to School in the Boston Area Move in Homes
- 08/31/14 02:49 AM
ILHM Aug 2014 Market Report The air is cool this early morning, but it supposed to be in the 90's in the Boston Area today. Families are getting their final vacations in, school supplies shopped for and ready, and the real estate market monthly statistics continues to indicate where we have been and not where we are going. This past month the Federal Reserve board met and discussed interest rates and inflation. Seems like the rates might stay low for a bit longer, but the voices will be more shrill as we get closer to the next election.
ILHM Aug 2014 … (3 comments)
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yourstories realty: Newton, Boston Area Move In Homes, Luxury homes
- 08/31/14 02:43 AM
Newton, Boston Area Move In Homes, Luxury homes include large homes with large families. Four bedrooms to eight bedrooms are not out of the question with the homes in Newton. That is why so many families from outside the United States, first settle in Newton. You are close to everything. You have some of the world's best schools, hospitals and sports teams on the planet. We are known for that right now. Truth be told 114 Shornecliffe Road in Newton, MA was built in 1911. I know I reported 1910 in an earlier post, but I was reporting information gathered from … (1 comments)
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yourstories realty: 114 Shornecliff Road, Newton MA 02458 video
- 08/26/14 10:54 PM
114 Shornecliff Road, Newton MA 02458 video does not show you this whole magnificent house because we are still staging it. We will be on the MLS market in early September. Having just replanted all the exterior landscaping to include the beautiful fall colors here in New England. Going into the Fall season with the kids returning to school we know that in Newton there are a lot of excited children. Newton has two high schools and both of them are highly regarded and highly regarded rivals for the affection of the town. US News and Report did rank one of … (4 comments)
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yourstories realty: Famous Newton MA Actors, Actresses
- 08/26/14 12:59 AM
Famous Newton MA Actors, Actresses from Wikipedia. If they didn't have active careers elsewhere they could afford one of the many luxury homes that are currently on the market in their hometown of Newton, MA.
Matt Damon, actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter (with Ben Affleck) for Good Will Hunting Bette Davis, twice Oscar-winning actress Anne Dudek, actress, played Dr. Amber Volakis in TV series House Kathryn Erbe, actress, star of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Josephine Hull, actress Alex Karpovsky, actor, best known for playing Ray Ploshansky on HBO's Girls Jonathan Katz, actor, best known for his starring role on the … (0 comments)
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yourstories realty: Newton, MA Single Family Market Report Aug 2014
- 08/17/14 12:43 AM
Newton, MA Single Family Market Report Aug 2014. From July 1 through July 31 there were 260 homes that were on the MLS in an Active, Under Agreement, Sold, Expired or Canceled Listings Status. When information is uploaded to the individual MLS portals it then through IDX and syndication distributes that information to sites like Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com and all the other thousands of consumer real estate sites. This information comes from MLSPIN, which covers the Metropolitan Boston area and MA.
Waverly Ave, Newton
Single Family Active Listings: 136 Avg. Liv.Area SqFt: 4,473.76 Avg. List$: $1,860,518 Avg. … (5 comments)
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yourstories realty: Milton, MA Single Family Market Report Aug 2014.
- 08/17/14 12:38 AM
Milton, MA Single Family Market Report Aug 2014. There were 127 listings in the MLSPIN, the local MLS. With 30 listings sold in July and another 17 under agreement it is showing a bit of a buying frenzy. Absorption rate is the amount of time it takes a house to be sold in a normal market. Houses, on average, may be taking a bit of time, but Houses Priced Right are going in the first 90 Days and sooner, actually in the first month in many cases.
488 Canton Ave, Milton MA 02186
Single Family Active Listings: 70 Avg. Liv.Area … (2 comments)
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yourstories realty: There are A Students and C Students
- 08/16/14 06:53 AM
There are A Students and C Students it is true, who do you want to work with? Seriously, they each have their own charm, don't they? C Students rule the world it is said. The late starter, late bloomer comes on later, it's true, but progress needs to be evident. A Students usually do the homework and a real estate transaction is a whole lot of home work. Financially, you have a lifetime transaction for most which involves Legal issues moving forward. It is a big deal. How about home design and build issues that need to be understood. Neighborhood issues, … (2 comments)
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yourstories realty: Hitting the Wall, First Time Homeowners Blues
- 08/11/14 10:32 PM
Hitting the Wall, First Time Homeowners Blues always starts with a little fear, then a determined attitude that you can own a home. First keep your good credit score, create some savings and gather a down payment. From there go to the internet and search. Don't get caught in traps that want your email address and phone number. Do look for sites that provide real information and are easy to navigate and hard to leave. Hard to leave because they have all the information you need.
Aren't all the best real estate websites those that lure you in with information and … (3 comments)
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yourstories realty: What happened to you?
- 08/10/14 09:13 PM
"What happened to you?" I heard more than once. "Where have you been, I haven't heard from you in a while?" I nodded in agreement with a thousand reasons in my head. Where they reasons, or justifications a fleeting thought emerged. I squashed that and said unapologetically, "I'm back." In the back on the room sounds of snoring came forth.
There are thousands of moving parts in a real estate transaction, hundreds of hours, millions of decisions to make. With guidance you can navigate the process with far more control and direction, but what is good guidance? The internet is both … (6 comments)
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yourstories realty: Westwood, MA 02090 Luxury Homes Market Report
- 07/12/14 11:30 PM
Westwood, MA 02090 Luxury Homes There were 166 homes sold in Westwood over the last 12 months. MLSPIN supplies us this data regarding the sales. Single Family Listings: 166 Avg. Liv.Area SqFt: 2,477.14 Avg. List$: $782,364 Avg. List$/SqFt: $326 Avg. DOM: 57.49 Avg. Sale$: $770,551 Avg. Sale$/SqFt: $322
14 Longmeadow Drive interior Luxury homes are defined as those homes in the top ten percent of the sales in your MLS area. The MLS area for MLSPIN includes a lot of the Boston Area. $855,000 puts a house in the MLSPIN area into a luxury category. For a town … (0 comments)
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yourstories realty: Living in the City, Transportation and Take Out
- 07/11/14 10:20 PM
Living in the City, Transportation and Take Out. There are many advantages to living in the city. One of them is that you can live Auto free. If you live and work in the city, especially Boston you can get from here to there in most cases faster with the available public transportation (during regular hours) than you can with a car, and certainly way cheaper if you are considering parking. Yes, there are disadvantages to not having the freedom of a car, but the cost benefit ratio is one to consider if you are renting and hoping to own a … (12 comments)
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yourstories realty: Getting it right selling the home. West Roxbury MA.
- 07/11/14 10:15 PM
Getting it right selling the home. West Roxbury MA. Selling a home is not as easy as people think. There are so many decisions to be made even before you put the house on the market. Houses are living breathing structures that need upkeep and repair on occasion. If you are not maintaining your home you are loosing value. I have a home that just went on the market and it sprung a leak. The choices are always sell it as is, or fix the problem. The issue with fixing problems is that they cost money. The minute you are opening … (0 comments)
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Habits versus Techniques Day 27 of 90 in a Realtors® life. When we sit in our continuing education classes we are learning the laws so that we remain compliant as we practice. We also learn techniques on how to prospect, how to follow up, newest trends and techniques. Successful agents will be present in these classes and they know that techniques are nothing more than that. Techniques for prospecting and selling homes are good, vital in fact, but they are not what will make us successful. It is our daily habits with what we have learned that make us successful.
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