Linda's St. Louis Real Estate Blog

What asking price do you recommend? Some agents will "buy" a listing by suggesting an inflated asking price. We all want to hear great news, and often a seller will select the listing agent with the highest recommended sales price. Bad decision. An overpriced house will not only sit, it will cre...

We found a great article by Paige Tepping (RIS Media) about tips for moving day.  On such a crazy day, these tips should help keep everyone more organized. With the summer selling season in full swing, millions of Americans are finalizing real estate deals and preparing for moving day. If moving...

Four years after the housing bubble popped, the American real estate market has yet to launch a sustainable recovery. Although U.S. home prices have improved modestly since the spring of 2009-and certain regional markets have performed even better-sales and values will face renewed downward pres...

A good laugh for a Friday afternoon!!You Might Be A Redneck Home Stager If... I live in metro Atlanta, which is Jeff Foxworthy country.  Last I heard, he lived about 20 miles up the road from me.  We all love him around here. Last week my husband and I went to the local diner for dinner (supper?)...

Brad always has great information.  Especially about something all of us seek and that is higher ranking in the search engines.How To Improve your Video and Images for Higher Ranking in the Search Engines. Acquiring SEO and traffic to your Blog or Website using great content, titles, descriptions...

Courtney reminds us of what all sellers should do when vacating a home.  We make every effort to see that all of our sellers do the right thing too!This one is always interesting, but listing agents including myself need to prepare sellers for vacating their homes upon close.  My very first trans...

Thanks to Lenn Harley for bringing us this is a very informative article.   THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HOME INSPECTOR AND A "COUNTY BUILDING INSPECTOR". MISLEADING HEADLINES SHOW NEWSPAPER IGNORANCE OF THE HOUSING INDUSTRY! A staff writer for THE DENVER POST, has a very misleading headl...

Practical information for any industry.  Thanks for good information Richard!  Competition is the keystone of a capitalist society. And every entrepreneur knows that in order to succeed in any business endeavor, it is essential to compete to attain the largest market share possible. But in order ...

I thought of my own dog's dog vs deer episode the other day.  It was nowhere as funny as this as the deer my dog found was smarter and our dog dumber.  All she did was bark and chase the deer away.  This video is hilarious.  Thanks for sharing, Joan!   This is just the funniest video you have see...

The following article from U.S. News really puts the reasons for the continuing housing market instability in a nutshell.  This was a topic of extended discussion at our office meeting on Tuesday.  My main take away was jobs, jobs, and jobs.  THAT, in my opinion is what will jumpstart our industr...