heights real estate: Things to Know Before Buying Your First Home
- 04/03/12 11:58 PM
Houston Innerloop and Heights First Time Buyers will find this excellent blog article of great interest. It was contributer via Palos Verdes Homes-Realty by Frank Fountain and Heidi Mackenbach Palos Verdes Estates, CA Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker,ABR,QSC,RECS,ACRE www.LindaMarshallRealtors.com Things to Know Before Buying Your First Home in Palos Verdes 1. The cost of owning a home is more than simply the purchase price. There are several monthly fees and expenses in addition to your monthly mortgage payment that you need to be prepared for. This includes insurance, property taxes, utilities, and maintenance. However, the costs associated with owning your first home are bearable. 2. Programs … (0 comments)
heights real estate: Our Sellers Are Electing NOT to Respond to Your Offer.....
- 04/03/12 11:53 PM
Houston Innerloop and Heights Buyers will find this excellent blog entry of great interest and a precursor of how the Summer will playout. Contributed via Sally & David Hanson WI Realtors Luxury\Short Sale\CDPE\ABR\e-Pro\REDS Brookfield, WI Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker,ABR,QSC,RECS,ACRE www.LindaMarshallRealtors.com Bring on the Sellabrations...the Buyers are Out ...the Buyers are Out ! It was an exciting weekend with multiple offers on several well priced properties.....and as you browse through MLS you see the "Active with Offer" indicators everywhere...HURRAY !!! Homes all dressed up and ready to sell...priced at appraisable prices...ARE selling....a wonderful welcome to spring...and a boost in recovery to … (0 comments)
heights real estate: Lots of Showings But No Offers, applies here in Houston Heights
- 03/19/12 01:20 AM
Lots of Showings But No Offers, applies here in Houston Heights Tom Branch, Broker in Plano Texas gives us excellent advice and he aptly points out in this blog article. "Show me a home with lots of showings but no offers and I'll argue its simply overpriced or not properly prepared. Lowering the price is one way to overcome this issue but it may not be the only way." Greetings from Innerloop Houston Heights Texas Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker,ABR,RECS,ACRE,QSC. www.LindaMarshallRealtors.com "I had lots of showings but no offers." I hear those words time and time again as I talk to sellers with … (1 comments)
heights real estate: Do Your Buyers Hear What You Hear in Houston Heights listings
- 03/18/12 01:19 AM
Do Your Buyers Hear What You Hear in Houston Heights listings A Houston Heights Sellers can benefit from a wonderful insightful article via Karen Bernetti about "further staging your home down to even the sounds". She points out "You can try masking the street noise or the sound of your neighbor's barking dog by introducing other sounds, always taking into consideration your selling season. Water falls and oscillating fans contribute a welcome feeling of coolness on a hot summer day, while crackling fires add a feeling of warmth and relaxation when it's cold. And a bubbling water fountain or soft wind chimes can … (1 comments)
heights real estate: A HUGE Lesson for a Listing Agent AND Expensive!
- 03/15/12 01:45 AM
Heights buyers and sellers will greatly benenfit from this timely article by Paula McDonald who is located in the Woodlands, Tx. She points out: I know this is long but the IMPORTANT MESSAGE IS THIS: If you are a listing agent and arranging repairs for your Seller, be careful and make sure you are using bonafide, certified and licensed contractors! KNOW YOUR CONTRACTS! There is no excuse for any agent in this business to NOT know the content of a contract. Be prepared to pay for the correct repairs using the correct contractors at YOUR cost if you are having to do … (1 comments)
heights real estate: Home Seller Etiquette in Houston Heights
- 03/01/12 12:43 PM
Home Seller Etiquette in Houston Heights excellent article provided to us by regular blogger Amy Boehm Boerne, TX Greetings from Innerloop Heights Houston Texas Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker,ABR,RECS www.LindaMarshallRealtors.com Spring Break is a few weeks away and the norm for our business is people start looking for their new home, whether they are up sizing, downsizing or relocating. So here we are with all these new listings, which is wonderful! In the past I have blogged about different things you can do to make a home more attractive to a buyer, but one thing that I have not addressed is YOU! … (2 comments)
heights real estate: Why Having a Sitemap is an Important SEO Tool
- 02/16/12 10:52 AM
Tammy Emineth again points out one of her super helpful entries. I felt it would be of great interest to Innerloop Heights area reader. Linda Marshall,Broker,ABR,RECS,ACRE,QCS wwwLindaMarshallRealtors.com Why Having a Sitemap is an Important SEO Tool A Sitemap is a snapshot of all the pages on your website. It's a file or page on the site that compiles a list of URLs of every page, post or blog on your website. Why is this important? Several reasons actually. Human-wise it's a helpful page for readers to go to if they want to find a particular page without searching through other blogs, posts … (4 comments)
this expresses one of my biggest pet peeves with other realtors. I can't imagine what clients think. No wonder they have a poor opinion of us. Greetings from Innerloop Heights Houston Texas Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker,ABR,RECS,ACRE,QSC www.LindaMarshallRealtors.com Answer the DAMN Phone! I apologize ahead of time if this doesn't flow with everyone.
I am tired of agents so called "Realtors" who don't respond to emails or answer the phone. I have had a good run with agents not returning emails or not returning calls. What I hate the most is when I … (3 comments)
heights real estate: Millennials more difficult to reach, but respond well to creative ads in Houston Heights
- 01/25/12 03:29 AM
Millennials more difficult to reach, but respond well to creative ads in Houston Heights Felt my Innerloop Houston Texas readers would benefit form this timely entry from Lani Rosales/AGBeat. Millennials have a high comfort-level with new technologies and cultural diversity, as well as being accustomed to on-demand access to entertainment, continual stimulation and extreme multitasking. Greetings from Innerloop Houston Texas Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker,ABR,RECS,QSC,ACRE By: Lani Rosales /AGBeat
Advertising to Millennials For years, we’ve written about marketing to Millennials not only because several of us are actually in the Millennial/Generation Y category, but because it is a highly misunderstood generation. Only … (2 comments)
heights real estate: Reblog Be the Glue Not Part of the Puzzle!
- 01/18/12 01:58 AM
Reblog Be the Glue Not Part of the Puzzle Excellent article to share with Houston clients about all of the components of a successful transaction and the neccessity for them t work together on behalf of the client. via John McCormack in Albuquerque New Mexico Greetings from Innerloop Houston, Texas Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker,ABR,QSC,RECS,ACRE Be the glue, not part of the puzzle!As a REALTOR® I feel my role in a transaction and in advocating for my clients is somewhat that of working through a jigsaw puzzle. There are many intricate pieces to the big puzzle and each must fit perfectly and interlock … (0 comments)
heights real estate: What Does Trust Mean to You? ActiveRain / Adobe EchoSign Challenge
- 01/15/12 03:12 AM
What Does Trust Mean to You? ActiveRain / Adobe EchoSign Challenge Excellent blog entry from Gabriella Wanted to reblog to my Houston Texas clients as it is so pertinent to what is taking place in my own market. In this new year I think that we should all pay attention to a very interesting and timely subject. Trust cannot be overstated. Greetings from Innerloop Houston Texas Linda Jamail Marshall, Broker,QSC,ABR,RECS,ACRE info@LindaMarshallRealtors.com
ActiveRain / Adobe EchoSign Challenge: What Does Trust Mean to You?
This month Active Rain challenge is about Trust. We have to share some serious thoughts on this … (0 comments)
heights real estate: An Important Consideration for Any Home Buyer
- 01/10/12 02:38 AM
An Important Consideration for Any Home Buyer in Houston Excellent information via Holly Weatherwax. She points out "As a Realtor, one of the skills I bring to the table is helping my clients determine the investment value of their purchase." This hit close to home for me and I wanted to pass this along to my clients in the Innerlop Houston neighborhoods. Greetings from Innerloop Houston Linda Jamail Marshall,ABR,QSC,RECS,ACRE As a Realtor, one of the skills I bring to the table is helping my clients determine the investment value of their purchase. This doesn't always work the way that we expect (the … (0 comments)
heights real estate: Three Important Words Realtors® Need to Know in 2012
- 01/03/12 03:21 AM
Excellent advice for all of us in this new year. Via Cindy Jones located in Northern Virginia She successfuly points out "It's painful but there are times when we need to pull out these three simple words; "I Don't Know." Happy New Year from Innerloop Houston, Texas Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker,ABR,QSC,RECS,ACRE
It's painful but there are times when we need to pull out these three simple words; "I Don't Know." This past weekend a lender asked me for information on a condo association. My holiday brain wasn't connecting and I started to give him an answer off the cuff. Then … (2 comments)
heights real estate: Real Estate Agents and the 'I'm too busy' Mantra
- 01/01/12 05:15 AM
Excellent blog posting and wanted to pass along to Houston Texas readers. via Melissa Zavalla San Diego County California If you want to make big bucks in real estate, you cannot sing the “I’m too busy” song. You must try to find ways to evaluate your own productivity and to make yourself accountable. When you tell others (and yourself) that you are too busy, you are turning down the opportunity to do more and be more. Happy New Year from Innerloop Houston Texas Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker,ABR,RECS,ACRE,QSC As Broker-in-Chief (not to be confused with Commander-in-Chief) of a real estate brokerage and also … (3 comments)
heights real estate: Agent Bonus - Bait, Bite, or Bull? Houston Texas agents how do you feel?
- 12/12/11 02:20 AM
Really agreed with this blog post and thought I would pass along to Houston area. Via Christopher and Stephanie Somers in Philadelphia. Her is the prime point, in my opinion. Here are the serious flaws of agent bonuses The majority of agent bonuses state the following wording: $5,000 bonus paid to buyers agent with acceptable offer. Here is the bait!!! The key word is "acceptable", the squirmy worm at the end of the hook. What exactly is acceptable? Greetings from Innerloop Houston, Texas Linda Jamail Marshall,Broker ABR,QSC,RECS,ACRE 713-523-4600 info@LindaMarshallRealtors.com Agent Bonuses - Bait, Bite or Bull? Agent bonuses are bait, … (2 comments)
heights real estate: Rid Yourself of the Nonpaying Busywork
- 11/27/11 04:51 AM
I really liked this blog entry and considered it very timely with the new years coming upon us. A reblog also allows for sharing what a great resource the activerain community is for we professionals as well as all of our communities of buyers and sellers. Via Phil Ross of Guild Mortgage Cmpany Greetings from Innerloop Houston Texas Linda Jamail Marshall,ABR,QSC,RECS,Broker 713-523-4600 info@LindaMarshallRealtors.com Have you ever had a something happen that originally felt like a small disaster, that later turned out to be a blessing? I had one of those situations this past week. As I was heading to a morning appointment, I realized the screen on my … (2 comments)
heights real estate: 2012 'Hot or Not' Real Estate Survey, Real Estate is Local!
- 11/19/11 09:34 AM
I like this posting alot. 2012 'Hot or Not' Real Estate Survey. Real Estate is Local I thought I would reblog it so others could also read and learn from this great resourse here on ActiveRain. Via Activerain blog… Innerloop Houston Texas Linda Jamail Marshall, Independent Broker 713-523-4600 info@LindaMarshallRealtors.com Real estate is local. If you did a search for that phrase on ActiveRain I bet you would get tens of thousands of results. It's a mantra in the real estate business. Anyone who has been doing this for any amount of time has heard this phrase and anyone (from a consumer's perspective) worth … (1 comments)
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