selling a home: What Can You Tell Me About The House?
- 01/04/20 07:39 PM
"What can you tell me about the house?"
That's a question we get asked periodically about our homes for sale by other real estate agents.
The reality is 99% of what we can tell an agent is already spelled out in the MLS. Home features, the facts, some marketing remarks. And the property disclosures are also attached.
Tied to MLS entry is information about how long the home has been on the market, and a click away is the tax auditor information (home size, age, last sold price, owner's names and more).
What I think the question is often REALLY asking us?
"What can you tell … (3 comments)
|
selling a home: Sometimes The Early Bird Is Too Early
- 08/18/18 05:28 PM
We all know the saying about the early bird.
The reward is to the aggressive, the ones getting out early and getting it done.
But where is the line between aggressive and rude drawn?
Our local MLS is rather restrictive in what agents can enter. We can upload photos, add remarks to the photos, but not much else. We can't change the status, rooms sizes, features or anything specific. We're reliant upon our office admins to take care of most of the MLS entry work.
So when a status changes from Active to Pending, it's not immediate, especially if the change occurs on a … (2 comments)
|
selling a home: Is It Too Late To Sell My Mason Ohio Home?
- 08/18/16 06:09 AM
School bells are ringing and many Mason Ohio home owners might think that signals the end of their chance to sell their home.
But that perception would be off the mark, and it's not just our opinion but is born out by facts.
Take a look at the following chart that tallies the month by month sales going all the way back to January 2010:
It's obvious, we ARE past the peak months. We're pushing up on September and there's no dout September typically doesn't hold a candle to the May-August time frame for completed sales.
HOWEVER, that doesn't mean NO sales, just a decrease … (4 comments)
|
selling a home: Should I Use The Same Real Estate Agent To Buy AND Sell?
- 02/26/15 10:28 PM
Should I Use The Same Real Estate Agent To Buy AND Sell?
If it's US you're thinking about, then OF COURSE!! But actually it's not quite that simple! In most cases, yes, working with one agent or team simplifies your life. If they're experienced agents, handling both selling your existing home and finding your next one is well within an agent's capability. We know your tastes, we know your schedule, we know your needs, and it only takes one email or phone call to handle everything.
HOWEVER, there are times you may want to have one agent for selling your home … (16 comments)
|
selling a home: Can You Sell A Home TOO Quickly??
- 10/31/14 12:02 AM
Can You Sell A Home TOO Quickly??
A home went on the market late yesterday. It looked like a good match for a buyer of ours so we attempted to schedule a showing this morning.
Request denied: "Home has an accepted contract and no showings allowed".
Now that leaves us with two possible scenarios:
1) A buyer and their agent were in their car and drove by just as the sign was posted, immediately scheduled a showing, wrote a VERY solid offer and collected signatures before midnight last night
OR
2) Negotiations were in place before the home even … (31 comments)
|
selling a home: The Clutter Doesn't Come With The House
- 04/18/14 10:59 PM
The Clutter Doesn't Come With The House
In a perfect world, every home for sale would be staged and presented like a builder's model. But no one lives in a builder's model, just visitors that never sleep in the bed, the kitchen is only used for bottled water and the occasional wine & cheese social. Not even close to the same as day to day living.
Regular home Sellers? They make dirty laundry, have kids that spit toothpaste gobs in the sink and dogs that leave "landmines" in the backyard. What may have started off as a perfectly presented home on … (75 comments)
|
selling a home: Is Your Home Invisible To Buyers?
- 01/12/12 01:18 AM
Is Your Home Invisible To Buyers? This morning we were researching another market report, condos in our area this time. The results came up in MLS and hit the MAP Feature to confirm the locations of all sales and offerings. Oddly, one cluster of condos showed up WELL outside the expected area....like TWENTY MILES outside the expected area! In this case, it's new construction and mapped to the right name street, but a county over and many miles away. So what happens to these condos when a consumer searches for Lebanon condos? For the most part these homes become invisible. And … (91 comments)
|
selling a home: Some Warren County Home Sellers Are Taking A Holiday!
- 01/02/12 02:34 AM
Some Warren County Home Sellers Are Taking A Holiday! As you'd expect for Warren County REALTORS®, we keep a close eye on the trends for our area. Among other tasks is checking the MLS data the 1st day of each month to act as a baseline for sales activity. How many homes on the market, how many pending, how many sold, average selling price and days on market. And we share that information with our monthly newsletter subscribers. There are a total of 13 zip codes in Warren County we track. Six of those zip codes are significantly more populous than … (17 comments)
|
selling a home: It's All In What You're Used To
- 11/25/11 04:39 AM
It's All In What You're Used To Going home for the holidays can remind you of the differences in life. Choices in lifestyle that demonstrate how differently we can choose to live.
My parents retired to West Virginia some years ago, back in the mountains in a place called Bartow. If you look on the map for it, you'll have to look hard. It's a small place with no stoplights, none of the "modern" conveniences we take for granted in our daily lives. There's no Wally World, no burger joints, no large grocery store. Life requires some planning. That midnight … (51 comments)
|
selling a home: Start Preparing Your Home NOW If You Plan To Sell NEXT Year!
- 10/29/11 02:00 AM
Start Preparing Your Home NOW If You Plan To Sell NEXT Year! We had our first hard frost last night. The leaves that are left on the trees are brilliant goldens and oranges and reds. The air is crisp and short sleeves aren't the option they were! And perhaps the last thing on your mind is next spring!
But if you're thinking about selling your home next year, you can't get started too early with your preparations. Just like planting those flower bulbs now can lead to some spectacular results when the weather warms, getting your plan together and taking … (45 comments)
|
selling a home: NO!! NOT HAPPENING!! NEVER!! FUHGETABOUTIT!!
- 09/27/10 01:17 AM
We're not usually in the business of saying "No". Yes, we can sell your house! Yes, we can give you great service while we're selling your home! Yes, we can negotiate calmly while the other side is being an absolute knucklehead! BUT...when you ask us to do something NOT in the best interest of our clients, well the REALTOR© Guardian mode is engaged! No, Nein, Nada, Nyet...you CAN'T do that and we won't let you! We're the Gatekeepers, standing watch over our clients. You're not going to get information from us that hurts them. Why they're moving? Not relevant. Where … (149 comments)
|
selling a home: Mr. Buyer, Don't Mistake How Much Off List Price With Getting a Great Deal!
- 09/26/10 12:06 AM
Friday night started very promisingly. We'd had a closing in the afternoon, and then early evening we got a call that an offer would be coming in on one of our listings. It's a great listing, good neighborhood and school district, priced VERY aggressively. Around here, recent sales prices have been near 2004 to 2005 purchase prices. These sellers had finished the basement and added hardwood throughout most of the main floor since purchase, and we're priced only slightly above what they paid in 2004. Essentially, the new owner is getting a free finished basement and hardwood flooring included in the … (35 comments)
|
selling a home: Why Are They Moving?
- 08/06/10 01:22 AM
This morning on Patricia Kennedy's Featured Post, Claudette Millette brought up one of our least favorite buyer's agent questions: "Why Are They Moving?".
We work primarily as listing agents and if there's one question we're not big fans of, it's that one! It translates loosely to, "Dear Listing Agent, please give me some good dirt that I can leverage against your clients IF my buyers decide to proceed on your home."! The real story behind why they are moving COULD be really damaging to our seller's negotiating position (relocation, divorce, death in the family, loss of job), other reasons might be … (18 comments)
|
selling a home: Look! Up in the Sky, It's .....
- 07/30/10 01:52 AM
SUPERAGENT! Faster than a cell phone call! Able to leap opposing agents in a single bound! Able to move homes across the street with a single finger shove so it's on a better lot! Able to set showing appointments with no notice! Able to know EXACTLY what you want just by reading your mind! Able to sell homes JUST by putting a sign in the yard! It's SUPERAGENT, coming to a theatre near you, summer 2011! (If we can just get a script, funding, Brad Pitt and Spielberg lined up!) Okay, as much as we'd LOVE to have all these superpowers … (30 comments)
|
selling a home: PRESSURE!! Why You Hire An Agent To Help You!
- 07/28/10 01:18 AM
Got enough PRESSURE in your life already?? Thought so! It's a common symptom of today's society as we scramble from point A to B to C. The fast food joints thrive because we're under pressure to get so much done that some days we barely have time to eat! All you want is a little down time, to have a long deep relaxed breath, maybe watch a movie, the one where the DVD has been sitting on the end table for three days now! Man, I need a vacation! But you'll be on your cell phone & checking your email even … (8 comments)
|
selling a home: We Don't Want Too Many Showings!
- 07/06/10 02:06 AM
Dear Home Seller,
We don't want too many showings on your home! Sounds kind of strange, right? Isn't the whole objective of your listing agent to get as many bodies as possible through your door? Don't you want them crowded outside your door waiting to get in?
Well, maybe not! What both of you would rather have is more qualified, truly interested buyers that already have a pretty solid idea what they're going to see!
The benefit to you is less time leaving the home for showings! Unless you've got a neighbor you REALLY like and can hang out there every … (5 comments)
|
selling a home: Your Buyer Doesn't Care!
- 06/30/10 02:38 AM
Dear Home Seller, some important things to know that your home’s potential buyer doesn’t care about: (in no particular order)
• That you paid more than you’re asking now and have to bring money to closing! They only care about market value and getting a great deal.
• When/if it’s time for an offer, they don’t care about your feelings! This market has created a “no shame” environment. They’ll offer what they want, ask for what they want, and threaten to walk in a heartbeat if they’re not getting it! When the consumer magazines recommend offering 10-15% below list price to … (30 comments)
|
|
|
|
"What can you tell me about the house?"
;)
;)
;)
