Matt Kofsky's (mattkofsky) Blog

I have a rental property.  My tenants recently moved out.  Everybody who applied to move in had been foreclosed on.  I chose a very nice couple.  She had been laid off earlier in the year.  It took her 2 months to find another job.  During that time, they fell behind with their loan.  Between int...

I do a lot of BPOs.  I have noticed that certain agents sell on price only.  The range of prices in the neighborhood is $100,000 - $120,000.  One agent has a REO sale at $80,000.  It is always the same few agents with that sale.  They do no marketing, advertising, etc.  They put it up in the mls ...

I was showing property today.  We went up to a very nice house.  I opened the lock box.  There were 2 keys.  Neither one of them opened the front door.  After a couple of minutes the buyer said "Next".   This is the second time this has happened to me in the past month.  How do agents expect to s...