We all get many 'helpful' newsletters (gag) telling us how we should be selling real estate. Most of the time they contain the same old, same old. You, Ms. Realtor© should be doing this and that, even though they've never sold a home in their lives! But I wanted to share with you something tha...

08/01/2010

When the Buyer Disappears

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Winter, spring, summer or fall,all you got to do is calland I'll be there yeah yeah yeah.Ain´t it good to knowthat you´ve got a friendpeople can be so coldthey'll hurt you and desert youwell they'll take your soul if you let themoh yeah don't you let them.James Taylor If you've been in Real Es...

07/31/2010

We need to create some legislation that allows a buyer's agent to acquire a retainer, much like attorneys.....seriously!

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We need to create some legislation that allows a buyer's agent to acquire a retainer, much like attorneys.....seriously! Many years ago (so I've been told), buyer clients use to work with a realtor because we were pretty much tied in exclusively to MLS listings via print, in the form of daily or ...

07/31/2010

Do we need another buyer incentive tax credit?

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With markets settling down to a slower pace after the mad rush to get into contract by April 30th, many realtors and economists are questioning whether we need another helping hand from the government to get a our business going. What's good for real estate is good for the economy - of course. ...

07/31/2010

The Gas Man Cometh

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Flanders and Swann created some classic pieces of British comedy some 60 years ago - and this piece - The Gas Man Cometh seems fitting for a current transaction we're tugging across the finish line. One of Phoenix area Short Sale listings - this one a Buckeye Short Sale Listing - is presenting ...

07/31/2010

The biggest myth of the 1970’s was that by the year 2000, we would become a paperless society!

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As the 1970’s brought both environmental awareness and exponential technological growth, many pundits predicted that by the year 2000 we would become a paperless society. Obviously, something went awry somewhere. When I started selling real estate in 1984, a purchase and sale agreement was a sin...

07/31/2010

Fannie Mae's new strategic default rule could amount to very little

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Fannie Mae recently took an assertive step, in its own mind at least, to stem the growing tendency of mortgage borrowers pulling off strategic defaults. In that homeowners who could afford their payments choose to walk away from the obligation anyway. The GSE went ahead and added another category...

07/31/2010

Create Your Landslide by Blogging on Active Rain

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I recently posted a blog in which I said I successfully closed 51 transactions in 2009. One of my readers asked me for my statistics. I do not have buyers or sellers agent, I'm a one person operation and I'm too busy to keep statistics on where the lead came from. Blogging has a landslide eff...

07/31/2010

Life Just Slapped Me In The Face - And I'm So Glad!

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Sometimes life has a way of slapping you in the face. As REALTORS®, we've all been guilty of neglecting our own families to serve the needs of others. In this business, clients don't care if you have a life of your own. When you're working with THEM...your time is THEIR time. THEIR family is ...

07/31/2010

Just Do It.... What's Your Story?

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How many times have you been planning to post your story and never did it? Then one day somebody posted it... I admit I only read posts that are featured. That's why my dream is to have my first post being featured. I waited and waited till I have a good story and experience to tell that I thin...

07/31/2010