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2014
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Working as a Buyer's Agent can be a tremendous amount of fun -- especially when one's buyer clients are clever and playful. Through the years, we have collected various expressions, phrases, jokes and puns our witty clients have made us giggle at during showings and inspections. Our recent state...
05/30/2014
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Picture 1 was on the MLS, for 3 listings that either expired or cancelled. Average time on market for these properties amounted to 200 days -- in a hot seller's market. Picture 2 is a photo of the same property when agent 2 listed. Average time on market for these listings amounted to 22 days -- ...
05/30/2014
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Imagine technology that replaces all roadways, parking lots, sidewalks, driveways, tarmacs, bike paths and outdoor recreation surfaces with solar panels... No more useless concrete or asphalt or concrete sitting there baking in the sun needing to be repaved -- filling with pot holes that ruin the...
05/29/2014
I'm so excited! Our office has a new secret weapon in our "Paperless Realtor Ninja" armory... Do you love small .pdf files, but find it difficult to adjust your scanner or software settings to make high quality, lightweight files that can easily be shared by email or online? Well, forget every...
05/28/2014
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In December of 2013, we shared a sample solicitation letter from a Rockwall investor, "offering to buy" one of our seller's homes. This 'offer' was for the sellers to move out of their home while keeping their existing mortgage in place. This is called a 'wrap' -- where the 'sale' is subject to...
05/26/2014
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Like many agents, I made my transition into full-time real estate by starting on a part-time basis. I worked a full-time corporate job, taught graduate and undergraduate marketing classes, and managed our private portfolio of owner-managed investment homes, all while wearing my wife hat, my mommy...
05/11/2014
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On 4/24/2014, Amerifirst Mortgage posted this video (presented by Dan Moyle) on youtube advertising a recent change to FHA underwriting guidelines that will now allow buyers using 203k loans to overbid on a HUD property without having to pay the difference in cash. The video touts that "With the...
05/11/2014
To excel in real estate and to find satisfaction in doing so, agents must understand their own unique patterns and intrinsic design. True excellence can only be achieved by becoming an expert at finding, describing, applying, practicing and refining one’s strengths. By shifting from the traditi...
05/11/2014
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"We have submitted over 20 offers with our agent, and we haven't had any of them accepted." My frustrated caller went on to describe how their repeated attempts to offer above list price didn't get the job done. Now, feeling weary and without hope, they were coming to the realization that some...
05/10/2014
There is no other segment in the real estate industry where I see more abuse and mistreatment of consumers than in the property management & residential rental market. A quick glance through TREC disciplinary history will quickly confirm that a majority of complaints source from this area of prac...
05/09/2014
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Amanda Thomas
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