home buyer: Sally returns to help new home buyer Bob. - 11/14/09 11:27 PM

Frank And Sally Explain Real Estate: Episode 2
Sally is one busy Realtor®.
Thanks to her talk with Frank about the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit last week, Sally has picked up a new client, Frank's brother Bob.  Bob is looking to purchase a home soon, so he and Sally sit down to chat as Bob has a few questions about home buying.  Sally explains some of the basics in the home buying process and soon they will be off looking at homes for Bob.
Bob has been generous enough to allow us to sit in on his interactions … (5 comments)

home buyer: San Antonio Home Buyers - Why Many Agents Won't Show You A Home "Right Now!" - 09/14/09 01:01 AM
It's a common thing.
Recently SarahGray Lamm wrote a post titled, "ADVICE NEEDED: Blogging Works. Now What..."  The basic premise of the post was how to handle the buyer who calls and says "I need to see this house right now."  Not a client, but someone you've never met before.  Every Realtor® I know gets these calls and everyone I know handles them a little differently, but the outcome is typically the same.  I'm hoping to help San Antonio home buyers understand why many agents won't show the home on short notice.
Time Management
To put it simply, we as agents … (22 comments)

home buyer: The Best Real Estate Blogs Are NOT Written By Real Estate Agents (RE-BLOG) - 08/31/09 03:23 PM

this is not the blogger know as Molly, but rather my old cat that shared the same name
Meet Molly.
I was passing through the featured posts tonight when I came across a post by SarahGray Lamm.  If you haven't read it, I've re-blogged it here for your pleasure.  It's actually a post about a blog.  A blog by Molly.  In it she speaks about buying a home - from a home buyer's perspective.  Take a few minutes read the post about her experiences, but while you're there, comb through the rest of the blog.  It's a personal blog about … (1 comments)

home buyer: Open Letter to First Time Home Buyers - 08/05/09 03:49 PM
Spread the word.
I came across this re-blog on Kristin Moran's blog (I sit two doors down from her everyday, yet she always discovers great stuff I don't know about).  Reading through it I found myself nodding in agreement.  It's going to be a close call for many home buyers who sit and wait.  I fear for them.  Imagine trying to close just as doomsday approaches.  Imagine something goes wrong.  Imagine your closing is delayed by one day.  Imagine losing $8,000 because your loan didn't fund on the correct day.  Would you be angry?  Of course you would.  I would be … (4 comments)

home buyer: When the dam breaks - Buyers waiting for the bottom. - 02/22/09 10:54 AM

photo courtesy of Tom in NYC
Ready, willing, and able.  So why is there no rush?
We've all heard the theory and idea that there is a lot of pent-up buying potential floating around right now.  People want to buy, but just aren't committing to it as easily as they once did.  Buyers are more cautious; thinking out every possible scenario of their purchase and doing their homework before getting in your car.  They're ready, willing, and able; but they just won't pull the trigger.  Yet.The lake waters are filling in behind the dam walls and the waters are rising.  … (6 comments)