Why rent when you can own for only $1500/month? That is an excellent point in many areas. We don't have many single-family homes in this price in our area, although we do have many nice two bedroom condos and townhomes near this range in San Jose.There are many homes under 230K on the market so W
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01/21/2011
Celebrate National Hug Day-FREE Hugs for All! by Michelle Carr-Crowe, San Jose Cupertino Top 5% real estate agent, Lynbrook High Homes expert National Hug Day is today, January 21. Celebrate by giving hugs to those you love. Or be like my free-spirited daughter and make a "FREE HUGS" sign and rea
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01/20/2011
Doubting Thomas to Billy Graham Most of us have heard the Bible story about “doubting Thomas,” the apostle who wouldn’t believe the resurrected Christ was really Jesus based on the other disciples’ testimony. Instead, he demanded to feel the wounds in Jesus’ hands and feet himself. When Jesus rev
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01/20/2011
Never Give Up on Follow Up by Michelle Carr-Crowe, San Jose Cupertino home selling expert, Lynbrook High Homes specialist Never Give Up on Follow Up I am not a pushy person and I don't like other pushy people. However, I sometimes allow my own preference to push me out of appropriate follow up. A
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01/20/2011
Use All Five Senses for a Successful Open House By Michelle Carr-Crowe and the Get RE$ult$ Team, Top 5% Silicon Valley real estate agent, San Jose Cupertino Lynbrook High Homes selling expert Did you know that even in today’s technology-focused world, a properly prepared, presented and marketed o
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01/20/2011
I love her list of things she WON'T say to clients. This is often the hardest part of my job - reminding people why they hired me in the first place - to get from "dreaming" to "reality." I like that she mentions, "lots of laughs along the way" - that is so true in today's challenging market.
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01/20/2011
I absolutely love this. It takes a lot of courage and guts to turn down listings. I have a client criteria checklist I use when considering which people and homes I prefer to represent.What do you mean you won't list my home? You're a REALTOR®, it's your job! Actually, my job as a Wrightsville B
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01/20/2011
Some clients tell me they don't care about the schools because they don't have children (now). However, I still advise them to research and find out about the schools because of their potential impact (good and bad) on home prices.When looking for a new home, one of the things most people take in
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01/20/2011
Having just closed a B/A short sale that took 12 months, I am interested to hear about these B/A improvements. I am glad to hear they will now allow short sale initiation from the listing start time-Thank God! I sure hope this works, at least it's a start. I participated in a webinar today (mayb
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01/20/2011
NATIONAL PIE DAY by Michelle Carr-Crowe, San Jose Cupertino Top 5% real estate agent It may not be as important as New Year's Day or as culturally significant as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but there's one holiday in January you may not be aware of ... National Pie Day! While researching where el
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01/20/2011
