palm harbor homes for sale: How To Sell Your Home By Owner
- 04/14/12 04:58 AM
For the last seven years or since 2005, there really hasn’t been a ”By Owner” market because of the growing number of homes for sale and the shrinking number of active buyers. However, in the past six months we have seen the active inventory cut in half and the number of buyers at least double. This means a lot of things but mainly it means as we move closer to a sellers market, conditions are improving for all of you who would like to sell your home without paying a Realtor. So why would I, as a Real Estate Professional, take … (0 comments)
palm harbor homes for sale: Why Didn't My Home Sell
- 08/22/10 07:47 AM
So tell me something, why are you calling me now that my listing has expired but you never showed it when it was listed? Have you ever heard that or if you are a home owner have you ever said that or thought it? It's a good question and a fair question. Fair enough, the seller is angry. They had their home on the market for 6 months and it didn't sell, worse yet, barely anyone looked at it. I called an owner of a Clearwater, Florida Beach Front Condo last week and was read this familiar script that so many … (8 comments)
palm harbor homes for sale: Shift Your Mindset To Match The Market
- 04/10/10 07:41 AM
Why is it that every-time I go out to eat, the waiter or waitress is a inactive Realtor? Why is it, that every time I tell someone that I am a Realtor they reply with "I am sorry to hear that. My own Mother feels sorry for me. In all seriousness, this is the best market I have ever been in as a professional Real Estate Agent. I heard a great quote that would probably apply here: "instead of praying for the rain to stop, we need to learn to dance in the rain." I LOVE the rain. Don't get me … (4 comments)
palm harbor homes for sale: Wishful Thinking Or Planned Success For 2010
- 01/02/10 04:24 AM
So whats your plan 2010? Are you a goal setter, a optimist or do you believe it's all a matter of fate. Two things struck me recently and not for good. One was an article in The Saint Petersburg Times which said their was zero good from the last decade and the other was a conversation I heard in passing where one individual asked another "are you ready for the new year? Her response was "you bet, I am so happy to have this crappy year behind me and ready for a better 2010. Problem is I know this person and … (4 comments)
palm harbor homes for sale: Open Houses Don't Work
- 09/20/09 06:48 AM
Are you kidding me? If you opened this thinking you were going to find another blog on what a waist of time open houses are, I am sorry to disappoint you but this is actually a blog on just the opposite. Open house do work. I am actually writing this from an open house I am holding in Palm Harbor Florida. So far I have been here 60 minutes and have had three couples visit me. I scheduled follow up CMA appointments with two of them and got complete contact information from all three. All three need to sell and two of … (7 comments)
palm harbor homes for sale: I'm Not Giving My Home Away
- 09/07/09 07:06 AM
I'm not giving my home away! Heard this lately? As a Real Estate professional and trainer I spend a lot of time studying my scripts. It seems home sellers have been studying their scripts as well except so far they have only learned one; "I'm not giving my home away." This feeling is understandable considering the real estate market here in Palm Harbor, Florida has declined by 40 to 50% since 2006. With a few exceptions though, most of these people are the same sellers that made 15 to 20% per year gains on their homes from 02 to 05 and I don't … (5 comments)
palm harbor homes for sale: What I Learned From Nick Vujicic
- 09/07/09 02:59 AM
I recently attended Keller Williams Annual Mega Agent conference in Austin Texas and like every year before I came away with pages of notes, aha's and action items. Education and culture are two of the reasons I joined Keller Williams in 2002 and remain an advocate today. Part of our culture is bringing in guest speakers like Nick Vujicic. When I first read the agenda for this years conference and saw that we were going to have Nick as a guest speaker I was excited because I had heard Zig Zigler speak about him and was excited to hear his story. … (3 comments)
palm harbor homes for sale: No One Cares How Long You've Been A Realtor
- 08/21/09 12:06 PM
I recently had the pleasure, no wait I mean the displeasure of dealing with another one those agents who feel the need to tell everyone how long they have been a Realtor. We were discussing a normal part of the transaction when she whipped out a "I've been a Realtor for 30 years sweetie. Gag! First of all, why do these agents feel the need to announce to the World how long they have been selling Real Estate? Second, why is it always 30 years, never 22, 23 ,28 but always 30. It's almost like some strange board game that when you pass … (7 comments)
palm harbor homes for sale: Today I Will Choose To Be Happy
- 08/02/09 11:01 PM
Every so often we read something that changes our life and I am doing just that right now but not how you think. In 2002 a friend gave me a book to read and promised me it would change my life. The title of the book is The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews. It so touched my heart that I have re-read it an average of once per year for the past seven years. It is a story about a man (David Ponder) that travels back in time and meets 7 individuals who each share a different principle with him for personal … (2 comments)
For the last seven years or since 2005, there really hasn’t been a ”By Owner” market because of the growing number of homes for sale and the shrinking number of active buyers. However, in the past six months we have seen the active inventory cut in half and the number of buyers at least double. This means a lot of things but mainly it means as we move closer to a sellers market, conditions are improving for all of you who would like to sell your home without paying a Realtor. So why would I, as a Real Estate Professional, take … (0 comments)
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