Our entry for The May Active Rain Contest - Overcoming Tactical Addiction Three eliminations that have improved productivity - drastically! 1. For years our "phone system" has led callers to a voice-mail box unless we were available to answer the phone (rarely). When we designed our marketing c
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05/31/2016
Charles Buell "but for this discussion I will only discuss the things that will clearly add up to considerably more than the cost of the inspection--if the builder was not in the picture." Always get a new build inspected - and if starting from the ground up have a "phase" inspection. Re-Blog!
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05/30/2016
In "our world" there are two types of Short Sales: Regular Short Sales (what's regular about a Short Sale?) where the only hurdles to jump are getting a fair market value offer and approval(s) from the Seller's Lender(s) to accept less than the balance of the lien(s) on the property. For Regular
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05/30/2016
It seems that many Sellers are living on Fantasy Island. What's more - they have managed to convince supposedly "professional" real estate agents to move there with them! (Click the graphic below for video) I continue to be amazed by the number of overpriced listings - and I mean overpriced to
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05/30/2016
Some of the blog posts and questions in the Q&A that I come across in the 'Rain contain an element of "If only I could have said...." Often times this refers to information an agent thought a Buyer or Seller should have heard from the agent - but the agent could not - for whatever reason - bring
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05/30/2016
Came across a blast from the past today - and decided to rework it and take it for another "dance" in the 'Rain... This is why.......my house is worth sooooooo much more than everyone else thinks it is. I have washed the floors and shampoooooooed the carpets every day since I've lived here. Soooo
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05/30/2016
Scott Godzyk "The first step is assessing what the home is worth in today's market. Second is such factors as what type of seller, why they are selling, if there are any other offers and how bad do you want the home." Absolutely - Re-Blog! How do you get the BEST DEAL as a buyer? That is a questi
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05/29/2016
Interesting Kimo Stowell "Condominiums can have a variety of uses, restricted only by zoning requirements. Condominiums can be created on residential, commercial, industrial and agriculturally zoned properties and do not require a physical brick and mortar structure in order to exist." Learning
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05/29/2016
I considered an alternate title - "Seller's Belief" - Does Size Matter? - but since Kathleen Daniels posted about a completely different topic today - with an outrageous title - which of course I was compelled to re-blog - I thought I would tone it down a little bit, There has been a trend I've n
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05/29/2016
In the previous entry in this series: Getting Ready for Showtime! Part 4 of a series I addressed the Pre-Listing Appraisal from the list of the various things to do to get "Ready for Showtime" presented in the post: Getting Ready for Showtime! Part 1 of a series Next up is Property Preparatio
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05/28/2016