I hate open houses! There I said it. It's out in the open and I'm not taking it back. I don't do them and I'm not starting. My Sellers know this. I tell them this at time of listing. "I will sell your house but I will not do an open house, ever." Well, I […]
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The facts Jack. Nothing but the facts!
Got a call from a homeowner a few days ago. Seems he had received one of my solicitation letters that I send out daily to all expired and withdrawn listings in my market area. He was wondering why he got a letter since he had just listed his house on the market a few weeks […]
Does that 50 cents have to be on the HUD?
I just love final walkthroughs! Why is it that Buyers and their Realtors sometimes try to spoil the elated feeling I get, knowing that we finally made it to day of closing? I get the call this morning, telling me they did the walkthrough and everything is OK, except for the hole in the living […]
I’m not racist but…………………
Do these words make you cringe? Do you just want to leave before they go any further? The best way to tell a racist is when they say “I’m not a racist but……”. Meeting with potential customers on a regular basis it doesn’t surprise me when I hear this but it does surprise me how […]
Real Estate is about people, not money!
Yesterday, I did a Blog post that contained a comment about another Realtor, giving the code to my lock box to a buyer so the buyer could do his own final walkthrough. I received quite a few comments about reporting the Realtor to his Broker or filing an Ethics complaint. Let me explain, why I […]
“Where’s my money?”
Had another successful closing a couple of weeks ago. Seller was a repeat customer of mine from Scotland. I had sold her the house six years ago as a vacation home in Poinciana Florida. Since I had the property “Range Priced” it sold for more than full price in about two weeks. Average days on […]
My listing has already been sold!
My mom, I love her to death, sells timeshare resales. She has been in the timeshare business for almost 30 years and can sell ice to an Eskimo. She has won many National sales awards and is excellent at what she does. But she has a hard time understanding what I do. Whenever I call […]
Clean it up and sell it!
Took a listing a couple of weeks ago. Seller is an out of area Investor who had bought a new home to flip for a profit. Fortunately he bought right and this can be achieved. Contacted me off an expired listing mailing. He had been on the market for about 9 months with no offers. […]
Get your sign out of the tree!
$65.00. That can be the difference, from your listing selling or just sitting on the market for month after month. $65.00. That's the amount of money that could be standing between you and your next pay check. $65.00. This is how much it costs to buy a couple of worthless leads from a "lead mill". […]
FSBOs are cheap and certified idiots!!!
Hi folks. I was browsing through some of my older posts today and found this little ditty about FSBOs (For Sell By Owners). To fully appreciate this post you really have to pop over and read the comment stream on Jeff’s post. YOWSER!!! Jeff Turner posted “For Sale By Owner: Raise the price then call […]