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Marketing a property is sort of like fishing. One line in the water is good, but ten is even better. You increase the probability of success by the number and quality of ways that the public and their agents can encounter the property. A huge part is Internet exposure on multiple websites so people can find them with search engines. But also good ‘ol direct mail to areas
One of the ways to get a read on the residential market is to track the number of home showings on listings. Over time it’s proven to be a fairly reliable indicator of future sales. It stands to reason that when showings are down, then there are less potential buyers out there looking. Conversely, an increase usually means there are more buyers actively considering a home purchase. In
A transaction I had been working on for quite a while closed today. As closings go it was a little different because the buyer wasn’t local and couldn’t attend on the day closing was to be. So the seller signed their documents here, then copies overnighted to the buyer and signed the next day, and overnighted back to be finalized on day three today. Usually buyers and sellers along with
Now days, when an offer is made on a property, it feels like there are larger differences of opinion on price and terms between buyers and sellers at the start of negotiations, than what’s been typical. That doesn’t mean it’s that way for most properties, but I’ve seen and heard of some crazy-low offers being made on properties these days, even if the property is priced correctly. I guess I don’t blame people for
When an agent wants to set an appointment to show my listing, they contact my scheduling service and shortly afterwards I get an email notification from the service with information about the appointment time and the agent who is showing it. The service can tell if the agent has shown this property before, and if so, asks them if it’s a second showing. If it is, the email I receive will say “2nd Showing” someplace on it. That’s semi-interesting to know as
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