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Showing Feedback

Posted on March 4th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: For Home Sellers.

When another agent wants to show one of my listings, the appointment service I subscribe to schedules and OKs the showing with the owner of the home, and then sends me an email with a record of it. So I know right away which agent will be showing it and when. Shortly after the time the showing occurred, an automatic email is sent to that agent asking for feedback from their showing, with their

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Open House Philosophy

Posted on August 8th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Real Estate Perspective.

To me it feels something like the opening line for the long-running show Meet The Press on NBC, but adapted to my own reality. “If it’s Sunday, it’s an Open House”. More times than not, you’ll find me for a few hours on Sunday afternoon hosting an Open House somewhere, and today is no exception. Usually I decide about a week in advance if and where I’d like to have an

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Back-up Offer

Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers.

An agent showed a home that I have listed to their customers a week ago that since has an accepted offer on it from another Realtor. The agent who called saw the home now had a sale pending but wanted to know if the Seller would consider taking a back-up offer. The current offer was a good one or the Seller wouldn’t have accepted it, but you never know 100% for sure that any sale will work, so it’s usually

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Framing the Picture

Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: For Home Sellers.

I had home listed that just would not sell after a couple months on the market. It received a number of showings and was priced realistically for the area it was located. Comments from agents after showings were similar. “Nice home, but it felt sort of plain compared to others we saw.” Or, “Home had some nice features but it looked tired on the exterior”. After a little while it

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Opening Doors

Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers, Real Estate Perspective.

Later today, a customer will be closing on the sale of their home. So this is on my mind right now. They call it a final closing because all facets of the transaction come together and the transfer of title and sale is completed. But if you see the faces of the Buyer and Seller, and get a sense of what is really going on, the true impact of this event is anything