The only print advertising I do anymore is The Real Estate Book. They gave me a free page last week to advertise my “SOLD” listings for 2011. As I was going through all of my sold files I discovered that I had sold 7 houses in less than 2 weeks on the market. And I am talking the worst market in Tyler since the 1980’s oil bust! All of these homes had one thing in common -
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Preparing your Home for Sale
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Shift Happens – What Sellers and Buyers Should Do in this Ever Changing Market!
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011If there is one thing that is certain it is change. In the last few years in real estate we have been standing on constantly shifting sands that we have kept us a bit off balance and we have had to adapt in our business and marketing. We have gone from the attitude of no holds barred lending to treating buyers almost like criminals when they want to borrow money to buy a home. This has led to some unusual market situations and fluctuations over the last several years – some for the better and some for the worse. It has definitely created a much smaller pool of qualified buyers. (more…)
DISCOUNT LISTINGS – ARE YOU REALLY SAVING MONEY?
Monday, September 20th, 2010I’ve just had an instance in which I represented a buyer who wanted to make an offer on a home listed with a discount brokerage. I ran into some things during the course of negotiations that I thought would be of interest in educating the public on real estate. I have absolutely nothing against discount brokerages – it is the very heart of the free enterprise system to have different business models. It is what keeps capitalism healthy!
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10 Tips to Sell your Home in Today’s Market
Thursday, July 30th, 2009It’s no secret that the Tyler area real estate market has slowed down in the last several months. Though the inventory of homes is not dramatically higher, the absorption rate is. In the last dozen years, selling a home was fairly easy because just about everyone qualified and was able to get a loan. Today, financing is more difficult and the pool of qualified buyers is significantly smaller. Now, instead of buyers competing for listings, listings are competing for buyers. And believe me, after listening to the talking heads on the national news and financial channels on television, buyers believe they can call all the shots and make fantastic deals.
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