Spring market is here and that means being super busy and trying to create new inventory. For the last few years, inventory has been an issue in our area causing it to be delightful as a seller and sometimes frustrating as a buyer. With the goal of creating more inventory for buyers to choose [...]
I was meeting with someone last week and he said: “If Title Companies stopped bringing bagels and donuts to Realtor offices, bakeries would go out of business!” We had a chuckle but the more I thought about it, then I agreed with him. In many markets around the country, the Title Insurance Sales Rep behaves [...]
Real Estate agent partnerships form constantly. Partnerships with lenders, Title Companies, inspectors, etc. People form these partnerships because they believe by doing so it will improve their business and make their life easier. Sometimes this is true, other times it is not. This is more true than in the Northern Virginia/Washington DC area. Here [...]
Back in Phoenix, AZ I used to work with a guy that talked about how Title Insurance Sales Reps used to "Bamboozle" his loan officers. "Bamboozling" is when the gorgeous sales rep(see right) would come into the office and offer nothing of "real value" except for her stunning looks, in which the loan officer would "ohhh and [...]
This blog is at "request" from a Realtor I work with. I also constantly get questions about Farming a Real Estate subdivision. Should I do it? Does it work? How long does it take to "work?" What do you send to the farm...how often? Do these questions sound familiar to you? Farming Real Estate [...]
