Tracey Shrouder's (360realty) Blog

The Top 10 BEST Incentives... 1. Offer Closing Costs (a little or a lot, this always helps) 2. Offer to throw in New Appliances 3. Give a Gift Card to Lowe's or somewhere equally nice 4. Offer a SELLING Agent Bonus!  We all know why that one works :) 5. Offer a Home Warranty 6. Offer a Lower pric...

What NOT to Do when Showing a Home... 1. Do NOT eat Mexican beforehand! 2. Do NOT use the bathroom without checking to make SURE the water works! 3. Do NOT talk about all of your dogs and show photos of Muffy, Buffy, & Puffy! 4. DO Chew gum! 5. Do NOT pick your nose...that is just gross anyway 6....

This has been an encouraging week for me!  Usually the summer time is our busy season, and it has been a little slow this year due to all the fear and this crazy housing market.  It is like fear breeds more fear, and people feel the tide of overwhelming emotions.  May was okay with 5 closings, Ju...

50 Reasons to MOVE to Greensboro, North Carolina!   Greensboro is Family Friendly! We have over 5 Top Rated Universities within a 30 mile radius! We support local Artists & Filmmakers! There are 2+ Local Farmer's Markets to encourage purchasing locally! We have TERRIFIC shopping, with large local...

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Okay, so I got quite a bit of response from my "Surprised by a BPO" post last week and decided I would show new BPO's I am doing each week.  I will take out any addresses to save these homes from embarrasment! This week's BPO... It may not look THAT bad...but this house gave me fleas.  I was wear...

Hi all,    SO we are all BPO Champions here, I am sure!!!  In a month, we do between 50-100 and it can sometimes be a little stressful.  Well, I decided I wanted to get into selling REO's, so I decided to attend a REOMAC conference.  I went and learned very little, but the few contacts I picked u...

Real Estate HORROR STORIES...   When people hear that I buy and sell investment properties, they always ask one thing... What is the CRAZIEST thing you have ever found in a house? Other than the goat carcasses, the 7 foot tall peg leg (wow), a diamond ring, turds in the shower (not just one turd ...

   I recently joined the Rainmakers Chapter of BNI here in Greensboro, NC!  BNI stands for Business Networking International, and is a world wide organization.  Only one person per occupation can join...so if you take the Realtor seat YOU are the ONLY Realtor.    It has been one of the most profi...

A lot of good things are being said about Greensboro, North Carolina (as well as Charlotte, and Raleigh our competitive friends).  There is good reason for that!  I wanted to show some stats here in Guilford County for the month of May, 2008. Guilford County: May 2008 From the Triad MLS System * ...