Lawton Stokes's (achieverealty) Blog

Can a realtor give a gift for the referral of a buyer or seller? "The short answer is that NO PERSON shall give or receive a thing of value for the referral of settlement service business.  Therefore, a realtor may not give gifts to an individual when a relative or friend is referred to a realtor...

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Not in any order . . . Realogy’s financial issues. LandAmerica (parent to Commonwealth Land Title and Lawyers Title Insurance Co) declares bankruptcy. Collapse of Fannie and Freddie. More here. IndyMac fails. Countrywide collapses and Bank of America buys it. Foreclosure mitigation fails. Wachovi...

Check out this article from the Tribune-Review. Now remember, PNC took $7billion from TARP. National City’s price tag was $5.6billion. That leaves $1.4billion laying around burning a hole in PNC’s pocket. Here’s an idea: throw some money at National City’s charitiable causes. A magnanimous idea,...

click here for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Article First, PNC announced they were using bailout money to buy National City.  Now, Parkvale Bank and S&T Bank are taking bailout money, too. These banks are not passing through the bailout money to businesses or consumers. They’re using the bailout mo...

Commission split for experienced agents should be nowhere near 50/50. Broker should not charge an excessive referral fee for leads. Agents should not be forced to steer clients to ancillary mortgage/title/insurance companies. Agents should be allowed to put their names and cell phone numbers on ...

Wexford, PA, Every year brings new challenges to real estate agents, and staying ahead of the curve is critically important to agents who desire to meet those challenges. To help its’ sales professionals reach even greater results, Achieve Realty, Inc. announced the launch of a comprehensive onl...

Are you buying a new home, doing a room make-over, or moving into a new office? Then an easy way to map out your floor plan and your ideas might come in handy.Floorplanner is the easiest way to create and share interactive floorplans. Using a simple set of drawing tools you can make a floor plan ...

In making your decision to work with an agent in Pittsburgh, PA, there are certain questions you should ask when evaluating a potential agent. The first question you should ask is whether the agent is a REALTOR(R). You should then ask the following questions: Does the agent have an active real e...