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2010
This is the second in a series of lessons from the beach that I picked up while on vacation in Destin, Florida. Today's installment covers the value of watching close your nickles and dimes. On the third day of our trip the herd was looking for a cheap dinner. We had two WONDERFUL seafood meals a...
05/31/2010
The minivan pulled back into the drive late Saturday night. Sunburned, broke, and totally relaxed the Rogers family returned safely from a week in Destin, Florida. Along with some really tacky souvenirs, I brought home a few relevant real estate lessons from paradise. Over the next few days I wil...
05/30/2010
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There is nothing educational about this blog. Ethical dilemma? Another time, another post. Back when I started on ActiveRain my broker had roughly 20,000 points. I made the mistake of letting her know that my goal was to surpass her. Thus began frenzied blogging and comment making at the office....
05/20/2010
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The bulk of my blogs this week deal with taking time off. Why?? Because In 72 hrs the family will be on the way to Destin, Fl. So how could Realtor ethics come into play during family time? I know (and have been advised) by other Realtors to look up a local Realtor when I get to Destin. Exchang...
05/20/2010
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Mr. Seller, I understand you think getting another offer on your home is going to be easy. Kudos for listening to me and pricing your home right from the beginning. And even I was amazed when we received three offers in 48 hrs. But now that we have it a rough patch, let's not return to square o...
05/19/2010
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T-Minus three days till the beach. After a long spring the family needs some quality time on the powder white sands of Destin, Florida. In their excitement, the kids packed their bags last Sunday. Nothing like wearing dirty clothes to school because all the nice stuff is packed. And the ...
05/19/2010
Due to my time in higher education, I have been trained to focus on mostly trivial matters. One that I have noticed recently is the correlation between 1) preference for working with buyers or listings with 2) preference for making comments verses writing blogs. In social science terms, we would ...
05/19/2010
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A while back I received an offer on one of my listings. As is often the case these days, the offer was a bit low. Three days later we were finally under contract. The inspection process went pretty smooth and both sides agreed to some minor repair work. Then the title company called. It se...
05/18/2010
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I am still on the fence regarding the agent bonus. There are some ethical issues that come to mind,mainly that as buyer's agents we should be looking out for our CLIENT'S best interest, not our pocketbook. That being said, I have never felt strongly enough to turn down a bonus at closing. ...
05/18/2010
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I have had two failed land listing appointments this past week. In each case, the seller had an inflated sense of what their little parcel of heaven is worth. Yes, Mr./MS seller there is land that goes for 30k an acre, but it looks nothing like this. Here are some items that pull down the va...
05/17/2010
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