Dave Sells Charlotte

There was an article I read the other day that had me thinking back to the past few buyers I had helped find a home. The article was talking about how a larger percentage of buyers are looking for homes in musuem" condition.  Basically, that the house needed nothing and was ready to move in. But ...

As we head into the spring selling season in Real Estate this is historically the time when the housing market every year starts to pick up again. People are getting tax returns, kids are finishing school and people are considering relocating becuase of the weather.  So you have decided to put yo...

Most homes sold in the Charlotte area today are part of a neighborhood.  Those neighborhoods often offer amenities or have common areas that need to be upkept.  When that happens you have a home owners Association fee (or commonly known as a HOA) attached to your home that is paid either monthly,...

The other day the Charlotte Observer wrote a front page headline grabbing article about home foreclosures making up almost half of all sales in the Charlotte area.  One of the things when you purchase a foreclosure is you are buying the home in " as is" condition.  this means what you see is what...

The sunday edition of the Charlotte Observer front page caught my eye at the grocery store so much that I purchased a newspaper.  Generally I do not buy the paper since I feel I can get all the news and infromation I want online.  But the headline on the fornt page was so dramatic;  I needed to r...

In the Real Estate market we are in, and have been for a few years, everyone is aware that the time to sell their home is longer now. But, just becuase it is taking on average of six months or longer to sell a home;  do you need to be locked in with a Realtor for that time period?  Or can you cut...

I wrote yesterday about how sellers and Realtors need to be asking each other questions.  How else are we both to decide what is a good fit for us?  We both need to know the expectations we each have of one another.  But if you are looking to sell your home;  what questions do you ask a Realtor y...

Today most people will  list and sell their home with either soemone they know and have a relationship with or with someone they called.  If you go either route what are you looking for in a Realtor to sell your home.  I know as a Realtor,  I go to a listing presentation with a list of questions ...

 I had an interesting question posed to me the other day from  a prospective seller.  Their question stemmed from whether you are really hiring the Realtor to sell your home or the company.  A good question and one I have to admit I have not really considered to be a difference factor when it cam...

Today marks the celebration of the birthday of Martin Luther King.  A great man in his time who pioneered the civil rights movement in the 60's.  Though I was born near the end of his life;  I remeber in school studying about the Martin Luther King.   I grew up in the Northeast.  Maybe it was the...