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Tight inventory is putting the squeeze on homebuyers who are jumping into the market after finally seeing positive signs of a housing recovery. Talk about your good news, bad news situation. That means it’s time for the talk. You know, the one where you have to be blunt with clients who will be ...

If you’re like me, you’re tethered to your mobile devices. As agents, we have to be, right? So when I try to use my iPad in a non-WiFi hotspot and find it useless, it can be frustrating, to say the least. What to do? More tethering, of course – if possible. Some smartphones have the capability t...

Our reputation is on the line at all times in the real estate world. That’s even truer today with it being online in multiple platforms and being dissected in many formats. How we handle our business and conduct ourselves has always been scrutinized, but now it’s available to a wider audience wi...

The real estate term “underwater” is here to stay. Look it up. You can do so because the term commonly used now in the housing industry has made it to the big time – Merriam-Webster, which recently included it in its dictionary passages. According to the 2012 update, underwater in the real estat...

One of the major changes in real estate in the past few years is how consumers acquire information. Before the Internet started having a major impact on our business and personal lives, someone looking for a house had to pick up the phone and call us. Gotcha! Today most consumers can – and prefe...

I recently talked to a new HouseHunt agent in Seattle who is thrilled about the upturn in the market and that more people are starting to search for homes again. In fact, he can’t stop talking about it. “It’s so exciting to me,” Billy O’Sullivan said. “I have all these people in my pipeline that...

Old-school networking involves meeting and greeting, attending civic events, phone calls, doing lunch, joining organizations, volunteering and, in general, shaking hands and kissing babies. Social networking is electronically showcasing your brand, promoting your skills, advertising events and o...

"Each client that walks away from the closing table happy with me, is the potential for many more clients down the road.Keeping them happy is my goal. " ~Will Hamm  What do Customers really want?   I was listening to a cd today and it pointed out some very interesting points of what customers wan...

It is a small world (after all) when it comes to getting noticed in the real estate game. That’s because buyers are often looking for something specific in a certain part of town. As the local experts of that neighborhood, that’s where we come in, so I’m often looking for extra tips and ideas to...

There are apps available that produce farting noises or make it look like you’re drinking a beer. Those might be fun to break out at a frat party but not so cool to show prospects or clients. There are a lot of intriguing and inane technological options these days but lets focus on the former si...