Some of my my friends probably will not like this, while others of you will nod and agree.This is how I decided to get into the real estate industry:I was running a photography and printing business in 1996 catering mainly to Realtors, called Digital Homefront. We were using the brand-new digital
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07/25/2018
I have been selling homes for a long time now. It's amazing to me how much the real estate business has changed since I started in 1997. We used to hand-deliver offers or send them using by (thermal) fax. The MLS was DOS-based back then. I had a cell phone that hurt my head when I used it too muc
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07/20/2018
I have been selling homes full-time for over 21 years. I don't know everything, but I can offer a few lessons from my career which may help you as a home buyer or seller:First, a good Realtor has access to a variety of lenders. Agents truly want you to qualify for a mortgage (or bring cash, if yo
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07/19/2018
I will always have a soft place in my heart for ActiveRain. I made so many lasting friendships here, starting about 11 years ago when I first found this platform. At one time, I was a very prolific blogger, when the real estate market was in a very rough place indeed and I had more time on my han
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07/10/2018
I think I have officially become a grizzled old veteran in this industry. I was working on a sale for one of my listings recently, and I had multiple offers, thankfully. One of the agents had written something that was extraneous into the contract, and he really put it in the wrong place. We hav
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09/20/2017
Please allow me to preface this post with a couple of brief statements: I have been selling homes full-time in the Austin, Texas area for over 20 years. I am a broker and co-owner of a company with about 20 agents. These facts may be important as you read my mini-rant below. :) This morning at 8
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03/01/2017
I have been selling homes full-time in the Austin area for nearly 20 years now. As a result, I have a breadth of experience in every price range, and I have worked with clients of all kinds. Every home buyer is unique, and so are their specific needs. As such, we try to tailor our services to hel
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12/04/2016
The title above comes from a lyric from an old song by Dave Mason called "We Just Disagree" (see embedded video below). The line before that is "There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy."This succinctly describes my feelings about so many stories in 2016, both political and otherwise.Not e
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11/20/2016
WARNING: This post may offend some of you. I promise that I don't have any specific acquaintance in mind, but I have noticed a trend. Many of my Facebook friends are probably wishing I would shut up about this election, and who could blame them? Despite my best efforts, I get interested in this s
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10/15/2016
For years now, I have mentally promised myself that I would incorporate video on a consistent basis in my marketing efforts. Within the past week or so, I finally started posting short videos about real estate topics to get started. I also posted a longer "Facebook Live" video about a property we
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09/20/2016