Jeff Abram's (jeffabram) Blog

I am a positive person, at least I think I am!  To many people are forecasting a doomsday 2009 for the Real Estate Market.  Buyers are still going to buy and Sellers are still going to sell...that's the bottom line.  We as Realtors need to remember who we are and who were going to be working for....

OK, to Lenders, Real Estate Agents, Title Company's and Etc.!!!! Yes, we know what our responsibility is to our clients but for some reason I think we forget what it is to each other.  I recently closed a home with a First Time Home Buyer, who like most was nervous and wanted to make the right de...

Im looking for information on how to place a slideshow or virtual tour on active rain, has anyone done this before and if so how do i do it? I have one on myspace page can i just copy and paste that to active rain? Any help would be grateful. Thanks Jeff Abram Magic Valley Realty

The goal for a sellers is to end up with money at closing if at all possible. This money, called net return, is the selling price of your home less your debt and costs. Spending big bucks on improvements might get you a higher selling price but won't necessarily increase your net return. Your str...

For most home owner's, selling is a rare event.  Selling your home without a Realtor, is like representing yourself in court.  Realtors provide countless services such as: Representing you and protecting your interests. Providing up-to-date market information of recent sales and competing listing...

Your sellers are entitled to everything they can get out of their home.  Some say there is a fine line between salesmanship and deception.  I disagree! Painting a room for appearance is salesmanship.  Painting a room to cover up leaks is deception.  The difference is clear!  That is why i recomme...

Leaving for a new start!    I started my Real Estate career 5 months ago with a Canyonside Irwin Realty, which has fantastic people working there.  I was able to close two homes in the first two months I was there.  I would like to thank them for starting me out and for their help.  As the old sa...

  I'm a fairly new Realtor, but today was one of those days.  You know the type of day I'm talking about when things start to click, you're feeling good and things are just working right.  It started with lunch with a friend that wanted me to do a CMA on his Duplex him and his wife own.  So we at...