Judith Abbott's (judithabbott) Blog

I want the deal to go to a title company that I know.  Period.  I don't care about what kind of cookies they bake, I don't care if they are grumpy and unwelcoming.    I just want them to do the deal right, with no drama, no nasty little last minute charges.  The best escrow agent I have ever know...

As the listing agent, if you are on a listing appointment and anyone uses the words "death", "divorce" or "bankruptcy", even casually, you want to be certain to get a title run very early in the listing process.  Lots of times people don't understand legal ownership well enough to be able to expl...

Having been raised in a real estate family, I remember what it was like in Olden Times.  Things were really very different.  For example: 1.  MLS.  When I was a child, my Mom sold real estate.  MLS information was distributed by the local board once a week on memeographed sheets that had been hol...

I showed houses on and off all day yesterday, to two buyer parties.  It was 104 degrees.  Heat wilts more than just plants.  I was supposed to do something with friends last night but I just didn't have the physical energy to get up and go.  Instead I went home and went.  I actually went to bed e...

Going in and out of houses all the time, I frequently see situations where owners and rehabers have ignored the basic infrastructure of the house in favor of glitzy finish-out.  I see old, multi-layer roofs on houses with recent granite counters and new wood-veneer floors.  It makes me nutz.  Do ...

I don't know if there was ever a point when I wasn't in real estate.  I grew up in a Real Estate Family.  I can remember my mother studying to take her license exam in 1962.  In my mind's eye, I can see her sitting in the shade of a peach tree out in the back yard, reading the book that the State...