Columbia,Lexington,Irmo,Chapin,Blythewood,Gaston

MY NEW ASSISTANT!  I have a new assistant and I am so excited!  This assistant has been invaluable to me during the past few weeks.  He has been driving me around, took me to a listing appointment, put signs out and printing brochures for me!  And the best part....his services are FREE! Cameron,...

"We think maybe we should pull the house off the market and wait until next year...?" Many of our sellers are opening their weekly reports and wondering if waiting until next year would get them a higher price. Showing activity has dropped off and the number of price changes on hotsheets far outn...

I had an occasion to seek answers from ActiveRain the other day and emailed customer service. A short while later, I get a call from Brad Andersohn. Is this Richie.....says Brad. I say you bet and how can I help you? Well he ended up helping me. Really helping me. Life is full of surprises.....th...

How to Sell Your House    Whenever you hear people discussing real estate you can bet your last dollar that you will hear the phrase "location, location location" mentioned.  I am a firm believer that the location of a home can hinder or help in a sale, but I know the most important aspect when s...

Many seller's agents are requesting for the buyer's to get preapproved with XYZ  lender as a stipulation for submission with their offer.  What if the buyer trusts their OWN mortgage broker or loan officer of choice? In a situation where I've had a repeat customer who did choose their own loan of...

Bay Pointe in Palm City, Florida Located next to Seagate Harbor and Lighthouse Pointe is the exclusive subdivision of Bay Pointe in Palm City Florida.  This exclusive gated waterfront subdivision boasts 23 homes and lots on the wide waters of the Saint Lucie River.  An additional 11 non waterfron...

Grandma’s House… We moved from the Renton Highlands to the Earlington neighborhood in 1958. Grandma and Grandpa moved that same year. Grandma just couldn’t bear to leave the neighborhood where she was surrounded by relatives and friends of so many years. Grandpa acquiesced, and they moved across ...

We all get many 'helpful' newsletters (gag) telling us how we should be selling real estate.  Most of the time they contain the same old, same old.  You, Ms. Realtor© should be doing this and that, even though they've never sold a home in their lives!  But I wanted to share with you something tha...

Winter, spring, summer or fall,all you got to do is calland I'll be there yeah yeah yeah.Ain´t it good to knowthat you´ve got a friendpeople can be so coldthey'll hurt you and desert youwell they'll take your soul if you let themoh yeah don't you let them.James Taylor   If you've been in Real Es...

We need to create some legislation that allows a buyer's agent to acquire a retainer, much like attorneys.....seriously! Many years ago (so I've been told), buyer clients use to work with a realtor because we were pretty much tied in exclusively to MLS listings via print, in the form of daily or ...