Mike Hughes' Blog

  This past weekend I showed a a well-qualified couple an active listing that happened to be located just two houses away from and in the same subdivision as a home I sold/closed on January 2nd of this year for $215,000.  (Three weeks ago!) FYI,  I didn't even show my buyers who purchased the ho...

It's a new year! New business plans...new budgets (shoestring, though they may be...). New attitude attributed to a new year.  But, none of that will mean a thing if you continue down the same destructive path. It amazes me on a daily basis how many agents that I deal with actually set themselves...

This is one that really chaps my hide.  I understand it from the consumer perspective, but at the same time, it is still a giant misconception. As a consumer, it is always a good idea to talk with a couple of agents before selecting the one to list with.  But the purpose of the talk isn't to see ...

Getting bogged down trying to manage all  the different blogging and social media sites. Checking in at Twitter. Flashing through Facebook. Adding photos to Flickr. So much to do. There never seems to be enough time to get everything done. Well, here is something that could streamline some of you...

  Well you’re not alone.  The question; "how do I arrange the furniture?" is perhaps the most frequently asked questions I receive.  And with reason.  Most sellers have seen enough shows on TV to understand that there's a need to change.  However, they're challenged on exactly what changes would ...

This Sunday I will be holding an Open House for my Hilldale Listing in Mililani Mauka and decided that I wanted to use my show I created through www.realestateshows.com to pass out to the consumer on cd. I also wanted to create the disk MY way :) (you can order the cd's from RES as well) so I ha...

Interesting problem.  Generally speaking, I add the following to our offer contract: Address, City, State, ZIP as referenced in the MLS #1234567.   I recently sat in on (more like a refereed) a rather heated conversation between a real estate Agent and his first-time home Buyer client. They had j...

  WARNING, this is not a negative post, it's a reality check !!!! Fence sitters, your fence post might have broken from under you. If you were waiting for rates to drop to 4.0% or 4.5% because you read it in the paper or heard about it in the news, don't look back wishing. It's still a great time...

I hear it and read it often, I would love to focus more on my marketing and growing my business but I just don't have the money to spend.  It's true, it's tough for everyone in this tight economy and for many the options for investing dollars is extremely difficult.  I'm the daughter of an auto ...

It is a great deficit to start with. Being smart, or God forbid "extremely talented", has to be one of the single greatest impediments to becoming successful in real estate. No, it's not that real estate is a special field; there are in fact only a few highly specialized fields where brains end u...