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2010
Melissa recently accepted a position with Team GT & Associates at RE/MAX West Houston Professionals. She is a Broker Associate and past operator of The Village Realty Group. Since 1999 she has sold in and around the Houston area and now calls the Houston Heights her home. Melissa received her Ba...
11/29/2010
Activerain is touring the country like a rock band and on December 6th they'll be performing in Houston Texas. Activerain is a social networking website for the Real Estate Industry. There are almost 200,000 members nation-wide, incuding Canada. Members consist of Realtors, loan officers, title c...
11/29/2010
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New construction homes are an easy product to sell, especially to first time buyers. Here's a list of ten things you should remember when buying from a builder. 1. The builder will do everything in their power to monopolize the transaction. They want the loan, the inspection, the appraisal, the...
11/27/2010
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This is what happens when you turn your back on a 4 year old boy in the back yard. On the morning of Thanksgiving our four year old son, Preston went out to feed the dog like he always does. Only this time he decided to pee all over the fence. One of the things he and I like to do is "kill the w...
11/26/2010
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Eventually Xtranormal will be sophisticated, smooth and sweet enough to use for practical marketing purposes. I love their concept, but it's sort of like watching movies on VHS versus say Blue-Ray. Imagine the possibilities, characthers and messages you could send to your potential clients. They ...
11/20/2010
I saw an article in REALTOR® Magazine today. In it Redfin suggested that homes with professional photo's sold anywhere between $934 to $116,076 MORE than homes that did not use professional photography. That's dollars, not pennies, pesos or poker chips. I like professional photography - for wed...
11/19/2010
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I called the listing agent & got confirmation that the homeowner would not be present during our home inspections. Me and my buyer met the inspector at the property early in the morning. To our surprise Mister Seller answered the door when we pulled up. There he stood sipping on some coffee with ...
11/19/2010
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The above RE/MAX logo is very similar to this newer logo that Pepsi is using. You may have noticed the company colors of red, white and blue are also the same. RE/MAX of course has had the look for far longer. Maybe RE/MAX and Pepsi are working on some behind the scenes deals. Do you thin...
11/17/2010
1. Why are the sellers moving? Homes are not cars. And people sell homes much differently than they do their used Pontiac. No listing agent is going to say.. "my sellers are moving because they can't afford the home and they desperately need the equity to survive." Personally, I don't like making...
11/16/2010
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Take A look at this screen shot from Zillow.com. It was taken today, 11-15-2010. According to Zillows' website there have been ZERO homes sold in Houston in the last 30 days. Ba Humbug! This isn't even close to being accurate. According to HAR, our associations website, 1,193 homes closed o...
11/15/2010