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2012
Every once in a great while a Buyer's Agent will send me an offer wrapped in a letter written by the buyer. There is no doubt the Buyer's Agent is usually the one who puts the buyer up to it. The letter is typically filled with compliments and personal messages. The idea is to pull on the sellers...
11/30/2012
In the MLS notes of a listing I just viewed it reads, "If buyer's agent buys home, no commission will be paid to buyer's agent." Saying I was surprised was an understatement. The Houston Association of Realtors is pretty strict about the type of verbiage one uses to promote their listing. But mor...
11/28/2012
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1. Why are there never any fliers in the flyer box? It's annoying to drive by a house and not see any fliers. I get it. We all get it. Sometimes when teenagers get off the bus they'll grab the entire stash and throw it in the storm drains. Sometimes one person will grab five. When an agent get'...
11/16/2012
One of my clients told me a story about one of their friends who is a real estate agent in another state. Apparently this agent will only upload her listings to the MLS on Thursdays. I'm all for schedules and routines, but this really does beg the question... WHY would you do this? In Texas the l...
11/12/2012
Imagine buying a 1 million dollar home and for whatever reason you lose your earnest money, say $10,000.00. The seller keeps it. Every single penny. You breached the contract, so there. Does the seller have to pay taxes on that 10 grand? Will the Title Company inform the gov't that a check was ...
11/07/2012
I do appreciate and respect my competitors who run circles around me. I don't hate them, I try and understand them the best I can. The most interesting thing I notice is that home sellers often are hoodwinked into believing that he with the most home listings or neighborhood signs sells the most ...
11/02/2012
Last weekend I took my wife and kids to a nice family restaurant. They serve Hawaiian food. Flaming tiki torches, beautiful decor and oh so much more. That place rocks. Just before walking in I noticed one of the 5 trillion nail salons in Houston next door. On the window it read... "FREE PEDICURE...
11/01/2012
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