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2014
Spike Lee has a few things to say about the way his old neighborhood has 'evolved.' More specifically, he partly blames Real Estate Brokers. CNN quoted Spike Lee exclaiming, "real estate brokers and "mother******* hipsters" conspired to change the names of neighborhoods like the South Bronx to So...
02/27/2014
It's An Open House, Not A Cafe, Pub or Petting Zoo! One of my friends recently asked me if when I conduct an open house do I provide food, desert, music, cocktails or clowns. Yes, clowns. The reason he asked is because he said he attended an open house with a clown. There was also hot dogs, lemon...
02/22/2014
A buyer called about my listing on 19091 Over There Blvd. She was interested and said she'd have her Realtor show her the home. That was on a Friday. When Monday came I received an offer from a totally different person that my seller ultimately accepted. After I changed the status on the MLS from...
02/21/2014
Submitting an offer on a Friday during a seller's market can be agonizing. The whole hurry up and wait routine can begin on Friday and end sometime on Sunday. The weekends are usually when everyone else is out looking at houses, especially if there's a scheduled open house. A lot of times sellers...
02/15/2014
This morning a woman called my phone from a restricted number. I've learned that not all callers from restricted numbers are solicitors. Once in awhile an individual is calling from their work and can't help the number being blocked. Today was very different. The woman on the other end asked to m...
02/15/2014
When a buyer submits an offer in Texas they usually accompany it with an earnest money and option fee check. These checks do not have to be from the buyer themselves. The seller however can reject the checks and demand that they are written from the buyer and not a third party member. Sometimes t...
02/12/2014
Gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis just announced that she also supports her rival Attorney General Greg Abbott with the expanding gun laws for Texans. This includes the controversial "Open Carry" concept. Open Carry simply means any individual who has a license "to carry" can openly carry a fir...
02/07/2014
Every market has its own Multiple Listing Service. We all have rules, most of which are similar. In the Greater Houston area our MLS is known as HAR.com, or Houston Association of Realtors (founded in 1918.) Almost every time a Realtor puts a home on the market he begins so by uploading the infor...
02/03/2014
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