Bob Pavey's (paveygroup) Blog

In two weeks I will be heading down to Key West on the Peterson's Harley Davidson's Poker run. This has been put on for the last 33 years this will make 34. The monies use to go to MDA but in recent years has been going to Diabetis research. It is of course a unbelievable great time and the ride ...

Every wonder why the market changed so fast? I know why in South Florida we had a storm called Whilma. After that our market started to rebound when our local press (The Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel) wrote articles that the buble was going to burst in the real estate market. Interest rates were on ...

I have used many Title companies over the years. To date I have had nothing but problems. Rude people, not trained people, eagar to get you off the phone but not eager to do the job. I have a list of bad Title companies and if a client offers on one of my listings and is thinking of using one of ...

In todays market with so many properties and so few Buyers I have a question? Why is it so hard to make appointments to see properties?We all are trying to make business happen but there is a lot of agents who can't be bothered to answer calls for showings. It can take 24 hours for an agent to ca...

I thought I would take the time to track a real estate sign. The following takes place in Hollywood Florida.I listed Client #1) a property with great sign exposer on Hollywood Blvd near the intracoastal waterway. From that sign I got a call from a buyer(Client #2) who had a property he wanted to ...

Going back in time I had a listing appointment. It was for a nice property in an up and coming area with an A rated school district. I meet with the husband and wife and presented my listing presentation to them. I tried at least eight times to get it signed but the wanted to meet with another Re...

I worked a referral from the head coach of an NBA team. I picked up the client three different trips to South Florida. She was in a divorce situation and was looking for a nice place to raise her child but close enough to go out to meet someone. On the first trip I picked her and her girlfriend u...

I worked with a buyer (Client) to find a home. We closed on the home on August 8th 2005. She did not want to do a walk through even though I pushed hard to do it. We closed in the afternoon around 4 PM. I received a call from my client the next day around 1:15 PM, with a question, Bob do you know...

At the end of 2004 a client referred me family member moving down to the North Miam Beach area. I had one of my Buyers agents take her out and in four showings find a property she liked in Eastern Shores. After a long negotiating process we came to price and terms for the transaction.Our client w...

I SOLD a home in North Miami Beach on February 10 2006. It was a normal sell, lots of hard work to get to the closing table. On April 28th my broker recieved a letter from an attorney representing a Realtor who made a claim on half the commission paid. She said that she was procurring cause in th...