Sue Martin's (suemartin) Blog

These past few years have been challenging for Realtors.  In fact many have had to find other employment or even left the business all together.  So that would mean less full-time and more part-time (or barely any time) Realtors now, correct?  Some of the agents are still around, but perhaps a bi...

Yesterday in a meeting I mentioned I wanted to get out of the short sale business.  One of my fellow agents said, "you need to stop taking short sale listings!" I quickly replied, "but, I don't want to stop."  Then I thought to myself, why not?  Short sales are hard (some are easy, but really mos...

In the sales contract, the sellers of your new home agreed to leave the custom blinds, refrigerator, built-in entertainment system and those fine cabinets and workbench in the garage. But when you show up on moving day, all of those amenities are long gone. Moreover, the lock on the back door is ...