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Are Agents Showing Your FSBO? 2008-07-27 15:13:04 I was involved in an intereting thread over on Trulia Voices last week concerning FSBOs. I was the first to respond (at the bottom), but the discussion got very lively soon there after.
The basis of the thread turned out to be, “Do agents avoid showing their buyer clients FSBOs?”
Two very different opinions came out. One, [...]
Oh, By The Way…I Liberated Myself Today. 2008-07-21 17:57:24 When I signed up with my broker just about one year ago, it was mandatory to enroll in Brian Bufinni’s “100 Days to Greatness” training. First day on the job, I was throwing down an extra $400-something in the hopes of obtaining “greatness” in three months or so.
Not wanting to cause trouble my first [...] Read more:Today
How NOT to Sell a House in Metrowest, MA 2008-07-18 09:12:05 OK, so this is hardly the most original idea for a blog post (closer to the least original probably) and tons of people have done it better and earlier, but I just had to share this photo I came across while looking for properties for my buyers.
Our local MLS lets you post up to [...] Read more:House
Good For My Ego… 2008-07-15 15:22:41 Today I have been humbled by the positive response I’ve gotten throughout the real estate blogosphere from a handful of well-respected colleagues who seem to appreciate the “uncommon” ways I’m trying to market myself as well as my properties.
I guess, as a newer agent, I benefit from never really learning the “old” ways to [...]
The Battle For Transparency 2008-07-08 10:46:49 I submitted a post over at Real Estate Radio USA today about the raging Battle
for Transparency
. It’s becoming all about pulling back the curtain and sharing accurate, relevant information with our clients, and some people just don’t want to hear about it…
$65 Million Dollar Referral? 2008-07-07 07:30:31 This e-mail showed up in my inbox this morning. Apparently Nigerian Senator MARK MOORE wants to secretly invest $65 million dollars into the US real estate market and use me as his Realtor! The Nigerian senators are apparently getting more web 2.0 savvy and hitting up the social networks, trolling for suckers. What’s the commission [...] Read more:Dollar
, Million Dollar
, Referral
Can of worms has officially been opened… 2008-07-03 21:59:29 I’m enjoying the friendly debate surrounding my reply post to the one-and-only Jennifer Allan earier this week. Half the fun is in the comments. Appraisers? Realtors? Who is the best group to determine the market value of a home? Join the fun here…
Coffee with a Keynote 2008-06-22 21:46:36 David Meerman Scott will be keynoting the NAR convention this November in Orlando, FL. He is the best-selling author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR, which has sold like a bajillion copies (approximately), the author of the very cool WebInkNow blog and a guy with three names. Let’s face it, that alone makes [...] Read more:Coffee
, Keynote
Happy Birthday! (Belated to some…) 2008-06-19 14:05:16 The following is a list of active homes for sale in Norfolk that have celebrated their first birthday! My tongue is planted firmly in cheek here folks, because a listing that has been on the market for a year or more is no cause to celebrate. Even in the challenging market we are currently in, [...] Read more:Birthday
, Happy
, Happy Birthday
Summer in the Valley Photo Contest 2008-09-01 20:05:24 The Trustees of Reservations wrap up their Summer
in the Valley
photo contest this month (contest ends September 21st). Categories for entries include: Plantlife, Wlidlife, Family and Friends, Scenics, From the Past and New Discoveries. Quoting from the official rules:
From June 21 – September 21, visit any of The Trustees properties in the Charles River [...] Read more:Contest
, Photo
, Photo Contest
How Has Technology Changed My Real Estate Business? 2008-08-30 10:43:04 The folks over at MyTechOpinion.com has asked the RE.net to talk about what technology has had the biggest impact on their real estate business. They have poised the question in the form of a little contest over at their site and I would strongly encourage everyone to jump over there and see some of the [...] Read more:Business
, Estate
, Real Estate
, Technology
It’s All About the Net! 2008-08-28 17:24:32 I have a soft spot for FSBO’s. Before I was selling real estate, and I was simply appraising it, my wife and I sold our very first home all by ourselves in West Roxbury, MA. The buyer who ended up purchasing the home told us she had an agent representing her. But considering she found [...]
Market Updates: July 2008 2008-08-18 16:35:42 Below are links to market reports for the month of July for Franklin, Holliston, Hopkinton, Medfield, Medway, Millis and Norfolk, MA. If you’d like more specific information on any of the individual transactions, or if you’d like the honest opinion of a real estate agent WHO IS ALSO a certified residential real estate appraiser, drop [...] Read more:Market
Joe’s Barber Shop | Norfolk, MA 2008-09-18 08:58:47 Joe’s Barber
Shop is located at the intersection of Routes 1A and 115 (Pond Street) in Norfolk
, MA, just behind the Horse ‘N Carriage Restaurant. Joe gives a good haircut and nearly guarantees you won’t lose an ear in the process. He also talks a little about one of his old clients who used to [...]
Frankly Unacceptable 2008-09-15 07:56:19 Today is September 15th. We haven’t seen snow in these parts since…maybe early May (part of our ridiculous New England weather patterns). Yet, this photo came up as the main MLS photo for a currently active listing. This is not a listing for some cozy Breckenridge, CO ski house, this is a local Massachusetts home. [...]
Market Updates: August 2008 2008-09-07 09:40:31 Below are the market reports for the month of August
2008. In half the markets (Medway, Walpole and Millis) average days on market were up slightly from the previous month. In the other three markets (Medfield, Norfolk and Franklin) average days on market were down from July. Based on average days on market, number of [...] Read more:Market
Is Fall a Good Time To Sell Your Home? 2008-10-13 16:36:59 Fall is certainly a gorgeous time of the year here in New England, but a question I get from a ton of my clients is:
Is Fall a good time to try and sell my home?
My answer is enthusiastically, YES! And before you discount that response as typical Realtor-speak (as in, “It’s ALWAYS a good time [...] Read more:Good Time
Sometimes, You Just Nail It… 2008-11-15 04:38:06 As both an appraiser and a real estate agent, I can safely say that appraisers often get a bad rap among the real estate community. Heck, on my really bad days, I’ve even been known to rip myself apart a little (sounds like someone needs a little more quality time on the couch, Doc…). But [...] Read more:Sometimes
20th Annual Chamber Golf Tournament (Hopkinton, MA) 2008-11-11 12:16:19 Erika Paul, owner/broker of Hallmark Sotheby’s International Realty, and two Realtors in the office, Suzanne Hart and Mary Ellen Wasielewski teed it up for charity at the 20th annual Hopkinton Chamber
of Commerce Golf Tournament
at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, MA on October 20, 2008. Luckily they make their livings in real estate, [...] Read more:Annual
Be The Third Real Estate Agent First 2008-12-06 09:15:37 It was overheard in our sales meeting this week, that it’s best to be “the first girlfriend, the second wife and the third real estate agent.” The theory being supposedly that at those certain points in time, you get the best of the other person involved. First
girlfriends are doted over, second wives get a [...] Read more:Agent
, Estate
, Real Estate
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