Carol Swain's Blog

Some Services offered by Carol Swain:  •        Virtual Tour: We will create a virtual tour of your home.  The virtual tour can be e-mailed to potential buyers, advertised, and listed on various websites including REALTOR.Com as well as www.swainsells.com.      A Virtual tour makes your home more...

I just read that a house on ebay sold for one dollar and seventy five cents in Saginaw Mi.  A Chicago woman won the home via auction.  The house is not much to look at, I believe it is abandoned.  There were eight people who bid on this home.  That is sad that with eight people it only made it up...

Some Services offered by Carol Swain:  •        Virtual Tour: We will create a virtual tour of your home.  The virtual tour can be e-mailed to potential buyers, advertised, and listed on various websites including REALTOR.Com as well as www.swainsells.com.      A Virtual tour makes your home more...

I hear a lot of agents talking about sending out magnets. At least I hear it in my office quite often. However, I don't think magnets are effective.  How many times have you gone to show a property and you look at the refrigerator and there are a few Realtor's magnets?  But, none are the listing ...

Looking for something fun to do this fall? Visit Shady Brook Farm, a place for family fun.  In addition to our pick-your-own crops, great special events and festivals, their Farm Market stocks all your farm fresh produce, deli, dairy, and gardening needs.   You can visit them on the web at www.sh...

Your Interests are Professionally Represented:Enlisting the services of a professional Buyer's Agent is similar to using an accountant to help you with your taxes, a doctor to help you with your health care, or a mechanic to help you with your car.  So the first advantage is pretty obvious.  If y...

So if you are thinking about selling there are a few things you should concentrate on when preparing.  Buyers tend to want to buy homes that are in move-in condition.  Typically, homes that are well maintained and priced right will sell quickly.  Curb AppealYour home maybe totally remodeled on th...

Let's face it, the market has changed.  And with this market change our strategies as Realtors need to change.  Buyers and sellers are not as easily found anymore.  We need to get back to the basics and aggressively market ourselves. You need to develop a strategy of who you want to target, and s...

Keep your mindset positive.  That is what I have tried to do.  And I think I have done that successfully.  In this real estate market you need to keep your spirits up.  You need to realize that if you are a sound business person with a sound business plan, things will happen for you.  No matter w...

I have a temporary mortgage. What do you mean temporary? Until they foreclose. Realtor: first you folks tell me what you can afford, then we'll have a good laugh and go on from there. The dream of the older generation was to pay off a mortgage. The dream of today's young families is to get one. I...