Cindy Leiterman's (cindyl) Blog

With the passing of the stimulus package, we expect (pray) that there will be an increase in the number of buyers looking for homes.  Please consider the following tips if you have or will have your house on the market: 1.  List your home with a real estate professional.  They have experience in ...

Sometimes I wonder what ever happened to professional courtesy.  Lately I've discovered that agents have been showing my vacant properties without scheduling a showing.  When I call them to question them, they respond "I didn't think you'd mind or I tried to get a hold of you". I make a point of ...

Have you ever asked yourself "how does this real estate thing work anyway?"  Well I have the answers.  Attend an upcoming seminar.  You're invited to attend a home buyer's seminar to be held on Thursday, February 19th sponsored by Fox Communities Credit Union.  The seminar will be held at the Ram...

It's a buyer's market.  How many times a day do you hear that?  The simplistic definition of a buyer's market is that there is more housing inventory than there are buyers for those houses.  For buyers it should be a quick and easy process.  Why then do some buyers have a hard time finding a home...

My seller called me about reducing the price on one of his properties.  I believe the home, which is new construction, is currently priced properly.   I get good traffic through it but haven't received an offer yet. I told my seller to hold his price as long as he could.  My problem with reducing...

I was contacted by a team of my agents who informed me that they were leaving my company to start their own business.  After trying to persuade them to stay, I sincerely wished them luck and hope they succeed. My first reaction when I heard the news was "are you nuts?"  This is a very difficult m...

I have family and friends who live in Paducah, Kentucky.  A few days ago a major ice storm went through their part of the country.  Power lines and numerous trees are down.  Some areas aren't expected to get power back until the middle of February.  If you've never experienced something like this...

Today I received a cash offer on one of my listings.  It's so poor the buyer's agent didn't bother to send the whole offer over to me.  She wrote it and they signed it yesterday.  I got it a few hours ago.  The binding acceptance date is today which leaves me only a few hours to respond.  Nice, h...

My builder, who has numerous properties listed with me, called to ask about the activity on his homes.  He calls every day.  He has some rental properties as well as new construction listed.  As I mentioned yesterday, my phone has been very active.  No one is calling about the existing homes, how...

Even though we are still in January, I can't help but think that spring is in the air.  I can tell because we've gone almost five days in a row without getting any snow.  We haven't done that since last July.  I'm kidding of course.  It was actually August. For the first two weeks of the Jauary, ...