Keith Pate's Blog

Do you know what it means to be passionate about something? It means to express an intense felling. For example, I am passionate about chocolate - a chocoholic! However, the one thing that I am most passionate about is :Doing things right and doing the right things. It means to do things that are...

True story - except for the actual values. I was the listing agent of a home that went under contract for $250,000. An inspection was done and the buyers presented their repair requests. My sellers made the necessary repairs and now we were waiting on the appraisal. Everything up to this point ha...

Once upon a time I was a Property Manager/Business Owner for a combined real estate sales and property management company. We managed between 50-75 properties. One day I had a nice lady come into my office (we'll call her Ms. Smith) and wanted to rent one of our properties, one of our best proper...

More often than not I come in contact with buyers who do not know that they can use ANY Realtor in the area to buy ANY house in the area.  So many think they have to call the person on the sign.  They certainly do not know that it might not be in their best interest to use an agent who is exclusi...

I've been in the real estate business for over 14 years. Through the years I have worked with investors, first time homebuyers, foreclosures, land, resale's, residential properties, etc. Once I was an Appraiser Trainee with all of the required points. I used to believe that real estate agents wer...