David Painter's (davidpainter) Blog

Smart words - better listen:Okay, I’m going to do something I normally avoid; I’m going out on a limb and publicize my housing predictions for 2010. While I occasionally discuss general trends and opinions about the market, I think it’s important for all of us to have as much information as possi...

                           How many times have you been to see the sellers of an expired listing, just to find that it did not sell because it was over priced? Did you find it hard to tell the sellers that their house was not worth what they had been asking? Did you have the market statistics to ...

Staging is not just for houses it is for the Realtors too. When you go on a listing appointment you want to look the part. You need to have on appropriate clothes and you also need to be armed with your market numbers. You need to be prepared to advise and counsel the potential home seller on whe...

It is raining, here in the upstate of South Carolina. Our city of Spartanburg has not had enough rain for the year and we have been in a moderate drought situation. Hopefully, with all of the rain we have experienced this weekend and are promised for next week we can catch up.  Last year we were ...

Great place for clip art. Since I started blogging on Active Rain last November, clip art has become one of my favorite things to collect. I can remember wondering how to insert pictures into my blogs. Mirela Monte, taught me over the phone. She also introduced me to Photobucket. Now, when I feel...

This is a great tip:I am not a golfer, however I have carried a golf club in the trunk of my car for many years. It is a great tool for a real estate agent. What can you do with it? There are many uses. It comes in handy if you are walking property, you can use it to push away brush and tall gras...

Buyers are more aware now more than ever of just how much house their dollars will buy. More information is available than ever on the web. Gone are the days when the agents held all of the information. As professionals we should do our best to inform our seller clients to price their homes corr...

This real estate market is changing almost daily. We need to stay on top of our numbers. Both buyers and sellers want information from us now more than ever. Not everyone likes numbers or likes to study market trends, but it is important to the buying and selling public. If you are looking to bu...

Since landscape is a subject I know something about, let me share the following with you: Have you ever said: "Wow what a yard?" and wondered how that person got their grass to look so good - when yours looks tired and yellow.  It may be that they started the year before by correctly fertilizing...

Home Inspections are not just for the Buyer. It is a good idea to have a home inspection performed on your home if you are getting ready to put it on the market for sale.  By having the home inspection done upfront allows you, the seller, to get whatever is wrong corrected before your home is ac...