Eric Michael's (ericmichael) Blog

ALL Real Estate Agents Are Part Of A TEAM! There's been some talk recently about whether being a Big Real Estate Team is better or worse than being a sole real estate agent on a transaction. Without bashing either angle, here's my view: I work as a single agent, but believe it or not, I have a TE...

The Weekly Wrap Up - June 30, 2013 I've been negotiating a listing of mine all week. It's never fun to wait for the other side to respond, when it takes 2 days (and counting). After a heart to heart sit-down, I came to the conclusion that a buyer I was working with would be better off renting an ...

My Greatest Failure? Is There Such A Thing? I'm not sure that being a "failure" is necessarily a bad thing. I got a D- once on a report card (stupid Geometry Theorems!), but I got through it. I "failed" as a Rock Star. There are even times when I look back over a situation with my kids and briefl...

The Weekly Wrap Up - June 23, 2013 I think I'm gonna start something new here. The Weekly Wrap Up. I'll give a cliff notes version of my week. Weird things that happened, what I'm going through, new real estate ideas, cool pictures, etc. For instance, this week I started going to a chiropractor. ...

Outside Comments on AR. Right, Wrong or Indifferent? You take the time to write a pretty good blog and what? It get's featured? Outstanding! It usually brings in a lot of comments, mostly from people that only comment on Featured blogs, right? I've noticed recently that there are some Active Rain...

Should We Charge A "Home Looking" Fee? I've been reading a lot about agents complaining that they're showing potential buyers a lot of properties, only to have them disappear and/or buy with another agent. This reminded me of a few news stories about retailers charging potential customers a "look...

Happy Father's Day 2013 I started my Father's Day by showing a house that was about 45 minutes away from my house! It was a favor for another agent in my office. I agreed to do it over a week ago because he was going to be out of town, but neither of us realized it was going to be Father's Day un...

Today's Email Scam. 6-10-2013 Got this one today. I don't know why it was sent to me, I don't do business with them.   *********************************************************** Ameriprise® Financial  4:15 PM (5 hours ago)   to me Be careful with this message. Simila...

Overrated and Underrated. June 10, 2013 Underrated - Letter Openers! Opening 1 or 2 letters without a sword or something sharp is no big deal, but I have like 40 letters to open and if I use my finger there's about a 100% chance I'm going to end up angry and with a paper cut. I need a letter open...