Kelly Smith's (kellysmithrealestate) Blog

I've got a client who wants to sell some property in Montgomery, Alabama. She lives here in Florida and hasn't seen the land in several years. It is 40 acres. The last appraisal she got was 5 years ago and it was 200,000. If anyone knows of any good realtors in the Montgomery/Prattville area that...

Help Please! I have recently started doing some rentals to earn extra money during this slow market. And it so far has been great. I post my rentals on craigslist and get immediate inquiries. My question though has to deal with people from foreign countries saying that they want to send me a cash...

I just wanted to get some input on the Christmas postcard / calendars/ mailings. Are they as good of a marketing tool as they say they are??? I do remember as a kid my mom always having those little calendars and the fridge from different companies. I know they are becoming more and more popular ...

A client of mine has been searching for a condo for quite a while now in the Lake County (Eustis) area. She found one she likes but it is not on the market, not really. She found out from a friend in the community that the home went into pre-foreclosure. I'm not quite sure of the steps I take fro...

Well as most of you know I'm pretty knew to the real estate business but have been in sales all of my life so I pretty much know what's going on. BUT! I have no idea what to do about advertising in home magazines. I've got 2 big listings coming up and a few friends of mine in the business are tel...

I'm  interested in knowing if anyone is attending the Real Estate Expo on Sept. 16th in Orlando. I just got a flyer about it and it seems like it would be a great way to go and meet new prospects.  This was on the front of the flyer: "Real Estate Expo - the country's pioneer largest gathering of ...

Businessweek.com screened data from NAR and identified markets with the highest home-price appreciation during the second quarter and although unfortunately the Orlando market wasn't number 1, that place was taken by Virginia Beach (up over 23 % from a year ago) Orlando did rank in the top 10, it...

Just a reminder for anyone who didn't catch it last week, tune into the Bravo channel tonight for Million Dollar Listing. Love it or hate it, you're going to get a good laugh either way. 9:00!

I'm very interested in knowing what everyone thinks about all of the condo conversions going on right now. I've been hearing both good and bad things but I'm still torn between them. I personally live in a condo and I love the fact of not having to deal with yardwork and stuff but lately I've bee...

My mom has 50 acres in the pratville area, just outside of montgomery. She's interested in selling it soon which means I've got to take a road trip up there and check it out but I was just wondering if anyone knew anything about the area such as growth, a rise or fall in the markets, etc. I've pe...