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While the warmer months are generally regarded as the time for home sellers to get their property ready for sale, marketing the home in winter and early spring is just as important. Homebuyers are out looking for homes 12 months a yr and there’s no reason to drop the ball on sprucing up a home De...

So, we r into a new yr and entrepreneurs such as myself look to see what last yr taught them. Mistakes or I like to call them errors (doesn’t sound as bad, in my opinion) are made to learn from. We actually brought this topic up in our weekly meeting so we could ALL learn from others experiences,...

Home sellers do everything they can to make their house look as beautiful as possible, yet appealing to home buyers’ other senses can be just as important --  especially when it comes to the sense of smell. While you may not think your home has a smell to it, freshening the air and filling the ho...

With all the possibilities in this current world of high tech, an Entrepreneur has to wonder what is the best way or ways of getting your "word" out there? With Social Media being what it is today and in the upcoming future, it is certainly a valid & quick opportunity, to get info published/distr...

Just ran into a situation with a new Client- she is a VA buyer, which needs a pretty “clean” house in order to pass the appraisal process. My experience as a 13 yr “veteran” in real estate, told me that the home she chose to put an offer in on, wasn’t a VA friendly home, condition wise. Just the ...

Recently, I have run into situations in my real estate career that have prompted me to this posting. Communication is a key element in life in general, more importantly in business. Case in point, Sellers primarily, like to have a correspondence with their Realtor more often than most Realtors do...

Listening to the webinar last week on boot camp training, poising the question, how did u get started in real estate? I began to wonder how many similarities there were out there in regards to the answer to that question. I certainly know how I began which was a suggestion from a Boarder at the t...

Well, we r looking at mid Sept already! Realtors sometimes call this the “New Yr” for the reason that biz started now (mainly listings) will hopefully turn into $ come the new calendar yr. Even biz planning at this point will help establish a better FIRST qtr of 2013. Christmas being less than 11...

They say a picture paints a thousand words and when it comes to selling your home, you want those words to end with “sold.” It’s no secret that better-presented homes get more traffic and more buyer interest, therefore selling faster. That’s why it is essential that you showcase your home through...

I’ve recently had a flurry of activity in Buyers and their repeated questions about first time buyer opportunities. This, of course, is a great sign, in the real estate mkt. With Interest rates at “never been this low” situation, this is my first response to them. FHA and CHFA mortgage insured ve...