Ralph & Susan 's Blog

    I've been working this Short Sale for a few months now. We had finally started to get something going with the bank negotiator and then my client had to file bankruptcy. At this point everything stopped. They told us the file would be moved to the foreclosure / bankruptcy dept. Thirty days la...

Pandora MUSIC TO BLOG BY A client recently shared this site with me.  Pandora.com    This is the coolest site. All you do is type in an artist or type of music you like and off it goes to find your music and artists that are similar ...

     I recently took a listing in a community where a friend of mine, fellow agent in the same office, also has a listing. He has had this listing I think close to a year and the owner refuses to lower the price to market level so there it sits with no offers.     He has held numerous open houses...

 Brian Foxworth post today inspired me to share this post today. I'm not much of a writer or blogger by the end of the day it's tough to spend a couple of hours reading through great blogging or writing something I think is important enough to share that I think people will benifit by. Lately My ...

  One of the news stories today tell about a clever young man wanting to surprise his heart throb with a wedding proposal and a $12,000 ring.  He placed the ring in a helium balloon expecting the to pop the balloon at the same time he pops the question. Up Up and Away,  he chased the balloon for ...

US Department of Justice announce... Las Vegas Real Estate broker and her husband arrested and charged by the Federal Grand Jury with defrauding federally-insured financial institutions of million of dollars through a schemes that involved inflated housing values, straw purchasers and limited lia...

 My wife and I have done many open house here in Las Vegas. Recently with the Las Vegas Real Estate market slow down, open houses has allowed us to be in front of prospects actively looking to buy or sell a home. WAIT! Did he say sell? Yup. Most agents think when they open a home only buyers are ...

  To be successful especially in a slow market you have to be willing to beat every bush and eventually something will jump out. What does beating the bushes mean? It means staying in the game or being in the game.Ask yourself are you in the game or are you on the sidelines watching the game. Do ...

Taking a an hour or so going to garage sales may not be so bad. My wife and I will sometimes stop at garage sales on our way to do an open house. We will  introduce ourselves and give them a card and a granola bar, look at their stuff and sometime find something we can't live without and get arou...

 With a high of 114 today, I'm not sure today is a good day for a Open House.7-7-7 is suppose to be lucky so do we do the open house or go to the casino?Suzy and I try to do at least 1 open house per weekend and lately we have reaped a couple of buyers that we are presently working with.I'm think...