RC Cutcher's (rc) Blog

  So... is it ever a good idea to tell a Client to pray over their deal?  I am coming up on my two year anniversary of telling a VA Short Sale client to pray over his deal. It was a sad ending of a deal for both of us.  He was all alone,  in the middle of divorce and unemployed.  His dog had die...

  Ever stay in a cheap motel and you feel a little silly since you Google them all and picked the cheap one because you liked the picture.  We all have done that if you travel a lot.   Honest and real reviews about motels, movies, restaurants, and plumbers can actually be a great thing. It can s...

Halloween can be everyday for Realtors. Beware reading this story because it is pretty scary...Realtor discretion advised.  I showed a property over a decade ago to a mother and daughter moving to S. Austin and we found the perfect property close to their work and school.  The showing was set fo...

First off, I do them part-time on days when I don't want to spend an hour getting all dolled up to work with clients.  I work BPOs in Central Texas. I normally wear my fishing clothes or some sort of hunting costume when I go BPOing. Economic times are tough.   Getting a bunch of little bitty che...

8 Questions your Seller should ask before listing a Short Sale in Texas (1)  Does your Listing Agreement allow me to cancel it at anytime for any reason prior to accepting a Sales Contract?   Answer:   Yes, mine does allow you to cancel.  (2) Does your Listing Agreement obligate me to sign if a ...

So here it is Good Friday, and I am tempted to pray pretty hard for my Houston Astros.  Not that my Short Sale clients don't need a little help from on high, but surely my favorite lackluster team could stop thinking about their pensions and their timeoff with family and try to win a ballgame oc...

Well sort of.  I don't subscribe to very much of his religious ideas.  I do love his writings.  Sometimes I put a quote in my signature by the great one.  Occasionally, I take a big risk and try to encourage one of my Short Sale clients with an Emerson or two.  Risky business in these times! Now ...

One of the best westerns of all time can help us put things in perspcetive.   Here are the major points that Short Sale Teams like mine are going to be facing with these new guidelines.   The Good The main goal of the program is to shorten the time line and get homeowners straight answers from th...

Fortunately, most Realtors tend to just say what they think is correct and legal.  But the problem is that after saying the same thing over and over, Realtors tend not to give any source material especially on sites like Youtube where every supposed fact should be analyzed.  So it is with this qu...

Bill Effros' first edition of 'How to Sell Your Home in 5 Days,' made quite impact on me in the early nineties because it provided an alternative for FSBO's and distressed Realtors.  I have probably sold between 25-30 homes using most of the original concepts of the book.  The current forum and b...