Sally Hardman's (sally3) Blog

I love working as a REALTOR®, but if I could do so, I would exclusively work with Buyers.  When you are the listing broker I feel disappointed right along with the Owner when their property isn't being shown or if negative feedback is received.  Sellers want to be reassured, and sometimes you can...

With the 2nd Quarter 2009 recently ending, I have come up with the following comparisons from our local Glynn County MLS system for single family home sales on St. Simons Island, GA as follows: For the 2nd Quarter, there were 35 sold transactions recorded in our local MLS system with an average a...

Do you ever feel that the same message is coming at you from several sources?  Yesterday I saw a billboard that really got my attention: Recession 101:             "Self-worth beats Net worth" A tagline was on an email I received:             "Aspire to inspire before you expire." Then last night...

Each and every day we need a simple dose of pleasure and an occasion to smile.  I believe this video clip will do just that.  I would encourage you to open this link and sit back and watch this acappela group called the Voca People.  If this one doesn't make you smile, it may be too late for you!...

I obviously love the village area of St. Simons Island as our real estate office, the buggie rental store and also our Beachcomber Snow company are all found there.  Now there is even more reason to make the Village and Pier area of St. Simons Island a must see to visitors to Glynn County.  The n...

I just read an especially attention-grabbing article on a website I visit often, with real estate news and views, realtytimes.com.  They wrote that Congressman Ken Calvert (R. California) had recently spoken to a group of REALTORS® in San Diego.  He believes that even though the $8,000 tax credit...

With new construction starts experiencing a slow down, now can be a good time to contract for home improvement projects.  If you have wanted to remodel or add on to your property, you may very well be able to negotiate a better price for the labor and could even get the necessary materials at a m...

All of us in every walk of life are looking for ways to be more budget conscious these days.    Everywhere you look you see ideas on living leaner and cutting expenses.  REALTORS® are definitely not exempt from cutting costs in this softer market.  We are growing more and more reluctant to quickl...

The latest March/April issue of the Georgia Realtor included an article which profiled buyers and sellers specifically in the State of GA.  I found this information quite interesting and want to share with you some highlights from that article:  The median age of GA homebuyers was 39 Median house...

With the surge of home inventory owned by financial institutions or on the verge of being foreclosed on, REALTORS® are met with the dicey situation of attempting to negotiate with a faceless REO department representative.  Sometimes the process appears to have little regard for the desperation of...