Sandy Childs's (sandychilds) Blog

What kind of shape is your roof in ~ take a look at this!      One of the most common things a buyer wants to know about the house is, “How old is the roof.”  This is code for, “How much longer will the roof last.”      These questions are not all that easy to answer---especially the later one.  ...

Have you ever been to closing and represented the Buyer and realized that the Seller's had not been prepared to attend closing? I was in a closing about ten years ago where the Seller's had no idea they had to bring funds to the table to close their house. Are there still agents out there who ar...

I am sure that most of you have hear on the news by now about the school children singing the Obama song. How do you feel about that? How do you feel about your children and grand children singing the Obama song? Personally, I was somewhat shocked. Some people have a problem with their children ...

How About Real Bird?We extended the available options for embedding your listings that are published via RealBird. The new ActiveRain, Localism and blog post widget is an HTML embed code and designed for maximizing the SEO benefits of reposting your RealBird listings to your blogs. As opposed to ...

Here is some great information for your personal brochure:When you think about spreading the word about your business, a brochure automatically come to mind.  Even though customers may find out about you and your services on the Internet, when people meet you, they like to come away with somethin...

This blog post is right on top if it by Lenn:                                        * * * * HARD CORE REAL ESTATE TALK * * * * I seem to recall reading somewhere about 3 months ago that the administration was forecasting growth in of the U.S. economy of 4%.  Since that time, I've read the same p...

One of the hardest things in this profession is getting seller's to understand the true market value of their home. Every seller thinks that their house is worth more than it actually is. I know that all of you deal with this mentality on a dialy basis. Sellers go off and make improvements and a...

Sandy Childs | Keller Williams | sandychilds@hotmail.com | 864-921-1523 116 Edgebrook Court, Spartanburg, SC Beautiful updated & tastefully decorated & to Carolina Country Club golf course. Home has both formal living (with FP) & dining room 4BR/2.5BA Single Family House offered at $249,900 Year...

Can the changes in the flood plain affect your listing?Coweta County Georgia was rather fortunate during the devastating Atlanta area flooding that occurred over the last few days. We did not experience the record rainfalls that pummeled the metro area with deluge after deluge of precipitation. H...

You are going on a listing appointment. You are hoping that this house will have a good WOW Factor. The WOW Factor is what makes the house stand out, what makes potential buyers want to see the house, the best feature about the house ~ the focal point for your advertising. Does it have a beautifu...