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RECENT BLOG POSTS
I recently received a $700+ phone bill from SBC. About $600 of this was long distance charges for calls to one of our buyers in Germany. SBC billed me $4.99 per minute for these calls. I called to protest and the girl on the phone cheerfully removed all the charges and changed my account so that ...
02/05/2007
We have a new listing, and it's not yet in the MLS. Why not? We don't enter a listing into the MLS until it is 100% ready to go. For us, 100% ready means the home is ready and staged, the yard mowed, walls painted, carpet cleaned, house is professionally makeready cleaned, maintenance items handl...
02/05/2007
Sylvia and I have been hopping busy the past couple of weeks, and we're starting to see a lot of multiple offers again, and it feels like the Selling Season is ramping up as it did about this time last year in Austin. Here is a look at the last several deals we've written for Buyers this past wee...
02/04/2007
(original posted at Crossland Team Blog Jan 2006) When talking with buyers and sellers lately I spend a lot of time explaining the "Hot Market Factor". What this means is that when doing a market analysis for a buyer or seller, we are looking at Sold data, but we give much more weight to Active a...
02/04/2007
I came across a listing tonight that has "Hurry! Won't Last!" typed into the listing remarks. The listing has been on the market 299 Days. Wow, you'd think after a couple of months the agent would remove the comment, since the market has rendered it false. This made me curious.Do comments like th...
02/03/2007
The January 2006 issue of Tierra Grande Magazine features an article that examines two questions:1) How does limited service representation affect a property's time on the market and selling price? and2) Do agent experience and licensing level make a difference?This research sponsored by the Real...
02/03/2007
Original posted on Crossland Team Blog Jan 18, 2006 Recently I sat scratching my head wondering why some Austin real estate sellers make it difficult to show their homes. On this particular day, I was scheduled to pick up a Buyer at a hotel at 10:30 AM. We were going to be looking at homes from a...
02/03/2007
Real Estate Agents disagree on the best negotiating strategy for responding to lowball offers. There are two general camps of thought. One philosophy says that the amount of an initial offer doesn't matter, and that the seller should always respond to any offer with a counter-offer of the lowest ...
02/02/2007
Once your real estate offer in Austin TX has been accepted, have you just purchased a home? If you are a seller, and have just accepted a real estate offer, have you just sold your home? The answer to both questions is, not necessarily. Let me explain. Buying real estate in Texas is a two step pr...
02/01/2007
Last sunday the Austin Statesman had a series of real estate articles summarizing the past year in Austin real estate. The main article led off with a sub-headline "Hutto is Hot!". Upon what data or information did the author form this conclusion? The assertion was made based on the fact that the...
02/01/2007
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