This is a very interesting question and the short answer is Delay! As your Realtor® I can help eliminate a considerable amount of the delay by screening prospects at an early stage of the home buying experience. I conduct qualifying interviews with the prospects and help them determine what price
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10/07/2010
The story goes something like this: When going to the doctor for his annual check up a man asks the doc, "What do you think is the best diet to lose weight??? The doctor responds, "25 Push-ups every day" To which the man replies, "That is exercise!!!, not dieting!!! The doctor further responds,
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10/05/2010
All of us have an ideal of what our perfect home should be and in this time when homes are not selling, many sellers are resorting to fixing their present homes up the way they would love them to be, whether that is sellable or not is another story. With at least over 85% of the people being emp
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10/04/2010
It is rare in our area to find a home without a Fire Alarm. Code has required Fire Alarms here in Atlanta since the early 80's. There is even a survey in 2008 that says that 24 out of 25 Homes in the US has at least 1 Fire Alarm and 40% of the deaths from fire were in homes where there was no
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10/03/2010
As you begin a new month, what opportunities are staring you in the face? Will this be a record breaking month of sales, or just another month? Will you have lots of new things to do, new adventures to discover? Will you work on your business for the remaining months of this year? Will you begin
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10/02/2010
Residential real estate is a local market, not a national market. No better illustration can be found than in reports on median prices from reports from REALTORS® across the United States. The median value is a mid-point figure; it means that half the houses are priced higher and half lower. Thes
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09/30/2010
How often have you been asked these questions? Bette yet, how often have you asked them and been told everything your Buyer client needs to know to get the lowest price? In our market, I am shocked how much information you can get out of the Listing agent, with just two or three simple questions
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09/28/2010
Does this only apply to the Termite Inspector? How about other "professional" service people? Cable companies tipically give you a 4 hour window, some companies say morning or afternoon. I wonder what it would be like if we were to ask prospects what kind of work they did and schedule them, as t
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09/28/2010
On Friday it was Summer in Atlanta, the rain began Saturday nigt and Sunday it Rained day and night, and Lord knows we needed it, it was a long dry, hot summer in Hot'lanta. Monday was interesting, cooler in the day time, and then just about rush hour, the sky decided to send more rain to the cit
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09/28/2010
Are you the one that edits the copy that you wrote and then going to publish either on-line or in print copy? If you are, here are some guidelines you might want to follow when editing for: Brevity. Cut every word that adds nothing to meaning. Examples: you might change "during the course of" to
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09/27/2010
