I don’t generally even mention duplexes to the first-time home buyers I work with. First-time buyers usually have a dream home in mind – the first nest – and that’s what we search for. But, with most coming out of dorm living, apartment living, or living in a room at the parents’ house, it seems […]
Re-cap of NAR Midyear Conference
Image via Wikipedia Every May the National Association of REALTORS® convenes the Mid-year convention in Washington, DC on administrative and legislative issues. I enjoyed being there, but I must admit, I didn’t make the “Hill visits” – REALTORS® lobbying their elected officials. I did attend some committee meetings and did a lot of networking. I […]
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Stuff real estate agents do – flyer boxes
Real Estate agents like to put flyer boxes in your yard to spread the word about you listing. For the potential home buyer, there is just something reassuring about the tactile experience of taking a beautifully designed paper flyer out of the flyer box. Of course sometimes the drive-by inquisitive take more than one flyer. […]
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CBS weighs in on strategic mortgage defaults
The Wall Street Journal has been publishing about strategic mortgage defaults for a while now, and probably coined the phrase. In April, I posted on the topic after an NBC report. CBS filed it’s story on the subject on the May 9, 2010edition of 60 Minutes: Watch CBS News Videos Online This is just another […]
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Stuff real estate agents do – pictures
We real estate agents like to put our pictures on everything: business cards, advertisements, our web sites and blogs, the doors of our cars, and For Sale signs. This post is not about the various levels of professionalism displayed in pictures of the properties we service, but the pictures we display of ourselves. Quick! Name […]
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Stuff real estate agents do – Open Houses
Some real estate agents lead you to believe that Open Houses will sell your home. If they don’t bring it up in their listing presentation as part of their value proposition, you will most assuredly bring it up, and even demand open houses, because, well, “that’s what real estate agents do”. The Open House is a […]
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R.I.P Home Buyer Tax Credit
The $8000 Federal Tax Credit for first-time buyers ($6500 for non-first-timers) expired last night at midnight. If you were truly in a position to buy a home, and didn’t make your move, you missed your chance to pick up some easy money. If you were a motivated, ready, willing and able buyer and took advantage […]
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Tennessee’s First REBar Camp was a huge success
BarCamps are user-generated conferences, with the sessions an presenters/facilitators determined on the day of the conference. Bar camps are participatory and geared to the needs and skills of those who attend. The essence of the Bar Camp movement was captured in this week’s REBar Camp Nashville. REBar Camps are real estate oriented, and while I […]
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