Being a realtor isn't as glamorous as it looks, because somebody has to handle the little problems too. Here the buyer's agent couldn't get the door open, and called me to do something about it. Once the sale is closed, most listing agents get busy with their next...
Month: June 2018
Hire Jim to Sell Your Home
Choosing the right realtor to sell your home is critical. It's not life-or-death critical. We're just talking about the extra 5% to 10% that is available when effective marketing creates maximum urgency - and the agent's skills and salesmanship creates competition...
Inventory Watch
The total number of pendings dropped again this week, which makes the plunge now -11% over the last 14 days. Hopefully it's a result of escrows closing, but NSDCC sales between June 1-15 was down 5% compared to last year. I said in the last video that we should see a...
Now’s the Time
The next few weeks should be the most fruitful of 2018:
Make It Up In Volume
Flipping homes for no profit, just to make money the fees? And VC money jumping at the chance to back him, in hopes of making billions before the market turns? Could they provide enough market support to avoid a downturn? Eric Wu is a house flipper, but unlike other...
Gentrification
Something needs to be done here. A tidal wave of money is consuming everything in its path:
A State-Load of Haters
This guy popped off at the DOJ hearing a couple of weeks ago, and the story has kept making the rounds: So you think things don’t get rough in real estate and feathers don’t fly when agents’ commission money is at stake? Ha. Listen to what Joshua Hunt, founder and CEO...
Aging Boomers = Fewer Moves
It looks like the low-inventory era will be here for a while.... The statistics about the waves of baby boomers turning 65 each day are old news to anyone who works in a senior-focused industry. But a new report from Harvard University adds a new twist to measuring...
Paul McCartney
A fantastic video of Paul taking a tour of Liverpool with James - H/T daytrip:
Dana Point Oceanfront
This is the standard for high-quality real estate films these days - just enough to make you want to see more, without over-doing it. List price is $12,495,000: