People want to see cut-throat realtors! Video here: http://www.ocregister.com/2017/05/18/orange-county-real-estate-wars-to-debut-on-bravo-tv-july-6/ “Real Estate Wars,” a Bravo-TV reality show pitting Orange County agents against one another as they try to woo wealthy...
The onslaught of new-fangled ways to sell homes is getting bogged down in their own zeal - there are so many choices now, which way do you go? You have the sexy off-market package driven by celebrity realtors above, or the typical new-age mobile app at a discount...
The idea of an agent representing both buyer and seller in the same transaction gets a lot of play among realtors and consumers alike. The do-gooder agents will tell you to get your own realtor, instead of relying on the listing agent to be your agent too. Most of...
Real estate hysteria is reaching new levels: LINK It sounds like an unorthodox concept: Meeting complete strangers to see if you’re compatible to buy a house together. But as bizarre as it might sound, that’s exactly what happened on the third floor of the Toronto bar...
Part of a realtor's job is to help manage expectations - not only those of their own clients, but expectations of the other agents and their clients too. Recently I received an offer on a listing that was 25% under the list price. They also wanted my seller to carry...
H/T to Susie for sending in another edition of photos seen in the MLS: http://www.thebrokeagent.com/wtf-listing-of-the-week-clear-the-clutter/ Save
We are in the business of selling thousands of homes every year (last year in San Diego County we sold 23,962 homes worth $17,168,811,888). Wouldn't you think that there would be a set of rules to guide us? There isn't, and what's worse is that you don't know what to...
Hat tip to Richard: https://www.wsj.com/articles/jersey-city-creates-no-knock-registry-as-relief-from-realtors-1490741911 Longtime homeowners in Jersey City, N.J., are trying to put the kibosh on endless aggressive real estate solicitations sparked by a hot property...
Broker supervision is a nice idea but rarely practiced. We need perp walks! In September 2015, the California Bureau of Real Estate (CalBRE) issued an advisory which was captioned “Disciplinary Warning to Real Estate Salespersons Who Act, Conduct Themselves, and/or...
More introduction to our favorite home-staging company, Transformed to Sell. In this video you will hear third-party testimonials of how home staging benefited the sellers – and buyers too!
