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We can’t critique your home if you’re following us

by Jaime

We can’t talk about the home if the owner is following us around. “Why are they following me“.  This is what my clients tell me when I’m showing them a house and the owner is home.  The consensus among home buyers is that they would prefer to see a home when it’s either vacant or no one [...]

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Real Estate transactions may be more difficult than they appear

by Jaime

Why does everyone think that real estate has to be filled with drama? Does it require days or weeks of dead-end frustrating negotiations? Does it really require misleading stories about why the house is overpriced and how the house is “unique” or “special”?  And who can forget about the baseless assumptions and innuendos about why [...]

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Radon: it’s not a bug repellent.

by Jaime

I can not lie. I copied the entire content from a continuing education program I was taking the other day.  I know what radon is, however, this excerpt seems to do a better job at explaining than I ever can. —— Radon gas decays, giving off radioactive particles. Radon gas enters buildings through cracks in [...]

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Advice for home sellers from my 4 year old

by Jaime

Every parent truly believes they have a genius (kid) in the lot.  And guess what? I’m no exception.  I have 3 of them in fact.  All genius in their own special way.  But this post is specifically about my 4 year old son.   Sometimes I see or notice things in him that leave me [...]

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What if real estate agents got paid at the client’s discretion…

by Jaime

I read this article last about how Panera Bread is piloting a “pay what you want store” in St. Louis and it got me thinking.  Since there’s no established fee or percent for what a real estate agent can and can’t charge for his or her services, would this type of model work in the [...]

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How to get burnt in a real estate transaction in Westchester

by Jaime

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article titled “What does it mean when a home seller drops their price?” in which I discussed 2 possible reasons why a seller may reduce the price of a home.  One reason being the need to sell their home, obviously.  However, I discussed a second reason why [...]

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Buying a home is not that hard

by Jaime

Perhaps I’m over-simplifying the home-buying process.  Perhaps it’s because I’ve purchased homes before or perhaps it’s because I’m in the business and I’m accustomed to the process.  Or perhaps the reason is that I don’t perceive buying a home as an end-to-all-decision.  I’m not an emotional person.  I remember buying a home once site-unseen.  I [...]

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