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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I have this conversation at least once a week with a client or potential client. A drop in the price of the home can mean a number of things. If you’re super analytical, like me, you’ll undoubtedly try to dissect the situation every which way possible as to why the seller lowered the price; desperate [...]
