Getting a client ready to stage their home is a lot of work. First you have to help them see the advantage of staging their home. Then you have to help them plan to stage their home.
In order to help a client see the advantage of staging their home, the Realtor® needs to […]

As all Realtors® know listing a property and getting it noticed has seen different venues of advertising. Long ago it was the newspaper and still is a viable way of listing properties. Then came the real estate magazines with eye appealing photos and very efficient captions. The next step was the internet […]

Tonight was the conference call with Ralph Roberts about how important Virtual Assistants are to the Real Estate World.  Ralph may not have been there in person but he was well represented by Lois, his right hand woman, and Kandra, his invisible right hand woman.  These two woman did a superb job of showing how […]

Being born Scotch-Irish and marrying in to an Irish family, St. Patrick’s Day is really a great day of celebration. I love the parades, the food and wearing the GREEN! So for those of you who are not part of the largest ethnic group in the USA, just pretend you are and enjoy […]

Yesterday it was announced that a major sub-prime lender, New Century, is no longer going to be on the stock market ticker tape. That has the bond market and stock market scratching their heads as to where and what now. How does that effect the home buying industry? Well, in an article […]

In the series “Real Estate Agents:  The Primary Source of Information on Home Purchase”, we have discussed Residential, Employment and Credit Histories.  We also looked at how Assets play into your clients’ ability to achieving a mortgage.  Now, in this last part we are going to look at some miscellaneous items that your home buyer […]