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Jun 12

2016

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In Real Estate Listings, Real Estate Staging, Real Estate Success, Real Estate Technology

Tags California Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service real estate real estate listings Real Estate Sellers Realtor SOUL'D staging

In Real Estate a Picture is Truly Worth a Thousand Words–If Not More!

Take good photographs to advertise real estate listings

Most real estate buyers use the internet to buy homes and visual is very important

To be successful in real estate one must realize the fact that we live in an extremely visual culture. 

Beginning as  children we read picture books, and in today’s high-tech world  we continue to focus ever-more intensely on the graphic and the colorful. The question  we in the real estate professional need to ask ourselves is, why are there so many sub-par photographs nowadays in real estate listings?

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Dec 17

2014

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In Buying in San Francisco, Real Estate Buyers, San Francisco Real Estate

Tags real estate buyers real estate clients real estate listings San Francisco real estate

San Francisco Real Estate Pre-Emptive Offers

Motivated Real Estate Buyers

San Francisco Real Estate Negotiation Skills are vital

Too Many Real Estate Buyers


Buying real estate when there are too few listings can be a challenge! When the market has many buyers chasing too few real estate listings it gets crazy. First, listing agents want to set a specific time for presentation of all offers, so as to create a competitive atmosphere. Second, assertive buyers’ agents attempt to present an offer ahead of the specified time, to try to get their buyers offer accepted. This type of real estate negotiating is called “a pre-emptive offer”.

If a buyer really wants a property and we have several days before the offer date, I ask “Do you want me to try to present ahead of the scheduled offering date?” Most real estate buyers say yes. I explain this may be a far reaching goal, but we have nothing to lose, except for the Seller saying No. It reminds me of a situation which recently happened. (more…)