Use Realtors to buy real estate property because real estate transactions are complicated
Actually the opposite is the case. A few years ago I was referred to a seller who was in the real estate title business, thinking he knew real estate well enough purchase a condo on his own.
Get a Realtor’s Evaluation of your property for accuracy
This evaluation is called Automated Valuation Method (AVM). Essentially, it is computer generated software that reaches out for publicly available data and then uses that data to offer a suggested value—a quick result which does not involve a human being who has analyzed the actual data. The soft wear has never been in the neighborhood, nor on that particular street nor inside the home.
Jun 12
20160
commentsIn Real Estate Listings, Real Estate Staging, Real Estate Success, Real Estate Technology
Most real estate buyers use the internet to buy homes and visual is very important
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?
May 06
20161
commentsIn Real Estate, Real Estate Listings, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate Staging, Real Estate Success, Selling Real Estate
When staging a real estate property incorporate the visual as well as the other 4 senses
You also want to establish a good impression on potential real estate buyers and perhaps bond with them so that you can nurture them into a future loyal client. To do all the above and create a property to remember it is imperative that you hire a real estate stager.
My new book, Getting the Property SOUL’D – A Breakthrough System of Successful Stress-Free Buying and Selling, is filled with stories about those clients who listened to my advice and those who did not. The results are very clear: those sellers who hired stagers and created a pleasing neutral environment had quick well priced sales. Those sellers who insisted on doing their own thing in their own way got much less desirable results and those sellers who would not do anything at all fared the worst.
When a buyer enters a home, he knows when a seller doesn’t care much about their property. and even if it is just needing a thorough cleaning and emptying out of the seller’s belongings, a buyer will want to negotiate, because he/she can’t see beyond all the dirt and stuff.
Apr 05
20160
commentsIn Real Estate, Real Estate Listings, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate Staging, Uncategorized
To get the big bucks Sellers of real estate need to Stage
On the one hand, you may have a client who seriously underestimates their property, and you get to be the one to tell them the good news. However, much more often it’s the opposite: Real estate clients who think their property is worth more than it is.
Apr 04
20160
commentsIn Real Estate Listings, Real Estate Negotiation, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate Staging, Real Estate Success, Successful Salespeople
Inner energy is the secret to success in life, relationships and real estate
At some point we got the idea that if all of the materialistic exterior circumstances of our lives appear to be going well, then all is well in our hearts and minds. We think that if we solve our external problems, we will be okay.
Mar 09
20160
commentsIn Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Listings, Real Estate Negotiation, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate Staging, Real Estate Success
One of the eight virtues of real estate success is confidence as outlined in my new book SOUL’D
On the one hand, you may have a client who seriously underestimates their property, and you get to be the one to tell them the good news. However, much more often it’s the opposite: real estate clients who think their property is worth more than it is.
Feb 17
20160
commentsIn Buyers' Real Estate Market, Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Success, Sellers Real Estate Market
At various times in life and in the real estate process, patient persistence is required.
At a real estate conference this past fall, many San Francisco real estate developers discussed the urgent need for more housing to meet the skyrocketing demand In the past year, there had been a whooping 69,000 new jobs and only approximately 700 new housing units. A surplus of buyers such as this creates a “Sellers’ Market” where each property will get many offers. (more…)
Feb 12
20160
commentsIn Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate Career, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate Transaction
Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate Sellers and Real Estate Agents need courage to get their goals accomplished
For some this exploration is exciting and empowering. For others, especially in a real estate context, this can be a scary prospect. How do we overcome our fears of the unknown so we can do our best job in helping real estate clients find the right home under the right circumstances, and make the sale?
Or, if we are the Real Estate Seller, how can we be more realistic in our pricing and expectations rather than allowing emotions to cloud our judgment when pricing? Market indicators might not be what we want to hear, but if not listened to can derail any real estate transaction. (more…)
Oct 07
20150
commentsIn Real Estate Listings, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate Staging, San Francisco Real Estate, Selling Real Estate
Make sure real estate contracts are signed
Never mind that I helped a couple for five months prepare their house for sale! As a real estate expert with well-earned contact referrals, I came up with a great solution to re-design their entrance so Real Estate Buyers would enter on the main level and not the bedroom level which these clients were doing.