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June 24, 2014

The Logic of a Multi-Broker Open

Making it Easy for Buyers (& Listing Agents, Too) Listing agents who are ostensibly competing against one another occasionally hold a multi-broker Open house for the same reason car dealers cluster in the same part(s) of town:  it increases traffic for everyone. That’s especially true for nearby homes that are similar in features and price point, increasing...
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Record Stock Prices & “The Fed Factor”

Did the Fed “Buy Itself a Landslide?” “Dear Jack:  Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.” —JFK quoting a made-up telegram from his father, Joseph Kennedy, after he first won election to Congress. As far as I’m concerned — and I know a lot of...
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Broker Open’s & Professional Courtesy

Promoting Good Realtor Karma Why go to a home on tour that you don’t have a Buyer for, in a part of town you don’t normally work, on a day when you’ve got 17 other things to get to?  (And no, there’s not a deluxe lunch waiting there, at least as far as I know)....
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