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...Read More
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...Read More
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)....Read More