The Many Forms of Showing Feedback How interested is a prospective Buyer in a given home? It’s not exactly high tech, but the best measurement tool I’ve come up with in almost a decade selling real estate is . . . a stopwatch. So, the longer a prospective Buyer lingers in a particular home, the...Read More
(Also Known as “Serendipitous Showings”) Teresa Boardman (St. Paul Real Estate Blog) has a nice post giving the agent’s side of why, just maybe, you may not be able to show a prospective Buyer you’ve never met a home on the other side of town at 4 p.m. when they call at 3:10 p.m. The...Read More
Learning the Market — Twice; or Rinse “Flush and Repeat” What’s the worst thing about a short sale that doesn’t work out (depending on who you ask, the result 50% to 70% of the time)? From the would-be Buyer’s perspective, it’s the frustration and disappointment associated with having flushed months waiting on a home that, ultimately, wasn’t...Read More
Corollary: “Would Your Client Accept $X for Their Home?” I don’t know about other agents, but lately I’ve been seeing an evolution in showing feedback questions regarding price opinions. The forms used to ask whether the Buyer thought the home was priced at market, and if not, what price they thought was right. Now, I’m receiving forms (and emails...Read More
Twin Cities Fall Parade of Homes Organized by builders and remodelers to show off their latest projects, the Fall Parade of Homes can also be the cause of some glitches between Buyers and their Realtors. Especially if the Realtors didn’t know their clients were looking for a new home. When a client goes through the builder’s open house...Read More
