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When to Fire Your Realtor: Four Signs

Just because a home hasn’t sold doesn’t mean that the Realtor is doing a bad job. But, if your home is lingering on the market, it’s imperative to know why. Here are four signs that the problem may not be your home, but your Realtor. One. Mediocrity (or worse). Fortunately, egregious Realtor ineptitude is usually...
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Knowing When to Flush Negative Showing Feedback

“It Only Takes One” Q: What do you call the person who finishes last in their medical school class? A. “Doctor.” It may surprise non-Realtors to hear that even well-prepped, well-priced homes ” destined to sell quickly for full price or very close ” typically collect more “Nay’s” than “Yea’s” from prospective Buyers. But it’s...
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What’s Up With THAT House? “For Sale” Homes On the Market Too Long

But, What’s “Too Long?” Test your knowledge of today’s housing market, and respond to the following statement: “A for sale home sitting on the market for 60 days is already shopworn”: A. True. B. False. C. Impossible to tell without more info. Correct answer. “C.” The key “other info”: price and location (of course). “Houston,...
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“Firing Your Realtor” – Part One

How to Know When: Four Signs Just because a home hasn’t sold doesn’t mean that the Realtor is doing a bad job. But, if your home is lingering on the market, it’s imperative to know why. Here are four signs that the problem may not be your home, but your Realtor. One. Mediocrity (or worse)....
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Knowing When to Flush Negative Feedback

“It Only Takes One” Q: What do you call the person who finishes last in their medical school class? A. “Doctor.” It may surprise non-Realtors to hear that even well-prepped, well-priced homes — destined to sell quickly for close to full price — typically collect more “Nay’s” than “Yea’s” from prospective Buyers. But it’s true. In...
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"How Long Will My House Take to Sell?"

The Second Most Popular Question in Real Estate What’s the second most popular question in real estate? (the first being, “what’s my home worth?”) “How long will it take to sell my home?” Unless the Realtor is going to buy it, the honest answer is, “I don’t know.” However, it is possible to give the...
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