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“Embellishing” Attendance at a Broker Open (Word of Advice: “Don’t!”)

Reason Not to Lie #37 Lying is hard, telling the truth is easy. By definition, every good Realtor juggles: multiple clients, dozens of showings, lots of parallel deals at varying stages. It’s hard enough keeping all the details straight and presenting them coherently to your client(s); not tripping yourself up in a web of lies...
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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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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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“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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Relief Pitchers in Baseball — and Real Estate

Alternatives to Dropping the Price When a Home Doesn’t Sell Unfortunately for owners of “For Sale” homes that . . . aren’t (selling), the explanation is seldom just mediocre marketing. If that were the case, the solution would be simple:  great marketing (supplied by a new and presumably better Realtor). Instead, at least in my experience,...
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“The Rebound Realtor”

Realtor-Client “Second Marriages” “Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.” –Alexander Pope “A second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.” –Samuel Johnson “Rebound relationships” seldom work out because one of the people in the relationship usually hasn’t had time to get over the last one. Is the same thing true in real...
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