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“Coming Soon! 4 BR/3 BA Linden Hills 2-Story in Move-in Condition. Price: $500-ish”

Pre-List Networking Trial Balloon I’ve been in real estate sales for 18 years, and I still have no idea what a “$500-ish” price is. $520k, perhaps? Maybe $485k? In truth, I can imagine a “$500-ish” price falling anywhere between $480k to $530k or even higher. Buyer Trap? Which is no doubt precisely the point, especially...
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Realtor Conventional Wisdom (With 2 Caveats**): “The 1st Buyer is the Best Buyer”

Seasoned vs. Green Buyers; The Role of Pre-List Networking “The first Buyer is (often) the best Buyer.” –Popular Realtor saying. It’s accepted wisdom amongst veteran Realtors (which I happen to agree with): “the first Buyer is (often) the best Buyer.” Why’s that? The explanation has to do with the nature of the pool of home...
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Realtor Conventional Wisdom (With 2 Caveats): “The 1st Buyer is the Best Buyer”

Seasoned vs. Green Buyers; The Role of Pre-List Networking It’s accepted wisdom amongst veteran Realtors ” which I happen to agree with ” that “the first Buyer is (often) the best Buyer.” Why’s that? The explanation has to do with the nature of the pool of home Buyers at any given moment, plus Buyer behavior...
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“Coming Soon! 4 BR/3 BA Linden Hills 2-Story in Move-in Condition. Price: $500-ish”

Pre-List Networking Trial Balloon I’ve been in real estate sales for 18 years, and I still have no idea what a “$500-ish” price is. $520k, perhaps? Maybe $485k? In truth, I can imagine a “$500-ish” price falling anywhere between $480k to $530k or even higher. Buyer Trap? Which is no doubt precisely the point, especially...
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“New Lists,” “Pre-Lists,” and “Pre-Pre-Lists” (Huh?!?)

The usual pecking order for agent networking at weekly broker meetings — at least in the Twin Cities, typically held on Tuesday mornings, before Broker Tour — is “New Lists,” “Pre-list’s,” “Price reductions,” “Buyer Needs,” and finally, “Rental Needs.” At the height of the Spring market, there could easily be 20-30 properties that Edina Realty...
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“Realtor Standby” vs. “Airline Standby”

Stand·by Ëˆstan(d)ËŒbÄ«/ noun. Readiness for duty or immediate deployment; for example, “Buses were placed on standby for the trip to Washington.”  The state of waiting to secure an unreserved place for a journey or performance, allocated on the basis of earliest availability. “Standby” for travelers, military, etc. means waiting in an elevated state of preparedness for something...
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