Not Bad Guys or Aliens — Their Roles No, I’m not talking about the heroes of the latest sci-fi blockbuster. I’m referring to when an actor (in a movie, play, etc.) or a comedian doing a stand-up gig, is said to have “killed it” when they do especially well. Or “crushed it,” “destroyed it,” “murdered it,”...Read More
Loss Leader Cooperating Broker Compensation Buyer Broker Comp: $ 100 Sub-Agent Comp: 0 % Facilitator Comp: 0 % Variable Rate: N List Type: Exclusive Right In Foreclosure?: No Lender Owned?: No Owner is an Agent?: No –Excerpt, MLS Rental Listing I know a (very) few Twin Cities agents who handle rentals — but I’m not...Read More
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
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
How different are lawyers and CPA’s from Realtors? (I’ve been all three). Never mind temperament and personality; their biological clocks are literally night and day. Put it this way: at my former law and accounting firms, if I showed up at 7 a.m, I could count on at least 8-10 colleagues already being at their...Read More
Coming Soon? Maybe (and Define, “Soon”) The Twin Cities’ Southwest Light Rail line sure has traveled a bumpy path. And that’s just the discussion phase — never mind the actual route. The latest, uhh . . speed bump: Whether a stretch of the line in Minneapolis is to traverse Lake of the Isles and Cedar...Read More
