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Realtors and Client Confidentiality

The First Second to Know Want to know who just got a plum, new job out-of-town? Is about to lose their current one? Getting divorced? Just had a financial windfall? Or, for that matter, any number of other highly personal news? Ask their Realtor. Loose Lips Sink  . . . Realtors Except, of course, that a good Realtor will never...
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Getting the CMA** ” and the Lender’s Appraisal ” Right: Big Adjustments = Dubious Adjustments

He Who Adjusts Least Adjusts Best” When it comes to pricing a home off of Comp’s (“Comparable Sold Properties”), the trick is to minimize both the number and absolute magnitude of the adjustments. The ideal would be a condo identical to its peers in every respect ” floor plan, size, condition, location, market conditions, etc....
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A 100%, Absolutely Guaranteed System for Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

So, what’s the secret to keeping every single New Year’s resolution? Discipline, perhaps? How about persistence, fortitude, self-knowledge, or even realistic (read, “low”) expectations? Nope. Try, “timing.” My now 17 year-old son hit upon the idea, years ago, of waiting till the waning hours of New Year’s Eve (like, after 11 p.m.) to forswear various...
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Realtors and Client Confidentiality

The First Second to Know Want to know who just got a plum, new job out-of-town? Is about to lose their current one? Getting divorced? Just had a financial windfall? Or, for that matter, any number of other highly personal news? Ask their Realtor. Loose Lips Sink  . . . Realtors Except, of course, that a good Realtor will never...
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Getting the CMA** ” and the Lender’s Appraisal ” Right: Big Adjustments = Dubious Adjustments

He Who Adjusts Least Adjusts Best” When it comes to pricing a home off of Comp’s (“Comparable Sold Properties”), the trick is to minimize both the number and absolute magnitude of the adjustments. The ideal would be a condo identical to its peers in every respect ” floor plan, size, condition, location, market conditions, etc....
Read More

Realtors and Client Confidentiality

The First Second to Know Want to know who just got a plum, new job out-of-town? Is about to lose their current one? Getting divorced? Just had a financial windfall? Or, for that matter, any number of other highly personal news? Ask their Realtor. Loose Lips Sink  . . . Realtors Except, of course, that a good Realtor will never...
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