Sniffing Out Motivated Home Sellers; 4 Clues ” & a Red Herring Black Friday isn’t just when retailers offer their best deals of the year. Historically, it’s also the time of year when home Buyers can score deep discounts (at least in the Twin Cities; I don’t know about milder markets like Phoenix or Miami)....Read More
Pot of Gold Home at End of Rainbow In 17+ years selling real estate, I figure that I’ve seen almost 2 million real estate photos on MLS.** But, I don’t recall ever seeing one with a rainbow before. For Buyers who are superstitious or just looking for an omen, that may be just the sign that a...Read More
P.S.: “What’s a Grommet??” OK, so “Bad Grommet!!” isn’t exactly what I muttered when I saw the misplaced grommets** in my custom sign rider this morning. 🙂 But, it sounded similar. The reason for my aggravation? The fix required a time-eating return trip across town to my sign company, to drill new grommets. Fortunately, they...Read More
Looking for Signs of a Market Top Once upon a time, a sure-fire yellow (or red!) flag for frothy home prices was Realtors buying homes for themselves, either as investments, or to fix up and flip. See, “Insider Buying & the Housing Market: Why Realtors are a CONTRARIAN Indicator.” The logic: agents were most bullish...Read More
Professional vs. DIY Want a sure, umm . . . sign that Spring has finally arrived in the Twin Cities? The temps have warmed enough that the ground is finally thawing — and long frozen-in-place “For Sale” signs are listing, Tower of Pisa-like, towards the ground. The solution? For the listing agent (representing the...Read More
“Other Uses For This Room”: OK, Maybe Not “Family Den” I knew I’d find a use for the sign (above) that I retrieved from my client’s house just before closing last week (the sign had formerly been located in a huge, upstairs Bedroom doing double duty as an in-home Exercise Room — with many other potential...Read More
