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Vacant Home as Realtor Love Nest? Not On Your Life (er, License)

“Modern Family” Season 7, Episode 7:  “Phil’s Sexy, Sexy House” When it comes to showing TV Realtor Phil Dunphy in plausible, work-related situations, the writers for sitcom Modern Family have been remarkably sure-footed spanning almost 150 episodes. See, “Halloween Night Open Houses“; “Phil Dunphy, (TV) Realtor”; “Phil Dunphy’s ‘Modern Family’ Rival: ‘She Lied, She Cheated, She Won“;...
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Out-of-Bounds Realtor Marketing Tactics: “We’re Here For Our 5 p.m. Showing”

Targeting Expired Listings With Buyer Bait-and-Switch Apparently, at least a few overzealous agents at one Twin Cities broker in particular are now trolling for listings using some variation of the following sleazy strategy: Step #1:  target “For Sale” homes that have just expired, unsold, on MLS. Step #2:  show up unannounced at the home with...
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How to Find *Multiple Buyers For Any Listed Home (*or so some agents promise)

$64k Question:  Where Were All Those Buyers Before?? Want to know how to attract one, three or even more Buyers for any listed home? (and I mean, any listed home). Follow these two easy steps:  1) cancel the listing; and 2) wait for the phone to ring. Within hours (minutes?), at least a couple of...
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“The Case of the Boastful Builder”

Riddle:  How Can His Prices Possibly Be That Low?!? [Editor’s Note:  For obvious reasons, no names or other identifying info on this post.  However, I heard the following anecdote from an “extremely reliable source” (as they say), and believe it to be true.] So, how does one very cost-competitive Twin Cities builder deliver such eye-popping prices? By “exploiting”...
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