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Blog Posts American Heart Month is special to me… It was Tuesday, July 29th, 2014 It was a pretty normal Tuesday, just like any other really, I had just scarfed down Chipotle during our weekly sales meeting… but I didn’t feel very good. Luckily we had a couch in the office and I thought maybe if I layed down for awhile I’d feel better. […]
Blog Posts American Heart Month is special to me… It was Tuesday, July 29th, 2014 It was a pretty normal Tuesday, just like any other really, I had just scarfed down Chipotle during our weekly sales meeting… but I didn’t feel very good. Luckily we had a couch in the office and I thought maybe if I layed down for awhile I’d feel better. […]
Blog Posts Buying our house… chapter 4 Chapter 4 in our journey of buying a lake house!
Blog Posts Buying our house… chapter 3 We bought a 2nd house and this is chapter 3 in the saga of how we got there!
Blog Posts Buying our house… chapter 2 If you haven’t read chapter 1… STOP right now, go back & read chapter 1. It’s important. Let’s get started right where we left off… Me: “Are we really going to do this?” Cory: “Yep!” Me: …long deep breath… “Ok… Now what?” Cory: “I don’t know! You’re the Realtor!” This folks is the deep conversation […]
Blog Posts Sewer problems… Sewer clogs & back ups are never fun - check out my latest adventure!
Blog Posts Top 10 Things I Learned this Weekend… This is the 14th year that I’ve gone first season shotgun hunting for deer. We’ve had generally the same eclectic, safe, fun group the whole time. Deer season is just like the real estate business… there are never two deals or hunts exactly alike, its always changing. So now, the Top 10 things I learned […]
Blog Posts 2 Things You May Have Missed on Rates… Two Things You May Have Missed Posted: 16 Feb 2012 04:00 AM PST Before the end of the year, Congress and the President agreed to extend the payroll tax cut. In that bill, there were two items of interest for those involved in real estate. 1.) The hike in the Guarantee Fees charged by the GSEs Fannie […]
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Blog Posts Crazy time… crazy time… It’s a crazy time I tell ya. It’s mid February, we should be knee-deep in snow with a blizzard on the way, real estate should be at a standstill and I should trying to emerge from my winter hibernation. Instead its mid February, it was nearly 50 degrees today, the real estate market is hot […]
Blog Posts Sellers: Real Estate Agents Can’t Read Your Mind! I thought this was an interesting article to share, especially after I shared this morning why I fired a seller last week…    Sellers: Real estate agents can’t read your mind Make your expectations known and stay involved in the process Tom Kelly Inman News™ The chores of listing and selling a home should not be […]
Blog Posts I fired a seller last week… Yep, I did it. I fired a seller. It wasn’t really as harsh as it sounds but it needed done. Let me explain… I currently have 24 listings (23 sellers since one has two properties) that I’m in charge of handling. I also have 6 listings that will be added over the next 7-10 days […]
Blog Posts Good news, bad news… Its only 11:15 and its been an up and down day already. Got up early, ready to conquer the world and set out to make lots of calls & sends even more emails. Bad news first – In my first 10 calls I found out that one of my buyer prospects just signed a one […]
Blog Posts Top 6 Reasons Mortgage Applications are Rejected By Tara-Nicholle Nelson Half of refinance applications are abandoned or  rejected, as are 30 percent of purchase mortgage applications, according to the  Mortgage Bankers Association. All told, the Federal Financial Institutions  Examination Council (FFIEC) says that well over 2 million mortgage applications  were rejected last year. Want to avoid falling into that number? It’s  tough […]
Blog Posts House Prices to Fall Over Next Six Months   In a normal real estate market, it may make sense to wait for the spring buyers’ to appear before placing your house up for sale. The current real estate market is anything but normal however. The increase in supply of distressed properties will overshadow any increase in demand for housing over the next 6 […]
Blog Posts NEWSFLASH: There is NO Inventory!! Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:00 AM PDT I was in a conversation with one of the most productive agents in our area recently and he told me that there were “no homes for him to sell”. I thought he had a brain cramp. Look at all the ‘For Sale’ signs, all the homes on MLS, […]
Blog Posts I’ve been up… I’ve been down… I’ve been up… I’ve been down… Wow. That’s all I can say. I can tell you exactly where I was, exactly what I was doing when I read an email on my phone letting me know that Ashley Okland had been shot… at an open house. How do you react to that? I’ll be honest […]