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A lot of buyers are discouraged by the competitive real estate market and are electing to rent instead of buy a home.  Be careful of this clever scam that my seller and I experienced recently. My seller had health issues and had to sell her home to move closer to family.  Within hours of entering […]

You only get one chance to make a great first impression.  Most buyers use the internet to search for their home.  Bad photos can really hurt your efforts to sell your home.  Often buyers won’t even bother to look at homes that don’t show well online. When marketing a home for sale, I use a […]

The real estate market has definitely slowed down the last few months.  There are 12.92% more homes listed for sale now than there were a year ago and pending sales are down 13.45% (Pierce County, Washington – December 2018).  There are still sales happening.  But, they aren’t happening at the frantic pace that they had […]

Buyers often focus on the sales price when making an offer.  But, sellers look at the big picture when deciding which offer to select.  They factor in: closing date, early occupancy request, inspection contingency, financing contingency, requests for personal property, closing cost assistance, size of earnest money deposit, and of course sales price. The closing […]

Everything in real estate is negotiable.  As a buyer, you can use a counter offer to save thousands of dollars by asking if the seller is willing to adjust the sales price, adjust the closing date (to mesh with your schedule and save yourself from having to stay in a hotel), make repairs, or agree […]

Purchasing a home is usually the single largest financial transaction the average person will ever do their entire life.  After the excitement of getting your offer accepted, you should get a home inspection.  There are four ways this can benefit you. First, it can uncover huge flaws in the home that were not apparent when […]

The real estate market tends to slow down at the end of the summer and going into the fall.  Buyers get out of the summer vacation mode and into the back to school mindset.  They also realize that they may have to start their children in one school district and uproot them part way through […]

What are the best real estate lead generation options today? Where and how can real estate agents, investors and other related industry professionals generate more leads for buying, selling and renting properties? What are some of the little known benefits, and pitfalls of common real estate lead generation channels today? Here are 12 ways for real estate […]

The real estate industry caters to independent strategies. For every investor, there is another way to go about conducting business. Some may prefer to utilize the convenience of technology while others want to maintain personal relationships. However, for one reason or another, there remains a void between these two independent strategies. Smart investors will figure […]

“Investment is most intelligent when most business like” – Warren Buffett If investing is better when conducted most business like, does it mean that more real estate investors ought to be investing in a more businesslike fashion? Should every real estate investor be investing as a business? What does that really mean? What does it look […]