A couple in Arnold were going to move to a new home and sell a condo. They didn’t. A woman in Sunset Hills was going to sell a home she inherited. She hasn’t. A dentist was looking to move to a new home in St. Louis City after landing a new job in an established […]
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A few months ago a couple opened a new restaurant close to our office. Almost overnight, there were these stories about how difficult it was for them to open the restaurant. It was a very compelling and carefully crafted marketing narrative, but I knew better. They have a family member who is loaded with cash.
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Working on a little thought experiment today to try and figure out something I see quite often. Homes that are just awful, either from a maintenance perspective or a construction perspective. I’m pretty sure some of my biases will be on full display as we look a little closer into this phenomenon. My base assumption
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Early last week, I got a call from a friend of a friend who was interested in a home he saw on his way to work. He asked me to show it to him, and I agreed. We’d met a few times before, so I knew of this person and I’ll usually show a home
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You’ve decided that you are going to buy a new home. Congratulations! Let the house hunting journey begin! Have you applied for a mortgage pre-approval? Settled on an area? What about price? Did you see how price was the third question? When searching for homes for sale in St. Louis, only use asking price as
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A while back, Google determined that it would value content from “experts” in whatever field they were writing about higher than something written by a non-expert. Of course, my first step was to try and equate that to my real estate brokerage in St. Louis and real estate marketing in general. What is a real
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I met a very nice woman the other day. We got to talking about what she did for a living and she worked in tech. She asked me what I did, and I told her that I was a real estate broker. Without hesitation, she said, “My parents were real estate agents; I knew that
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Your dream home is under contract and the closing date is set. Congratulations! Is the closing on a Monday? Is your closing at the beginning or the end of the month? Here’s what to know about closing dates in St. Louis from an experienced real estate broker. Days of the week I tend to set
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If you only knew the things I see as a real estate agent. I think we all have this idea that every house a real estate agent goes to is in perfect shape. There are brand new appliances, gorgeous carpets, and inviting landscaping to entice people to buy a home. After many listing appointments, I
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There are all kinds of disappointments when you work in real estate. I’m convinced that the only way to be successful in this sort of business is to be able to develop the ability to pick yourself up from real estate disappointments quickly. I’ve written about bad days in real estate in the past. Remember
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