While a career in real estate can be quite enjoyable, there are certain times when you know that you are actually doing a job and it isn’t fun. One of those times is when you have to give bad real estate news to your clients during a deal. Since I list homes for sellers and […]
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I’ve spent some time working in different real estate brokerages before I started Deerwood Realty. There is a lot of smoke and mirrors in real estate sales. And, I’d just gotten tired of trying to figure out which game was being played. What type of real estate brokerage do you want to work in? The
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After spending more than a decade in residential real estate sales, I can say for certain that some real estate agents aren’t worth the drama in a brokerage. I’ve written about real estate agents being jerks to their clients, but they can really be miserable in a real estate brokerage. Here are some of the
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Have you ever walked through a house you wanted to make an offer on but got stumped on repair costs or estimates? Here’s one way to look at home remodel costs as a potential home buyer during a home showing. Think In Blocks And Systems When you think of a house, what do you think
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Real Estate agents often work by referral. The thought is that you give great service to your clients and they refer you to a friend, family member, or associate when they are in the market for real estate. Referrals are big. I suspect something like 85% of our real estate brokerage revenue is from past
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A few weeks ago, I needed to refer one of my clients to a real estate agent. My client was looking to move to South Florida, which is a very competitive market. I didn’t personally know any agents down there, but as a real estate broker, I have resources available to me that allow me
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There are always days when you work in real estate where you wonder why you got into real estate in the first place. If I were to equate it to baseball, it’s a game of failure. As an example, a good baseball player used to hit .300 and that would mean he was successful 3
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Picture in your mind for a moment the word “Sales”. What do you see? I see a used car salesman from the late 60’s. Bald, overweight, drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette at his desk. This doesn’t exactly conjure up the best image. Is yours better? How so? When someone asks me what I do,
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As the founder and broker of Deerwood Realty, I’ve seen a bunch of odd things in Real Estate here in St. Louis. One of the more odd things to happen to me is in a story I will present to you below. I was working on a deal for a rural property south of St.
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It’s hard for many people to believe, but there are times when buyers don’t actually end up buying a house. I know, wild stuff, right? It’s usually not even due to a real estate agent, but the particular story I’ll tell you is one where the real estate agent could have had an effect on
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