“The sellers have accepted your offer” “There are multiple offers for your property above asking price.” “Loan contingency has passed; we are clear to close” “The occupancy inspection passed” These are just some of the things I am lucky enough to say to my clients. Giving my real estate clients good news is one of […]
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I’ve previously written about my skepticism of online real estate reviews. The main problem I have with online reviews is that it’s a spot where large corporations can easily game the system and at the same time, publish smaller organizations. Today, I wanted to demonstrate how scale really matters with online reviews. For example, if
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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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It would seem that Lamborghinis on YouTube Trend For A Reason. Why do you think that they garner thousands of views but your local luxury home doesn’t? Tavarish got a Lamborghini, now he has two B is for Build got a Lamborghini, now he has two Samcrac got a Lamborghini, and then a Ferarri And
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There are some people who just can’t stand real estate agents. I get it. Rather than go over all the reasons why it would be a good idea to have an experienced real estate agent working on your behalf when you decide to buy the home of your dreams, let’s go over 5 things to
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A few months ago one of our clients put in an offer on a home for sale in Kirkwood. The house was one of those annoying no shows till the open house, and of course that drives up the price in certain situations. The psychology of people all milling about a home makes some buyers
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Picture this: You’re working with a wonderful buyer’s agent from Deerwood Realty and walking up to the first house on your list. You’ve never bought a house before so you aren’t really sure what to make of the experience. As you walk through the home you’re happy about the color of the walls, the floor
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