I happened to see one of my friends who is successful in real estate this weekend. I asked him, “Don’t you have an open house to be at?” He laughed and said, “No, I haven’t held an open house in 10 years.” I found that fascinating. After all, when I have listings, I always have […]
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The other day I was showing houses to some new clients when the boyfriend asked me, “Do you follow real estate rules? I immediately responded, “Of course I follow the rules!” Then I asked him, “What do you mean?” He started to explain that he knew a friend, who knew a friend that went into
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My oldest daughter is growing up. For her birthday, her mom was letting her get highlights for the first time. This was so exciting for her! We are good family friends with a stylist that does a fantastic job with highlights, so we took our daughter over and the stylist began. As I was sitting
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When you think about buying your dream home or selling your current home, do you think about who you would most want to work with? What is your perception of real estate agents? One decision you need to consider is whether or not you will work with a team or an individual. Deerwood Realty runs
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Pricing your home for sale can be difficult. I was asked to do a broker price opinion the other day and I thought it might be beneficial to go through the steps. Although sometimes I think some agents make pricing up as they go, I tend to follow a pattern. Let’s walk through the steps
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Savvy-chic! Sophisticated taste! Well appointed! We see these phrases in real estate marketing all the time. I don’t think it really works, but it doesn’t hurt to try. Similar to questioning real estate commercials, a listing agent in St. Louis is never going to advertise their listing is ugly. Sometimes, they don’t even know there’s
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I was on Facebook the other day when I noticed a very successful brokerage here in St. Louis with an ad that said, “Now Accepting Listings For Spring 2019”. It made me laugh, as I’ve written before that you should always be skeptical of real estate commercials. But it also made a lot of sense
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Looking at listings through Zillow or another online portal can be confusing, especially when you compare the areas around St. Louis with other areas in the country. One of the biggest sources of confusion is the definition of a full bathroom and a half bathroom. Here is the best way to think of a full
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