There’s been a murder. One person is dead, their companion clings to life in a hospital. The homicide detectors are on the scene. What’s one of the first things they do? They look around for any chance someone might have seen something. Maybe a security camera caught the crime? Investigators will walk the entire area […]
Why Don’t More St. Louis Homes Have Security Cameras? Read More »
About 7 months ago I got a call from a potential client who asked me to list his home for sale in St. Louis. While it isn’t odd to get a call to list a home in my line of work, it was odd that he asked me to list it when I hadn’t even
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What would you do if every appointment you had was a job interview? Would it drive you crazy? After all, how would you like to battle head to head against competitors who are all looking for that listing. It’s not like there is a Geneva convention for real estate. Even if you get a new
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As a long time real estate agent, I’ve probably looked at more than a million listings online. For the life of me, I can’t figure out how a real estate agent gets by with not having professional photos taken of their listings. It’s 2019: We’ve had digital photography for 20 years! What is the hang-up?
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I was talking to a friend of a friend the other day about a listing that she didn’t get. Unfortunately, for the most part, you never quite know why you didn’t get a listing until you see it listed by someone else. This was a little different because they had stayed friends during the process.
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Have you ever walked into a vacant and empty home and thought, “no one lives here, they’re going to have to sell for cheap.” As a real estate broker in St. Louis, I can assure you this happens every time one of my homebuyers enters a home like this. As a home seller, what can
St. Louis Homes Listed For Sale Can Benefit From A Light Staging Read More »
The real estate sales game is full of failure. It’s kind of like baseball, where you used to be considered a pretty good player if your batting average was .300 . You aren’t going to list every house where there is an opportunity. Losing the opportunity to list a house for sale can really mess
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Last week, I had a friend of mine ask me if I could take a look at her parents’ house. The idea was to come up with some sort of value for the home. While this is something I do daily, it wasn’t routine for my friend. Before we even got to the house, she
It’s OK To List A House For Sale That Needs Work Read More »
The other day my wife and I made a Starbucks run. While we were waiting for our drinks, there was this obnoxious fellow screaming business jargon into the air while letting everyone know that he had Apple Air Pods. It got me to thinking about Deerwood Realty and how we sell houses with our words.
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In real estate sales, it’s not unusual to work the phone pretty hard on any given day. You can have calls with attorneys, contractors, lenders, title companies, and that doesn’t include looky loos and people trying to sell you that next shiny thing that is going to bring you more leads faster and easier than
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