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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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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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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Follow my blog with Bloglovin 1. How’s the residential real estate market in St. Louis? I would say, “it depends”. Are you a home buyer or home seller? On the home buyer side, things are tricky. We have low interest rates, lots of demand, and the supply can be kind of rotten. The typical home
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I am a real estate broker in St. Louis, Missouri. Off the top of my head at any given time, I can safely say I know 20 other real estate agents outside of my office. Are there too many real estate agents? We’ll leave that discussion for another day. Even in my own circle, I
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I see something about millennials at least once a week. Millennials are selfish, Millennials don’t work hard, etc. If you are in real estate sales, I urge you to stop with these awful generalizations. It’s not good business practice to take an entire generation and say that you can’t work with them. I’m actually surprised
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Owning and managing a real estate brokerage in St. Louis isn’t always perfect bliss. There are days that are absolutely miserable. Still, we persevere. We often talk about baseball being a game of failure, and real estate sales are definitely in the same category. In baseball, if you are batting .300, that’s considered good. In
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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 recently had a homeowner ask me that question. Many years ago, if you replaced your bathtub with a shower, it was thought to negatively affect the value of your home. Is that true today? Can you replace your bathtub with a shower and does it affect the value of your home? The best answer
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