I recently overheard some people talking about how their listing agent was wonderful. They said that their listing agent was wonderful because they were able to sell the home above the asking price and the house was only on the market for one day. That got me to thinking. How do you judge a good […]
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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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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
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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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I was driving down Lindbergh the other day when I saw some real estate agent with a car wrap. “Top dollar for your home” was the benefit of using this Realtor. Somewhere, somehow, your advertising should appeal to your target audience. Is top dollar for your home the best marketing to appeal to home sellers?
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One of the more interesting questions I get from prospective home sellers is , “Do Open Houses Really Sell Homes?” It’s an odd question filled with plenty of traps depending on how one might answer the question. Yes, open houses really do sell homes. However, the open house is probably not the only reason the
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I was working on some of our marketing the other day and I thought to myself, “Man, finding a realtor can be hard.” There are literally thousands of agents in every community, how can one filter out all the noise and get a real estate agent who is really looking out for you? Finding a
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We get asked from time to time who are the best real estate agents for luxury homes. And honestly, it’s not an exact science. There’s all sorts of designations, friends of friends, great marketers and the like, but that isn’t the main issue in finding the best real estate agents for luxury homes. The best
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In 2015 I was sitting in a coffee shop in Affton talking with a friend of mine. I told him that I was convinced that my phone was spying on me. The reason I said this was that it seemed like whenever I thought of something, an ad for it would pop up on my
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For years, I made the mistake of thinking that I owned a small business. I’m not blaming anyone for the misunderstanding; there are no nefarious players that I know of. What do you think when you think “small business”? Do you think of that little mom and pop store on the corner of your block?
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