Every couple of weeks, we’ll get an email in the office along the lines of this. Dear Jerk Real Estate Broker, we bought our home yesterday afternoon and the listing still shows up on your website. Please remove it immediately or we will file a complaint with the BBB. I don’t exactly know what the […]
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My social media was full of some new announcement. Apparently, the XFL was announcing team names. Since I knew St. Louis had a team, I was pretty interested in learning the team name. I figured that it would be something related to the river, or The Arch, or something that forever tied the team to
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A few months ago a couple opened a new restaurant close to our office. Almost overnight, there were these stories about how difficult it was for them to open the restaurant. It was a very compelling and carefully crafted marketing narrative, but I knew better. They have a family member who is loaded with cash.
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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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This week saw the announcement that Amazon had partnered with veteran residential real estate brand holding company Realogy. That means Amazon is getting into real estate, or are they? Based on the press, it looks more like Amazon is using it’s platform to get more of their products into the homes of current Amazon fans.
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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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I was working on my lawn one Sunday. A few houses down, there was an open house. It was the neighborhood fix and flip. I wasn’t the listing agent on the property, and that’s OK. If you are unfamiliar with the term, it’s where an investor buys a home, makes repairs and stylish updates, and
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I’ve written before about how much real estate agents appreciate referrals. I would say that most agents rely on referrals more than any other source of leads. Do you know how to help your real estate agent with a referral? After all, who would refer someone to their friend, associate, or family member who is
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The question comes up quite often online. Someone will ask a forum or message board to explain the definition of a bedroom. There are always different answers on the boards depending on many factors. Here’s the best definition of a bedroom in St. Louis area real estate, and keep in mind, this can change at
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