The Internet Changes Everything The biggest change in real estate in the past 20 years has been the ascendance of the Internet. The vast majority of buyers begin their search for a new home on the Internet, and nearly every home for sale can be found somewhere on the Internet. You can now find your [...]
Kay recently helped Kyle Morse purchase his first home. In this video, Kyle talks about the home buying process, his experience with home inspections, and the challenges he encountered with his first home mortgage. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the [...]
We run a tight ship and have built many good relationships with lenders in the real estate industry. Fortunately, when working transactions with the reputable lenders we are accustomed to working with, we know that as long as our clients have ”disclosed” to the best of their ability and have turned in documents requested by the [...]
Now that a home I recently listed has been on the market about six weeks and has not yet gone under contract, I decided to make a visit with the homeowners and discuss options to get it SOLD. I discovered that some of the de-cluttering suggestions I’d made upon listing the home had not been [...]
We made THE LIST!! We already know this because business in OKC is booming but here’s proof: Business Insider says we’re in the top 25 of fastest selling homes Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell [...]
RE/MAX has been the #1 seller of real estate in the world for a number of years. They recently created a new logo and videos that tout this fact. RE/MAX has become #1 because agents with RE/MAX in general have more experience. Their requirements for agents are high so only the top agents migrate to [...]
I have been using Authentisign for over two years now to speed the processing of real estate transactions for my clients. As most everyone knows, real estate transactions require a TON of paperwork. There are offers to sign, along with counteroffers, addendums, treatments, repairs and replacements (TRR) documents, contract extensions, etc. And this is all [...]
Internet Changes Everything The biggest change in real estate in the past 20 years has been the ascendence of the Internet. The vast majority of buyers begin their search for a new home on the Internet, and nearly every home for sale can be found somewhere on the Internet. You can now find your home, [...]
Professional home stagers are practiced in the art of preparing a home for sale. They help homeowners eliminate clutter, edit and arrange furniture, and help to create a great first impression when a potential buyer walks through the door. Yet staging is more about moving furniture and hanging pictures. It is about the art of [...]
Be Realistic When Pricing Your Home There is no denying that the same home can be viewed differently by different people. While you are proud of your home and the improvements you have made, others might not be quite so fond or necessarily notice the improvements, or the improvements might not be important to them. [...]
The old saying goes: Two things in life you cannot avoid are death and taxes. Both are grim subjects and yet simple facts of life. Standing solidly at third is Credit History. Many of us in our 20′s while livin’ large get caught up in credit card euphoria of the…buy now pay later plan. It’s [...]
The best way in finding energy leaks in your home is to get an energy audit conducted by a professional third-party efficiency certification company. What you can learn about your house can be invaluable. The audits, which take about two-and-a-half hours, are designed to identify major energy leaks in a house. Home owners are given [...]
Kay and I were riding our bikes in the wonderful spring weather recently and kept coming across these huge fields of yellow flowers in central and western Oklahoma. At first I thought they might be sunflowers but on closer inspection they were not something I had seen before. Kay posted a picture from her phone [...]
Kay and I have been to hundreds of inspections over the years, but we have never seen anything quite like this. When buying your next home, be sure to get a termite inspection and have them check for other pests. Many of our customers use Oklahoma Termite Specialists who not only handles termites, but also [...]
Easter is nearly here and spring has sprung with flowers, green grass, and unfortunately mosquitoes. If you are new to the area you might be wondering about some activities nearby for you and your family. City of Edmond Free Hound Hunt – Sunday April 1 2:00 pm Bring your dogs to the Edmond Dog Park [...]
Today’s low interest rates mean a much lower house payment for home buyers. Check out this video from Oklahoma Association of Realtors on how these low rates can affect your monthly payment. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]
My friend and business associate Brian Preston compiles this monthly report on Edmond homes sales. November 2011 home sales were exactly the same as November 2010, although overall 2011 homes sales are up 6%. The interesting part is that listing inventory is down once again. What this may portend is an increase in sales price, [...]
We have begun to use another new technology that really helps to smooth my workflow and provide better service to my real estate clients. Google Docs allows Carole, my assistant, to upload all of our transaction documents into a private folder. I can then easily sync that with my iPad and iPhone. This way while [...]
Typically I sell homes all over the metro area, however this client was referred to me by a lender I often work with, IFreedom Direct based in Utah, primarily a VA Lending institution. It so happened that the home she wanted was in Enid, over an hour’s drive from the metro. Authentisign allowed us to [...]
I am holding a RE/MAX Halloween Party for customers, friends and guests on Friday night, October 21 from 7-9 PM. This is a fun family-oriented event. We will have face painting, a hay ride, games, food and goodie bags for the kids. We will be taking photos of the kids and providing free prints to [...]
Today at lunch I visited a beautiful $2.7 million home located in Edmond that just came on the market. Believe me, there is a LOT you can do with a home for $2.7 million dollars! Part of the value was 26 acres only minutes from downtown Edmond and I-35. With over 7,700 square feet of [...]
OOPS! A funny story just ran in the Wall Street Journal about the founder of ForSalebyOwner.com Colby Sambrotto using a real estate agent to sell his condo in New York City. It seems Mr. Sambrotto tried using the techniques he expounds to readers on his web site to sell his own property, but his efforts [...]
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