Archive for January, 2009
Any Real Estate Agent can list MY house.. or write MY contract…
January 31st, 2009 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Lilburn
This post takes off on a theme introduced here. It is also the final planned post in the Misconception series.
It doesn’t matter if the agent is from Valdosta…
I commonly hear this one when Read the rest of this entry »
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The best agent to use is the one that tells me the highest price…
January 22nd, 2009 Categories: For Sellers
This is one that really chaps my hide. I understand it from the consumer perspective, but at the same time, it is still a giant misconception.
As a consumer, it is always a good idea to talk with a couple of agents before selecting the one to list with. But the purpose of the talk isn’t to see who promises the highest price… unless they are buying it themselves. The purpose is to find out about their marketing ability and how they are going to best present your home to get it sold.
But the burning question is…
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Gwinnett Town Hall
January 22nd, 2009 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Lilburn
2008 Real Estate Report & 2009 Outlook
We’ll be delivering our 2008 market data report as well as a 2009 outlook with in-depth insight into specific hyper-local markets. Wanna know more about the current real estate climate? This is it!
The Diamond Dwellings crew will be talking about the Gwinnett Real Estate market and how we think it might be shaping up for 2009. If you are a seller, a buyer or investor, this would be a good event to attend.
The Gwinnett Town Hall meeting will be on February 17th at the Hamilton Mill Golf Club. It will run from 6:00 to 8:00pm.
originally posted to LaneBailey.com
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Misconceived Pricing Strategies?
January 19th, 2009 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers
These kind of stray away from blanket misconceptions and are more opinion… based, I feel, in observed circumstance… It is also a two-fer. One for sellers and one for buyers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Location, Location, Location… or so it is said.
January 17th, 2009 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Lilburn
There is no older, more often stated and generally accepted “truth” in real estate than “Location, Location, Location.” The say is that “the three most important things in real estate…”, well, you’ve heard it I’m sure.
As with most misconceptions, it is based in truth. Read the rest of this entry »
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I should get a Listing Specialist!… but…
January 15th, 2009 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Lilburn
I run across this a lot. I am NOT a super lister, listing every house I can for sale. I just want to make sure that you know that up front. In fact, I don’t list every house I can. I turn down listings. And what I am about the say is going to make some agents unhappy… Read the rest of this entry »
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All real estate agents are the same… really?
January 14th, 2009 Categories: For Sellers, Lilburn
Continuing on my series of common misconceptions of, about and regarding real estate and the real estate industry, let’s talk about real estate agents…
I hear this one a LOT.
It is a common misconception that all real estate agents are effectively the same. And it couldn’t be further from the truth. Let’s start with some very basic differences:
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Keep the Mystery alive… or not so much
January 13th, 2009 Categories: For Sellers, Lilburn
Many agents and sellers think that one of the ways to create interest is to give the listing an “air of mystery” by tightly controlling how much info they release… thinking less is better.
Let me tell you… that isn’t a good idea, unless there is a VERY small group of inventory. Like “potential buyer able to see everything” kind of group. Perhaps if you have a log home on Lake Lanier… there might only be a couple, but then comes the other variable… NONE of the others can be stunners.
So, there are almost no circumstances where playing Read the rest of this entry »
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Finished Basements add tremendously to a home’s value… or not
January 12th, 2009 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Lilburn
On GwinnettGarageGuy.com I recently wrote a post about price and value. My friend Cindy Jones made a comment about a home with a converted basement that reminded me about this particular misconception… (BTW, Cindy is a great agent, and while we may slightly disagree about this particular issue, I would not hesitate in the least to send her a referral.)
Her comment was indirectly about a home with a finished basement being worth more than a similar home with an unfinished basement. And while there is a little bit of truth to that… the value increase is not nearly what most sellers think.
Many sellers feel that the basement that they have finished to be perfect for them is going to Read the rest of this entry »
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Gwinnett Market Report for January, 2009
January 11th, 2009 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Lilburn
It is that time again… I gave FMLS a couple of days to see if there were any fast revisions on the sales data (there was) and now I ready to let fly with the market report covering the preliminary numbers from December and the (probably) final numbers for November. Read the rest of this entry »
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