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Find A Real Estate Agent Who Won't Rip You Off
My adventures in business of late have caused me to believe that, contrary to popular opinion, many entrepreneurs and companies are inspired to do what they do out of a passion for their customers....
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Are Hotter Real Estate Agents Better At Selling Houses?
A recent study in Applied Financial Economics explores the relationship between how beautiful an agent is and how quickly he/she sells a property and for what price. Thankfully, the econ blog Big...
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Here's Some Advice For All The Single Ladies Flooding The Housing Market
When Jeannie Douthitt quit her tech job at IBM, she had no clue what she was doing. All she knew was she needed a change, and after divorcing her husband and sending her son off to college, she saw no...
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The Great Real Estate Agent Bust
Way back in 2005, I posted a graph of "the Real Estate Agent Boom". I saw the following article, and decided to update the graph of the number of real estate licensees in California. Eric Wolff at the...
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9 Mistakes That Are Guaranteed To Blow Your Home Sale
For homeowners, selling is hard enough in today's market given the lack of interested and qualified borrowers. To make matters worse, many sellers continue to make mistakes that could cost them a...
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Everything You Should Know Before Locking In Your Mortgage Rate
Even though national mortgage rates have reached historic lows, prospective buyers should be as cautious as ever before locking in a loan for their dream home. That advice goes double for women, as...
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There Are Real Estate Brokers Out There Who Will Trade Sex For A Listing
Veteran real estate agent Adelaide Polsinelli revealed, in a racy post in The Observer yesterday morning, the lengths real estate agents will go to for an exclusive listing—and sex and bribes topped...
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Some Real Estate Agents Will Go To Crazy Extremes To Sell A House
The real estate market has never fully recovered since the economy collapsed in 2008, and after four years real estate agents are still pulling out all of their tricks to try and sell a property....
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The Top Negotiating Mistakes Everyone Makes (Including Buyers, Sellers And...
We've already explored some common missteps that sellers and buyers (and their brokers) make. Now, here are some universal mistakes that everyone makes; in other words, here's what no one should be...
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Use These 15 Smart Tactics To Win A Real Estate Bidding War
As the housing market shows signs of recovery, homebuyers are flocking to snap up deals on bargain properties across the country. That means running into competition is par for the course––and the...
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Real Estate Brokers Are Learning Mandarin To Court Wealthy Chinese Buyers
To capitalize on the market of newly wealthy Chinese buyers looking to invest in the United States real estate market, brokers are beginning to learn Mandarin to interact with clients, The New York...
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Lowballing The Price Of Your Home Won't Guarantee A Quicker Sale
It may seem logical that if you price your home low, it will sell quickly. Some real estate agents believe everyone should price low. The truth is, there are a lot of things to consider when pricing a...
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How To Buy Or Sell A Home That's Off The Market
It happens all the time. Sue hears that a friend of a friend, Bob, is looking to buy a place. Turns out, Sue is looking to sell her home. Or a guest in someone’s one-of-a-kind home tells the owners...
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Here's Why Everybody Keeps Failing At House Flipping
The Usual Diagnosis Most people would start a post on this topic by describing how people are overwhelmed with the amount of information available on learning how to flip houses. Making heads or tails...
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Here's What It Takes To Be The #1 Agent In Any Real Estate Market
For real estate agents looking to earn the coveted title of "best-selling" in their market, the strategies they should use are very different depending on where they work. In some cities, it only...
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The Hottest Real Estate Agent In The US Is Only 25 Years OId
Oren Alexander celebrated his 25th birthday by breaking the record for the most expensive home sold in Miami, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Indian Creek mansion sold for a cool $47...
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Hotshot Agent On The Secret To Selling To Billionaires
Trevor Abrahmsohn has sold houses to everyone from Ringo Starr to Saudi princes. Now he is preparing for the biggest deal of his life. Christopher Middleton takes a trip down Billionaire’s Row to learn...
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If You're Looking For Love, Become A Real Estate Agent
It's not unusual for people to find love at work. But apparently real estate agents have it the easiest. Because most real estate agents jobs are contract positions, most firms have no strict rules...
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Most Real Estate Investors Are Leaving Their Best Strategies On The Table
Of all the Purposeful Plans I’ve engineered and executed, a significant chunk were with folks who’d come to me with a pretty nice portfolio.They’d done well, many enviably so. Or did they? Remember...
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12 Reasons To Hire A Realtor Instead Of Buying A Home On Your Own
Buying a home for the first time can be overwhelming. While it may be tempting to avoid realtor fees and handle things on your own, having a professional by your side can make the process go more...
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