I keep seeing and hearing about “dirty little secrets” that real estate agents won’t tell their clients. Most of them turn out to be pretty stupid points. However, today while going through my morning routine (dead-heading, so my brain needed something to do) I thought of the dirty little secret that FSBO companies don’t tell their customers.
Category Archives: honesty
The "Dirty Little Secret" that FSBO companies won’t tell you!
- Wednesday, 25 July 2007 15:34
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Pictures are the first (and maybe Last) impression you will give a Buyer
- Wednesday, 25 July 2007 15:28
- Written by Lane Bailey
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So, don’t screw it up.
Do you feel like you should rush out and buy this house?
Customer Dis-Service, Part I
- Wednesday, 25 July 2007 15:22
- Written by Lane Bailey
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There are a few things that have my shorts in a bunch… so, here they are. Careful. They’ve been brewing for a little while.
There is a house in my subdivision that has been under contract since February… that’s right, February. It will take six months if it closes on time. This house is listed with a flat-fee company. The listed price was reasonable (I’ll be curious what it actually sold for). When it went up for sale, it was a well kept house. Of course, now it looks pretty run down. The grass was cut once or twice, and is LOADED with weeds. It is actually a fight to get to the front door.
Buying a Brand New Home… Still Need an Agent?
- Monday, 23 July 2007 19:12
- Written by Lane Bailey
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(This is a re-post of something I put in my forum last year.)
I’ve spent a large part of the day today working on behalf of a client that purchased a custom built home. While my official duties ended at closing a little over six months ago, I have continued to work with this buyer since that time to try to help ensure that the house we contracted to have built is as it should be.
This brings me to the point of today’s blog. Many times buyers that are looking at new homes don’t feel the need to have their own agent. “The nice people at the community’s office are so helpful,” etc. And, yes, they are. However,
Mercedes Doesn’t Discount…
- Sunday, 22 July 2007 12:31
- Written by Lane Bailey
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The world has changed. The question is, “What are we going to do about it?”
Wal-Mart, Target, Harbor Freight Tools, and scores of other discounters are thriving. But, is that the model that we should pursue? Is that what our customers really want? Are we headed for extinction? With all of the various avenues for information available from valuation websites to transaction advice, are buyers and sellers going to cut us out of the picture? Should they?