I got an email this morning from Obeo, the provider of my virtual tours.  It was the results from a survey they commissioned about home buying habits for internet users (there were a few people that weren’t internet consumers).

Here is part of the press release:

Over on Active Rain, there was a post about an agent holding a listing for a year.  The seller was cool with it, because he really only wants to move if he gets “his price.”  After being on the market constantly for over a year… there were no offers.  None.  Very few showings.
What does that [...]

Generally, when a real estate agent gets a listing, they will tell you that they are going to get the listing information back to the office and get it uploaded right away… and they say it with such enthusiasm.  “I’ll get this into the system RIGHT AWAY, so we can start marketing your house.”

But I’m [...]

Just ask my wife.  And I have a LOT of tools… again, feel free to ask my wife.

I have a wide variety.  Welder, Plasma Cutter, Bandsaw, air tools and compressor, hand tools… LOADS of tools.  In fact, the biggest issue I face with my tools is organized tool storage.  And that is a whole different [...]

… the August Market Report (covering July preliminary numbers and June final numbers) is up as well.

I will probably modify it a little more, but the main things are in place.  FMLS doesn’t get numbers out until a few days into the months, but they are out and so I have had a chance to [...]

Active Rain, a real estate agent centered community that I blog on, is having a contest for agent promotional videos. The contest has pushed me to do something that I have been resisting… make a video.

Here it is.

I certainly intend to make more. I’ve been wanting to alter my Gwinnett County Market Reports [...]

First, here is a video…

The Thrashers played the Caps tonight. The Caps jumped out to an early lead, but the Thrashers came back to score 3 unanswered goals. Going into the 3rd period, the Thrashers had played great hockey, and controlled the game. They had a 3 - 1 lead, and looked [...]

I have just put up a survey for sellers that have had their listing expire. I want to know why you, as a seller, think your home didn’t sell.

If you are in the Gwinnett County or surrounding area, and you are a seller that has had a listing expire, I’d love for you to [...]

We all know the old saying…  If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.  But really… is that how we need to approach things? 

I don’t think so.  I think that we (that’s spelled M-E) need to look over our systems and their implementation from time to time.  While it is fun for the Jeep, it is [...]

That is the goal if you are a seller.

Yesterday, in the REALTOR®  Magazine Daily Briefing there was a short report on the findings of a story in Baltimore.  It seems that getting a house to sell fast in even a tough market (and Baltimore is a tough market) takes the same things it does at [...]