BBG GETS HEARTWARMING LISTING BBG's own Harvey Blankfeld recently managed to secure a listing with a heartwarming story behind it. In this photo, Harvey is holding several of his farming postcards he sends to this listing's community. An elderly woman saved those marketing postcards for years. She told her son that should anything happen to her and she needed to sell her home to please contact Continue Reading
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Kudos to Our Preferred Partners
John Ingram of New American Funding just closed a loan for a longtime client of mine in record time.... AND with a contingency on the sale of his current home AND a transfer of funds from one escrow to the other! New American funded the loan almost simultaneously once our first buyer's loan had funded! This allowed both transactions to close by 1 PM on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The Continue Reading
ANOTHER BIG NUMBER- AN ASKING PRICE THAT IS TOO HIGH!
My background prior to my 25 year real estate career was in the field of education. I was always going to be a teacher and got my degree in French from the University of Nevada, Reno. When I got into real estate in 1986, I was told teachers were generally successful in this field and it made sense to me. Buying or selling a house is an educational process. The terminology and the processes are Continue Reading
THE BIG NUMBER….THE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
Recently, I placed a home on the market for a 65 year old single man who is about to retire. I have known him for over 20 years but only represented him once in a real estate transaction. He was the buyer so the home seller paid the real estate commission in that transaction. However, he has bought and sold many properties over the years. I checked on the sales prices in his neighborhood and Continue Reading
Learning better ways to serve our clients in Toronto
LEARNING BETTER WAYS TO SERVE OUR CLIENTS IN TORONTO I'm in Toronto at the Summit Conference for Prudential Real Estate. I'm here with some of the very best real estate agents from around North America. We are sharing and learning about great ways to market our listings through a variety of online options. Social media is a big part of the future of real estate sales. We are seeing effective Continue Reading
Las Vegas Real Estate Market Update April 2012
LAS VEGAS REAL ESTATE MARKET UPDATE APRIL 2012 Have you ever heard the saying "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute." Well, that applies to our real estate market too. The most recent development surrounds our current inventory. As of this moment we have 5,474 single family homes available in our entire multiple list. We have 13,113 single family homes in escrow. We have closed 3,195 Continue Reading