Real Estate Opinion

[youtube go4b7RWFBfE] Just came across this YouTube video of a news cast about a mortgage broker who was sold bogus leads from an on-line lead generation company. Lead generation might be one of the dirty little secrets of real estate and home finance. Or, depending on your opinion, it might be just another way of [...]

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A few weeks ago another Realtor in the Birmingham MI real estate market referred to me derogatorily as a “blogger”, somehow implying that blogging is not something that a real estate agent does to sell homes. Oh, how wrong he is. And I am OK that he does not know better. Another victim of “Old [...]

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… Linda Chabucos Gallow, a Realtor in Gainesville, Wisconsin. Gallow’s clients discovered the body of the homeowner in bed, where it had apparently laid, peacefully I presume, for two weeks. That clearly trumps my recent peeing dog story. Congratulations to Linda for winning the award that no other Realtor wanted. My Scream is by Fran-cis-ca [...]

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I’ve repeatedly jumped up on my soap box about the importance of listing photos. I like to take LOTS of them so that I can chose my favorites to display on our various web sites and the MLS. Sotheby’s General Manager recently observed that I have as many as 200 photos for a listing. In [...]

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10. Try to sell “By Owner.” Sorry, I am not just saying this because my livelihood is in selling homes. If you want to sell your home, you need to be where the buyers are. Since about 90% of sales in Metro Detroit involve real estate agents, that is clearly where the buyers are. Additionally, [...]

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Just received news (not good news) from Lansing that the proposed moratorium on the pop up tax is not likely to come to be this year. We were looking at it as a short term stimulus for the housing market and were optimistic that it would have helped to motivate home buyers over the coming [...]

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Today we welcome a new contributor, Robert Hintzke of Woodward Appraisal Group. We are glad to have his unique perspective here on miOaklandCounty.com. Today’s real estate market in Southeast Michigan is one of fear and apprehension for sellers but I’m here to tell you that there is light at the end of the tunnel. There [...]

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Last week Larry Ruehlen from the West Bloomfield Observer-Eccentric called me to chat about the proposed moratorium on the pop-up tax, which, if passed, should help to stimulate sales of existing homes. My conversation with Larry made me think about some of the aspects of how this legislation will impact the way I sell real [...]

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Mortgage Guru Ken Mascia from Oxford Financial is back today with a message to buyers who are sitting on the fence in South East Michigan. Real Estate Market improving?? If you listen to the doom and gloom crew you’d never know it! I have read so many articles in the last few months that exclaim [...]

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I guess I am an undercover Realtor cowgirl. If I can, I will cast out my lasso and rope a buyer for my home sellers. No, not literally, though I confess I have been tempted. The cowgirl analogy sounds funny for a Realtor who works in the upscale suburbs of Metro Detroit, I know. Yesterday [...]

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The schools are closed here in Birmingham today, so I’ve been doing fun things with my 3 year old like making bluish-green raspberry oatmeal for breakfast. She is in a colored food phase. The color theme continues, as I am tickled pink right now. See photo below for proof. Larry Cragun of Real Estate Undressed [...]

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