Posts Tagged ‘Zillow’
Real Estate Brokerage Model Will Change To Accommodate Trust and Service
Real estate brokerage model will change to accommodate trust and service. Serving home buyers and sellers with trustworthy service will be a generous business for years to come. How Realtors and brokerage firms get paid will most likely change. Change is being driven by the human need for honest communication and is being facilitated by…
Read MoreHow To Sell Your House Yourself
How do you sell your house on your own? Confession (1) I can only guess, because I have never done it. I am a real estate agent, a Realtor. I have owned 4 homes. I hired someone else to sell 3 of them. Confession (2) I have not slept in a Holiday Inn Express lately.…
Read MoreWho will bust the fat greedy real estate brokers 6% Commission
Who will bust the fat greedy real estate brokers 6% commission? The commission is not set by law. All commission is negotiable. Individual real estate firms set their rate and establish the rate they will share with a co-operating brokerage. Real estate agents compete daily with DIY or For-Sale-By-Owners (FSBOs). So, it does amuse me…
Read MoreHow to Do an Open House as a Realtor or Seller
How do you hold an Open House? If you are the owner or if you are a Realtor, some similar steps apply. 1. Marketing and advertising: Gone are the days of calling the newspaper and placing one ad. The newspaper directory of Open Houses is still a decent value in Chattanooga, TN. If you are…
Read MoreFoosball, Zillow and Trulia are not of the devil
Foosball, Trulia and Zillow are not of the devil. The post title is a play on the quote from Mama in the 1998 movie “The Waterboy”. (Don’t worry if you did not catch the quote, it is one of Adam Sandler’s intellectual type flicks) {Telling on my movie taste here: if Adam Sandler or Jackie…
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