From sfgate.com: http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/SF-home-buying-insanity-means-paying-1-6347687.php Bravo’s reality show “Million Dollar Listing San Francisco” debuts July 8, but I already have an idea for a spinoff — “Million Dollar Over...
Bidding Wars
Seller Demands
This article lays out the basic 12 tips for homebuyers to use when preparing to buy a home: http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2015/04/13/12-tips-for-spring-homebuying-in-a-sellers-market The local market has been very competitive lately, with...
Easier To Go Up Than Down
This is another installment in my quest to change how homes are sold. In Australia, 98% of the homes are sold by auction. The guy who was the main auctioneer for Harcourts sold over 6,000 homes there by auction, and has since come to America. They are offering an...
Auction Buyer Premium
Here are some of the details about those RSF auctions you don't find online:
Let The Buyers Decide It
Not mentioned here - a bidding war is the fairest way to select the buyer. Home sellers should read this carefully - this is not an April's Fools joke! I offer this service at a discounted rate, and have a long track record of selling homes for retail-plus prices...
Bidding-War Registration
At least somebody is doing something - hat tip to swm: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/balance-sheet/new-ontario-housing-rules-to-take-some-of-the-181354074.html Stop me if this sounds familiar: You scour MLS for the semi that will rescue you from a life in a...
Solana Beach Bidding War
Here I describe some of the details of how the sale went down on Glenmont in Solana Beach, which listed for $1,499,000 on January 8th. Not every agent operates this way - many will just grab a cash offer and go for the easy close. But I prefer to go all out:...
Bidding Wars/Auctions
We are shambling our way towards using an auction format to sell houses, but then again I was the idiot who thought we'd have video tours of every listing by now! From the WaPo:...
Market Experiences
One week into the selling season....how's it going? With our spectacular weather and both Tiger and Phil out of the golf tournament, the streets were flooded with home lookers this weekend. A few experiences so far: 1. An agent selling his own house gets seven...
Bidding Wars – Buyer Side
What can you do for buyers when a bidding war erupts?