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My New CV Listing
My new listing in Carmel Valley, listed for $1,078,000, and hopefully priced attractively for today's market by realistic sellers. Open 12-3pm Sat&Sun! Nice buy in the Del Mar school district and ideal for those who prefer a low-maintenance lifestyle - the yard is...
Coming When?
Nancy tagged this listing as another example of what you can get if you're willing to leave The Golden State. It comes with the pitch we see a lot these days - 'Contact us for your private showing before this gorgeous home goes LIVE later this week'. Thanks for...
Viva Newport
It seems inevitable that all high-end real estate listings will have to include a video of yuppies toasting their success with Lambos and yachts in the background. List price here is $16,000,000+
Welcome, Incumbents
The way to sell houses is turning into a jumbo bowl of jambalaya now, and this version toes the fiduciary-duty line by gathering investor offers, instead of making cash offers themselves. Reprinted with permission from the author Mike: A Keller Williams team in...
Redfin Wants Link Back to Listing Agent
The thing that got me fired up was Glenn insisting that portals include a mandatory HTML link back to the listing agent (in fact, Redfin authored the new verbiage to be approved by N.A.R.). The current rule is that the listing agent has to be mentioned, and Redfin...
Opendoor is Deceitful
In the video below, a Las Vegas realtor compares an actual offer from Opendoor to what happened when he put the home on the open market. But it's the deceit that is note-worthy. The first number supplied by Opendoor was the average market time, which they said was 75...
Turbulence
https://twitter.com/bradInman/status/1011730002570719232 For an industry that has been stagnant and mostly unaffected by disintermediation/disruption over the last couple of decades, you get the feeling that change might be afoot now. It's asking a lot, but what we...
Full Service
Being a realtor isn't as glamorous as it looks, because somebody has to handle the little problems too. Here the buyer's agent couldn't get the door open, and called me to do something about it. Once the sale is closed, most listing agents get busy with their next...
Listing Agent’s Fiduciary Duty
In hopes of finding some legal clarity on the listing agents who practice the Coming Soons and Sold Before Processings, I came across this example at the DRE website - we see these happen regularly: The requirements of law governing the relationship between agent and...
