A wrap-up on the Sunday traffic, plus a look at the only other house listed for sale south of the 56 in the prime Del Mar school district near my price - the others are at least $100,000+ higher. The last clip is a sample of the drone guys doing the interior:
Listing Agent Practices
Professional Video
Here's the drone video - what do you think?
Carmel Valley Comp
This 2,259sf house closed for $1,197,000 on March 15th, which was $12,000 over list price. The interesting part was when I went downstairs, there were buyers peppering the listing agent about making an offer on the spot - but the eventual buyers were represented by an...
Get Good Help
They had the big meet-up in the desert - where a 'cohort of startup entrepreneurs; disruptive company founders; top-producing practitioners; owners of brokerages big and small; coaches; executives across new and old franchisors; MLS and association leaders; big data...
How Buyers And Sellers Get Screwed
Another reason for the industry to commit to full transparency and the auction method of selling homes - our Code of Ethics doesn't help much: Q: I submitted an offer for a buyer client that was near the full listing price and asked the listing broker if any other...
‘Coming Soon’ Update
Zillow started their 'Coming Soon' feature in the summer of 2014, so by now the gimmick is maturing. Agents have worked every angle of it, and consumers have seen it all too. Everybody comes to their own conclusions. Here's how one consumer described it to me...
Buyers React Immediately
We've been on the MLS for about 24 hours, and we've already had 600+ views and 14 saves of the new listing on Zillow. Homes that are presented well, are attractively priced, and whose urgency wasn't wasted on a Coming-Soon campaign get the maximum attention from...
High-Balling
When homeowners interview more than one realtor for the job of selling their home, how do they select a winner? In almost every case, they pick the agent who quotes them the highest price. It's irresistible for those who aren't that comfortable, and want to make a...
Selling Strategies That Can Backfire
Good tips from realtor.com: When you're selling your home, you might imagine you hold all the cards. And you do—sort of. But it's easy to become overconfident in a seller's market. If you don't do a reality check, pronto, you could end up sabotaging your sale. So...
Treehouse Vibe
It's only money! LINK San Francisco's housing market is so out of control, the new owners of a cavernous hillside home in the city offered nearly $1 million over asking in order to pre-empt a bidding war. 1 Miguel Street went into contract after just two days on the...