The most popular characteristics that today’s buyers want in a home.
‘Perfect-House’ Characteristics
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Why You Should Hire Jim as your Buyer’s Agent
Offering Too Low
Part of a realtor's job is to help manage expectations - not only those of their own clients, but expectations of the other agents and their clients too. Recently I received an offer on a listing that was 25% under the list price. They also wanted my seller to carry...
Buying A House From Video
Here's a conversation with one of my favorite clients of all-time - an out-of-state buyer who just bought a house literally by video, and avoided the usual major inconveniences!
Results from Bidding-War Video
The only thing harder than getting a listing is helping buyers win a house. Last week I mentioned how there still isn't any uniform process to sell a residential resale home - it is the wild wild west! Even when a listing agent tells you what they are going to do to...
Check the Master Bath
From January, 2016: Anyone who has looked at homes lately can attest to the surprising conditions in which people live. The lack of maintenance transcends all price points too. But it’s nothing money won’t fix. Buyers should surrender early on……and expect to spend at...
Video Tour for My Buyers
Here's another video shot for an out-of-town buyer. This would be a sought-after listing today - it sold for $1,475,000 in July, 2015:
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Buyer Previews
An example of how I help out-of-town buyers preview a house - this sold for $1,850,000 in October:
Bidding-War Report
I am fortunate and grateful to have a group of home buyers willing to make offers during the off-season. To give you a feel of what to expect ahead, here are the results of offers made since December 18th: Purchase-offers submitted: 11 Bidding wars: 9 Bidding wars...
Ridic
I had a buyer refer to our market as 'ridic', and the point is painfully obviously to anyone who has been looking to purchase a new home for months or years - the pricing seems to get more ridiculous every day. Today's goal is to buy the least-ridiculously-priced...
