Open Houses.

I love to go through other real estate agents' open houses. This gives me ideas I can use when I do open houses. One thing I find somewhat humorous is the idea an agent can make the sale by having snack foods, or cookies. Bad idea! Do you REALLY want the prospective Buyer going through YOUR home with cookies? How would it look if a child, let alone an adult, went through the house leaving a trail of crumbs? Will the agent walk through the home with a vacuum cleaner to sweep up all the crumbs? Not likely! So, when you list a home, and the agent wants to do an open house (good marketing tool), tell the agent you do NOT want any snack food given out to the prospective Buyer(s), unless the agent is willing to vacuum up the mess left behind!

Just "food for thought"!

I love advertising.

Many claims are made by agents saying they can "sell" your home in 90 days, or less. Really? How can one make this claim? What about all those listings the agent takes that do not sell within the 90 day period? Will his real estate broker buy the homes? Will he buy the homes? I really would love to know! My friend keeps asking me when I am going to make the same claim. "Doug literally sold my home in just one day! Thanks, Doug"! Well, I would love to sell someone's home in one day. However, after all is said and done (unless it was a "Quick Claim"), there is no way a home can sell in one day.

I started a new blog because my old was was messed up!

Ok, here we go with part 2 of the blogworld! Let's hope this one works!!!