Recently I eavesdropped on a discussion about cooperative commissions for Realtors. I wasn’t about to get involved, since it was a pretty heated discussion, but decided it would make for a very interesting blog post to say the least! Cooperative commissions for Realtors are what are the “standard”... 

3 bedroom 2 Bath House. Giant Electric Tower in the backyard. Everytime I look through listings on the MLS, I have to laugh at some of the real estate wording and phrases they use to describe a property. Sometimes they just use bad descriptive words - “adequately sized bedrooms” doesn’t... 

Something that many agents-to-be and new agents wonder is “How Do I Choose a Market?” Many will often choose a broker and office that is located near their own home, while others may decide to join an office that is farther away from their home, but has better sales prices or activity. Agents... 

Moving out, as most of us know from our own and our clients’ experiences usually isn’t an easy task. There’s a lot of work to be done - sorting through things you don’t want or need, packing boxes, and then my least favorite of them all: cleaning the house up after everything... 

As an agent, your clients expect you to return their phone calls and emails in a timely manner - in fact failing to do this can cause them to decide to work with someone else! But often enough, you’ll find yourself dealing with a client who never gets back to you in a timely manner for anything.... 

I was checking out some of these honda civic reviews and it made me wonder if someone asked me what kind of car would be best to drive as a real estate agent what my answer would be. I started my career driving a small Saturn sedan. Sure, it wasn’t flashy or nearly as nice as the BMW’s and...