Home Selling

Why Property Listing Photos Is a Team Effort

By Noel Palmieri 2015-10-27 08:40

As they say “A picture is worth a thousand words” and you want those words to be “I want to BUY that house”. Or, at the very least, “I’d like my agent to show me that house”. The photo’s get em in or the photos keep em away.

Does Your Office Have a Protected Marketing Neighborhood for Agents?

By Greg Nino 2015-10-26 13:19

I can't even imagine the office rule of having protected marketing areas for real estate agents.

When is The Right Time to Get Rid of The Listing

By Jeffrey Stevens 2015-10-23 21:10

Let me preface by saying, this is indeed a rant about a listing that I truly can not wait to be rid of. For the past five months I've had a listing in a great area of town. One of the areas in town. Normally a home there is worth considerably more per square foot than in surrounding subdivisions.

What Existing Home Sales in September Show Us About Housing Market Recovery

By Armen Hareyan G+ 2015-10-23 11:03

Sales of previously owned US homes (existing home sales) rose 4.7% in September and stood at an annual pace of 5.55 million units, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported Thursday.

Limiting Where A Realtor Can Practice Real Estate

By Greg Nino 2015-10-22 10:40

Texas is roughly 268,820 square miles. If I were to get in my car right now and drive to El Paso it would take me just over 10 hours. The 743 mile drive would be exhausting. To be fair, I know absolutely nothing about real estate in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio or El Paso. I have also never sold anything in Paris or Moscow, Texas.

Should Your MLS Get In The Business of Selling Leads?

By Greg Nino 2015-10-22 08:58

Imagine buying leads from your MLS versus from Zillow or any other lead generation website. The third party blood suckers would be none too pleased. In Texas sold data is not made public, so the information on Zillow is even less reliable. But that doesn't stop local agents from buying.

Why Some Real Estate Offices Are Not Interested In Selling Homes

By Greg Nino 2015-10-21 21:01

Greg Nino Real Estate Agent in Houston Texas

It's no secret that if you want to make "a lot of money" in the real estate world you need to find a way to make money off of Realtors. Throughout the HAR (Houston Association of Realtors) system we have a membership of about 28,000. Like in any other industry, the top 10% do most of the business. To the public it can be confusing when it comes to "picking an agent."