Brett's Blog

  From everything I have seen and experienced lately, location, location, location is no longer what it is all about.  Buyers are willing to fore-go on "one of a kind views" and "views to die for" if the seller is not playing by todays rules.  What are todays rules?  From what I can see the rules...

Yesterday I posted 4 months worth of statistics on the Fountain Hills housing market.  I was wondering if anyone in the Scottsdale, Mesa, or phoenix area had any similar data to share.  I thought that seeing as these cities are bigger someone might have data by zip codes that they are keeping a c...

Below you will see the housing stats for the last 4 months.  Pleas take notice of the 4 following items:The number of homes on the market has increased for the 3rd straight month.The number of new listings increased again last month.The number of price reductions has increased for 4 months in a r...

Good afternoon all, I am thinking of using a seminar as a basis for finding and working with new listings and people who are considering re-listing their homes.  I have investigated the cost of a conference room and advertising ( I figured I should start 3 weeks before the event).  I have not loo...

  I am trying to help an agent in my office move a luxury property that he is involved in, but I am unsure how to go about that on AR while maintaining the proper blogging etiquette.  Could a few of you more experienced AR bloggers help me out here?  Any and all help appreciated.   

My wife read me an article from a magazine she was reading this morning about how much water a bathroom faucet is allow to put out per minute.  I say allowed because the government is involved and has regulations regarding the amount of water a faucet can use, and a toilet for that matter.  I per...

  I held a house open today for another agent in my office.  I do this quite often and I appreciate the opportunity to hold other agents listings open.  Anyway today was Interesting.  I had 6 sets of people/couples come in and view the home.  Normally I would consider this a very good day, but I ...

Someone help me here because I just don't get it!  I understand that we all want and need to make a living, which makes this even harder to grasp.  I am talking about agents that "collect" listing.  I know there is a value in having you name out there on the streets, but what does it say about yo...