The Ramblings of a Baltimore Area Realtor

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Real Estate Agent - Coldwell Banker Realty - MD RE License 579412
Why Baltimore? Home buying and selling tips and advice for the Baltimore area Real Estate market. Things to see and do in the Baltimore area.

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2007 

•1.                 How long have you been in Real Estate full time?•2.                 Do you personally answer all phone calls on your listings?•3.                 Can we cancel the listing if we're not happy?  Can we cancel our buyer's agency agreement if we are not happy?•4.                 D...
06/10/2007
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For most of the week last week I felt very overwhelmed with the amount of things I thought I needed to accomplish to the point where I was almost crippled to non-performance by what I felt was too much to do.  How many of you have felt that way?  Many, I bet.  I know I need to create lists of thi...
06/10/2007
I have been involved in the real estate industry for over 20 years and I have seen a lot of changes. Up until a few years ago I would have said that the introduction of Buyer's Agency was probably the biggest single change I had seen.  I thought it was a good thing since buyer's really did need r...
06/08/2007
The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from my friends and family. How many of us have that printed on the back of our business card, on our stationary, on our tag lines?  Do you receive many referrals from that?  I didn't think so.  Me either.  Do you know how to ask for a referral?  ...
06/06/2007
I have had one of the worst experiences in professionalism in our industry recently.  And, I can't help but wonder how wide spread this is given our reputation of being just slightly better than used car salesmen.I have been working on this transaction since the beginning of April and it was supp...
06/06/2007
I can't help but wonder what other agent, owner, managers think about as they drift off to sleep or what they think about that keeps them from their dreams.In a changing market there is so much that can impact the success of an office.  Buyer's are taking longer to decide which home they are goin...
06/05/2007
I've been busy preparing myself for interviews later this week.  I am interviewing 3 new agents this week and hopefully they will decide that I will be the perfect Manager for them and my company will be the perfect fit for them.  But will they be the perfect fit for me and my office?Here are som...
06/04/2007
Figuring out the right price for your home is a difficult task. If you set too high a price and your home may sit on the market for a long time and not get any showings - too low and you may get thousands less than you could have.Use Your Resources - Your Agent!What you need on your team is someo...
06/04/2007
Why do I need a Buyer's Agent? Help you identify what your needs are in a homeHelp you get preapproved for financingHelp you become familiar with neighborhoods, screen properties before you go to look at them to be sure they meet your needsWrite your contract and present it to the listing agentTh...
06/03/2007
The Changing Face of Real Estate FinancingFHA, FHA 203B, FHA 203K, CDA, LNYW, LNYW+, MMP, VA, Community Communitment, My Community and the list goes on and on.  How do you keep them all straight? The real estate industry has been changing over the last few months.  Listings are staying on the mar...
06/02/2007
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