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New home sales in and around San Antonio Texas for information for the public and fellow real estate practitioners. Includeing single family homes, HOA, POA, horse properties, small ranches, river front, lake view, metro city, downtown, and new construction/new homes. Serving the Greater San Antonio Area including Alamo Heights, Alamo Ranch, Bandera, Boerne, Bulverde, Canyon Lake, Castorville, Dominion, Helotes, Hill Country, Hollywood Park, LaVernia, New Braunfles, Olmos Park, Shavano Park, Sonterra, Stone Oak, Terrell Hills and more.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
I almost could not believe my eyes when I received a referral request from an AR agent about 10 minutes ago that spent almost three paragraphs explaining his distaste for how we do business and how he felt he was going to control a listing that was three counties and over 3 hours from his office....
05/10/2008
You worked long and hard to prepare the proper resume and the materials to submit to the 100's of REO Asset Managers out there and then it comes....YOU JUST LANDED AN REO ACCOUNT.  Sounds like easy money doesn't it?  Not so fast my friend.  Some of these folks  are paid a whopping $10.00 an hour ...
04/29/2008
"CERTIFIED" my foot! I am sure you have all seen them or worse like many have you have paid thousands of dollars for this latest in real estate training scams.  There is no such designation or certification at the National, State, or Lender level that I can locate. Anyone can put some letters tog...
03/01/2008
Is it really a short sale or are you just another Snake Oil Salesman?   Is it just me or are you tired of under-priced listings (which BTW are against our code of ethics) that are clouding the true value of a neighborhood?  Many agents have turned to the practice of pricing a home where they know...
02/09/2008
Earlier today I placed a New Years Resolution post and got a really eye opening comment from Al Maxwell that said he thinks $3,000.00 a month in expenses is over the top.  That brought up a good second subject.  What is your true cost of doing business? As we all get prepared to do our taxes agai...
12/28/2007
HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL?  PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.Real estate as a career, what a concept.  The gurus of real estate are now saying that 20-30% of the agents currently in the business will not renew their license next year.  WHAT A SHAME.  The market is not flat it is just different....
11/16/2007
I just commented on an AR blog that compared business models by slamming their "discount" competitor.  This is a major problem in our business.  First, it may be a viloation of the Anti Trust laws regarding group boycotts.  Second, it is a violation of our code of ethics.  We are not to make fals...
11/08/2007
OK so now Auctionis the new rage in buying property. I just saw a story on the morning news cast about how many buyers are getting great deals at auctions. Well here is my personal experience from last week.  I attended an auction for some land owned by ENRON. First, the auction company had three...
11/05/2007
To the Pilot from Seattle:  Interesting that you did not give an email address for my response.  So here is my response to you and all who might log on to see it. I did not "stereotype" sellers.  I commented on sellers that do not really have a reason to sell but just want to test the water. This...
10/28/2007
HERE IS A COMMENT FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO MY POST ON TO LIST OR NOT TO LIST.  Glutting the market with overpriced product is not only unintelligent it is unprofessional.The sellers rely on us to be truthful and professional.  These are the only points I found valid in your post, but then a...
10/28/2007
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