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    I was asked by this seller                                                                           to sell his property for a very very very low listing commission. He justified the low commission by saying that the Buyers Agent did more work and spent more money than the listing agent beca...
06/18/2011
The phone is ringing off the hook! I answered the phone yesterday laughing. The broker at the other end said “You seem to be having a lot of fun at your office". I was! I was laughing because every time I put the phone down it would ring again. My assistant Karen was waiting for me to get off the...
06/09/2011
I am sitting on an airplane writing this blog. Real estate follows me everywhere! I am listening to two men next to me talking about purchasing real estate. They are both moving to other states. Ironic! I admit I have been eavesdropping. They have been talking about their buying experience and th...
05/19/2011
Palisade is bursting out all over. I am so happy to see green globe willows and cherry blossoms and especially the Peach blossoms! The Grand Valley is an agri-cultural area. We have producing wineries, peach, cherry, apricot, pear and apple orchards. We also have a University, Jr. College, Sympho...
05/09/2011
I love all tech!. I have a new toy for my website www.AskforEllizabeth.com In addition to having a web-page where you can search by price I now have a MLS Search that allows you to create and save your own searches. You can save you favorites to a folder. You can track the market. I want my clien...
05/03/2011
Getting homes sold is the same as always. A house priced to sell, staged to sell and marketed to sell... will sell! I have been turning down listings lately. When a seller tells me that there house is worth more than the neighbors because it has this and that and yada yada my eyes roll.You are a ...
03/06/2011
What is causing this spike in Real Estate. Is the economy recovering and the market expanding? Real Estate is a commodity. It can be bought, sold, leveraged and traded. Commodity prices are  based on many variables. Price, availability, supply, demand, the ability to trade and and the ability to ...
12/04/2009
This is my backyard. We are in a boom! Fear is preventing buyers from buying....but the fear is also makin g sellers scared also. Now ia the time to BUY BUY BUY                                   The Colorado Gold Oil Rush In 2006, it was revealed that lying 1000 feet under the surface of Colorado...
10/24/2008
Have your heard this saying before? The only thing to fear is fear itself.  I'm sure you have. I have some clothing with the logo NO FEAR. I am in the no fear camp. I have some experience behind my belt and believe in the Bob Marley song that says "Don't worry bout a thing....cause.... every litt...
10/24/2008
The foreclosure process is slow in a normal business climate. Foreclosures all over the nation are inundating the banking system and bogging down the process. Banks are under staffed. Personnel have more files than they have time. Loss mitigation departments can't respond to the home owner in tro...
10/22/2008
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