Andy Elliott’s Real Estate Blog

Posted by Team Leader Andy Elliott You know what you want but has anybody ever asked you to share it with them?  Here's your chance to be heard... What is the most important thing that you want from your Realtor? Why do you use a Realtor as opposed to just going it alone? What do you believe is a...

This blog is Posted by Team Leader Andy Elliott Multi-tasking is not focus.  I saw this statement on the big board in Gary Keller's office when we went to Texas a couple years ago.  Gary is the co-founder of Keller Williams so when someone who has achieved such high success puts something on thei...

Posted By Team Leader - Andy Elliott I am in Colorado right taking a KW Course on coaching and they held a surprise event last night that taught us how to break boards.  I just woke up this morning and I am a little choked up about the things that I learned in this class, so now I'm sharing it wi...

Thi8s Blog was Posted by Team Leader - Andy Elliott Regardless of the market we have all been through high and low points in our personal sales cycles and during those low times we are forced to develop strategies to get motivated and stay in the game.  Despite what you may hear on the news many ...

Did you know that over 80% of buyers use a real estate agent to buy there home? That’s a pretty high number and it should be a real red flag to anyone who is thinking about trying for sale by owner. How can they possibly sell their home for the most amount of money when they are missing a huge po...

With everything you've heard in the debates and everything that is going on in the market we thought this was worth passing on. With everyone scared about the financial and real estate markets what are two of the wealthiest and most successful investors saying?? The first two links will tell you ...

If you are moving up in price to your next home then waiting to make that move may cost you thousands of dollars! Here's How:Perhaps you want to sell your home and move up to a larger home and you are considering waiting until the market "improves" so that you can get more money for you home. Eve...

You've probably heard the old saying " if you can't beat them join them."  Well if you are planning on selling your home than this timeless saying will be of special interest to you again.  The days of competing against other home owners to sell your home are rapidly becoming the glory days of ye...

So you've heard all of the news reports about bank owned homes, foreclosures, and maybe you've even heard of short sales.  Great!  Now the question is do you know what they mean and do you know how they affect you as the home buyer or seller? Let's start with a timeline.  When a seller that does ...

Well it is time to saddle up on the repo horse and learn to ride.  It is becoming increasingly clear that it will be difficult to call yourself a real estate professional without intimate knowledge of the foreclosure, bank repo, and short sale markets.I recently took a client out to look at home ...