Lorraine and Loretta's Real Estate Auction Blog

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Services for Real Estate Pros - Crescent Moon Realty, Inc. & Land N Sea Auctions.
Auctions styles, Marketing time reduced with auctions. Helpful ideas for fellow agents for selling homes. Selling homes traditional style, and the effort that as a agent one uses to sell. Staying positive when the market is not doing well.

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2008 

  Every sales person goes through a slow period, don't let a few lost sales get you down. Here are some suggestions on how to get back on track fast.   •1.  Don't waste time feeling sorry for yourself. Even if your slump is caused by factors you can't control, such as a downturn in the real estat...
05/30/2008
It is becoming a common theme with some sellers that are facing foreclosure not to care any longer and just let the home go into foreclosure. It seems these sellers are facing obstacles that they think are too insurmountable to handle. It is heart wrenching when you discuss the ramification with ...
05/29/2008
What would life be like if we did not have an email account? I recall the first time that I got my email account back in those days I did not have many acquaintances that had email --- so when I found someone that did have an account I was elated with the fact that I could email that person, and ...
05/29/2008
The subject is Designations. How essential are they? I have started to investigate the relevance designations place in a REALTOR®  life. Which brings up several questions that I have.  •1.   How beneficial are those designations that we as agents seek? •2.   Have these designations made the agent...
05/26/2008
Detached Homes in Zip Code 92078.  New Listings 78 Average List Price $591,398 Listing Sold 37 Average Sales Price $534,040 Homes are selling for 90% of the list price Average days on market are 83. Months of Inventory are 4.   Detached Homes in Zip Code 92069.  New Listings 65 Average List Price...
05/25/2008
I attended Mike's Management Retreat here in Irvine, California on 5/19-21. He sponsors a once a year retreat for brokers and managers to attend for three days.  After three days, I walked away with the following: •·       This market is going to be like this for another two years. Turn around st...
05/23/2008
The city unnveiled plans to revamp several blocks of Mission Avenue west of the civic complex at the Richmar Specific Plan Workshop on May 6.  For several years the City Hall area of downtown has been an incongruous island of development surrounded by old and uncoordinated properties. The project...
05/23/2008
In the last several weeks I have interviewed agents that wish to leave their brokerage not because of the commission split, or other perks that they could be seeking, but because of the favoritism that is being show to certain agents in their brokerage. It's a reason that I had not considered cou...
05/13/2008
Lately my telephone has been ringing off the hook, with sellers and real estate agents calling about selling their home and listings auction style. Without a doubt there is a common recurring theme that I hear from the seller as well as agents seeking to get their home or listings sold. So, I wou...
05/03/2008