Jim Beitz

What fun I've had recently showing homes in the snow.  Washington Terrace, UT apparently plows one lane down the middle of their streets leaving almost no room to park anywhere near a home.  It's probably a good thing most of them have been empty, but I'm not saying I left a mess in any of them. ...

When you live in a glass house you should always be sure to throw stones.  I recently had a listing that was THE dirty house listed.  There was nothing I could do about it either.  No matter what I told the owner nothing changed.  There was no moving unused items out.  There was no major cleaning...

Ok - working through my first few transactions I've learned a ton.  I've had a client turn down a counter offer and another counter the counter.  I'm sure the questions are the same for almost every buyer - can I squeeze even a couple thousand more out of them?  Can I ask them to paint before the...

Representing your seller apparently means different things to different people.  I see the responsibility of a realtor, and the reason we get paid, to be assisting someone in representing their home in the best light to as many people as possible to get the highest offer in the shortest amount of...

I spent the majority of yesterday with clients showing homes.  One of the benefits to consumers for using a realtor is that their home is always on the market.  However - during yesterday's travels I found at lest 2 of the homes I had confirmed appointments for that were not on the market to my c...

There are currently 98 homes on the market in Roy. The asking prices range from $86,000.00 to $375,000.00. The asking price per square foot ranges from $53.85 to $140.00, with an average asking price of $92.66/square foot. (based on total square footage as reported in the multiple listing service...

There are currently 121 homes on the market in Layton.  The asking prices range from $109,900.00 to $3,600,000.00. The asking price per square foot ranges from $73.47 to $313.04, with an average asking price of $107.64/square foot. (based on total square footage as reported in the multiple listin...

There are currently 124 homes on the market in Syracuse.  The asking prices range from $168,900.00 to $889,500.00. The asking price per square foot ranges from $67.86 to $154.49, with an average asking price of $98.20/square foot. (based on total square footage as reported in the multiple listing...

As of April 6, 2007.   There are currently 60 homes on the market in Clearfield.   The asking prices range from $86,000.00 to $449,900.00. The asking price per square foot ranges from $64.17 to $161.33, with an average asking price of $95.76/square foot. (based on total square footage as reporte...

Ok - I understand the point of a blog isn't to throw out some nearly worthless statistics, numbers or some other piece of irrelevant trivia.  This should be the place where you can get to know me, my values and my expertise just a little bit better.  I'll work on that.  One blog per day?  Maybe, ...