Hashbarger says....

Not that long ago we could show HUD properties and know what to expect.  Those days are gone. Now that HUD is changing the marketing channel they put some properties on Bidselect and some on HudHomestore.  The commission rate is 2% more on Bidselect but we undertand eventually all the HUD propert...

Our Springfield / Branson market is booming and I'm ever thankful. Even so, Buyers who would have looked at 10 houses 2 years ago now have to look at over 50 and still wonder if something better is out there. When a buyer won't talk to lenders they don't get in my car. If we go out 2 or 3 times a...

Our Springfield / Branson market is booming and I'm ever thankful.  Even so, Buyers who would have looked at 10 houses 2 years ago now have to look at over 50 and still wonder if something better is out there. Once we accept that the days of showing 10 properties and writing a contract are over l...

I have an out of area client with an attitude because they didn't get what they wanted for the property they sold. On the other hand prices in our area have been static but have not fallen so our sellers aren't taking the big hit.. So now it's my job to make someone here go below market just beca...

I have an out of area client with an attitude because they didn't get what they wanted for the property they sold. On the other hand prices in our area have been static but have not fallen so our sellers aren't taking the big hit..  So now it's my job to make someone here go below market just bec...

Interest rates fall and refis (not sales) rise.  When we complain we hear "it would have been worse if we hadn't done it". I'm picturing a 6th grader with horn rimmed glasses doing a science project making a scale model of our solar system. Let's try putting Jupiter where Pluto is maybe that will...

Interest rates fall and refis (not sales) rise.  When we complain we hear "it would have been worse if we hadn't done it". I'm picturing a 6th grader with horn rimmed glasses doing a science project making a scale model of our solar system. Let's try putting Jupiter where Pluto is maybe that will...

If I thought about how many times I've heard this I'd have a migraine.  Like many things it sounds good on the surface but has hidden defects.  When my buyers tell me they need to list and sell first I recommend a listing consultation at their home.  At that point I find out the family has a frie...

Let's hope they don't "help" us anymore.   First they pull May and June sales into April then wonder why May and June sales were down.  Our market in Springfield / Branson MO is ebullient despite the press and we're working hard to keep it that way. We have new infrastructure going in all over to...

Let's hope they don't "help" us anymore.   First they pull May and June sales into April then wonder why May and June sales were down.  Our market in Springfield / Branson MO is ebullient despite the press and we're working hard to keep it that way. We have new infrastructure going in all over to...