Chris Webster's (myrtlebeachpropertyguy) Blog

  I got a call from a nice young man yesterday afternoon. He was here from out of town for the weekend and had found a house on the Internet and wanted to see it right away. The problem was, my business partner and I were already scheduled out for the day and we were physically unable to set asid...

      Why do I blog? Here is one good reason why.      Many non-believers of Active Rain still ask me why do I blog? People think blogging especially on Active Rain is a waste of time of time. Why will I want to blog on Active Rain when I can be out prospecting trying to generate some Real Estate...

I just started Tracking my Marketing, Do you? Well? As Realtors we all work hard posting out homes on ActiveRain, craigslist, backpage, kiji, and more... I have been tracking what my marketing is doing for me and here is what I have, Now understand i just started tracking, and I ma not tracking i...

Sometimes, making an improvement to your home could actually hurt you when you try to sell it.  Here are the top 10 home improvements that can make your home harder to sell:  1. Kitchen Renovation. Any renovation of a kitchen that is too taste-specific or extreme in design. For example, a kitchen...

Several years ago, my clients and I viewed a home in an upper middle class neighbourhood that they fell in love with. The house needed some work, in particular the kitchen, but my client was in the kitchen renovation business!!  When we went into the basement, I immediately noticed that the floor...

I was setting appointments this morning for showings I will be doing tomorrow in the nearby suburb of La Grange Illinois... My appointments were lining up perfectly.  The showings were set between 10 AM and 11 AM, and I had only one more appointment to make... On my last call, I was told another ...

You'll know you're an Activerain celebrity when... One of your posts is featured for the very first time.  That assumes, of course, that you even know what a featured post is or that you've been featured... I was so clueless, I didn't have any idea. Your original post or photo is plagiarized on a...

My first-time Los Angeles home buyers just closed on their dream home in Studio City.The listing agent and myself went over on the afternoon of closing to make sure everything was clean.  The sellers were a couple in the middle of a divorce with a small child.  The wife and child had remained in ...

I Did It! I Am Number One on Google. Last week I wrote a post about being number two on Google and only having Homes.com to conquer. This weekend I had no clients. I finally had time to get some yard work and mulching done. I checked emails with my IPhone which I always carry in case I am needed ...

Sometimes a picture is indeed worth a thousand words and STICKS in your craw. Life Is A Squeezed Tube Of Toothpaste And Why You Need To Know It. It refers to in negotiation, it refers to in thinking before you speak, it refers to watching before you open that new door, it refers to every secret i...