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2007 

When you write an offer, do you add your own inspection and finance contingencies to protect your buyer? When you are representing the seller, do you add clauses like "Seller reserves the right to rent back the property for up to 30 days..." to protect your seller? These are a couple of examples ...
11/18/2007
In my classes and office presentations, I focus on three specific features in WINForms® that help save time and reduce the possibility of mistakes. Over the past two years, I've spoken to hundreds of agents in dozens of offices about WINForms®, yet I have only met a handful of agents who were alr...
11/18/2007
Many veteran brokers and agents have told me that the first thing they do when they receive an offer on a listing is check the DRE records of the broker and/or agent presenting the offer. You can check California DRE public license information quickly and easily through the California DRE website...
11/16/2007
Yesterday, I heard an alarming statistic.  Only a small percentage of short sales in Santa Clara County are actually closing.  We aren't talking about listings, we're talking about short sales that are in contract that keep getting extended until the property ends up being auctioned off on the co...
11/15/2007
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Despite spam filters on my email accounts, I have received several "4-1-9" scam emails this week. The "4-1-9" scam is also known as the "Nigerian Scam" because many early variations were sent by people claiming to be from Nigeria. The essence of the scam is that a large amount of wealth is being ...
11/14/2007
A couple of weeks ago at a meeting, I listened as one broker told another broker about a third broker who had moved to Arizona, gotten rid of all of her computer equipment, and "has never been happier!" This anecdote led to an impromptu discussion on the importance, and seeming inevitability, of ...
11/14/2007
When money is tight, it's easy to look at annual membership dues for NAR, C.A.R., and your local Association of REALTORS® and wonder if you are getting value for money. If that's how you feel right now, perhaps you should look more carefully at the benefits of NAR and C.A.R. membership.Did you kn...
11/12/2007
Driving around San Jose this weekend, we noticed about twice as many OPEN HOUSE signs as usual.  We counted eight signs on one corner of Lincoln and Minnesota in the heart of Willow Glen.  That was just one of four corners at that intersection.  Inventory is high for Santa Clara County, yes, but ...
11/12/2007
If you use Excel to produce CMAs and market updates, you can easily calculate average and median values using Excel's built-in average and median functions. Let's take a look at an example of how to apply those functions in your Excel spreadsheet to calculate and display median and average values...
11/12/2007
When we study real estate data to understand a large market or to prepare a CMA for a specific property, we use averages and medians to make the data easier to understand. Do you understand the difference between averages and medians? Can you explain their meaning to your clients? If you would li...
11/12/2007
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