chrisgriffith on September 28th, 2011

Save The Drama For Your Mama There’s no crying in real estate. At least there really shouldn’t be. Typically, all parties involved in the transaction have a common goal for real estate to change hands so what is it that makes it all go haywire? So there everyone is, minding their own business when “exhibit [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 25th, 2011

The Vague Verbal Real Estate Offer It’s only the last week of May and the first verbal offer from an absentee buyer has been phoned in. The calls generally go like this, “I’m so-and-so with Super Happy Fun Slide Brokerage, Inc. and I have a buyer who would like to offer $XYZ for your Doe [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 2nd, 2011

Why Listing Office Accompany Sucks For Buyers Ladies and gentlemen, we have an interesting question from the home buyer gallery today. Question: What’s the deal with listing office accompany? What is the point of the listing agent holding the listing hostage or me, the buyer, to their time schedule? Explanation: Home owners have the right [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 26th, 2011

Keys to a Successful Short Sale  There have been several calls and emails from home owners who are either are struggling through the short sale process or wondering what it really takes to negotiate a short sale. From the outside looking in, they some like hostages to transactions going nowhere so I thought I’d just [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 5th, 2010

Weird things inside of homes for sale in Southwest Florida.

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chrisgriffith on April 27th, 2010

What Sets Real Estate Buyers Apart? What compels a seller to accept one offer over another besides dollars and cents? Putting aside the black and white aspect of a business decision based solely on numbers, image that you’re in a position where the offer you are placing on a home finds competition. We’ve had a [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 26th, 2009

Maybe You Should Test The System There’s currently a fair sized pile of printed out property reports on my desk that have been marked up and highlighted from last weeks showings. Almost thirty percent of them have a big black slash across the page. The agents who were supposed to be marketing the properties were [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 17th, 2009

Motivation: Selling Is The Ultimate Goal One of the most common questions you’ll hear while a real estate discussion is going on is; how motivated is the seller? Given the climate of the current real estate market it would seem that most sellers would be motivated. In reality, the ad running for their property may [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 3rd, 2009

Sellers of real estate becoming angry at buyers because the real estate market is in a slump.

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chrisgriffith on August 20th, 2008

Come Any Closer & I’ll Jump! This is a thankless job.  There are times when it is fun to sell real estate and there are times when it would be more fun to have my fingers crushed in a door.  There are things that real estate agents do that is such hard work.  Well, some [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 7th, 2008

If you need to prepare your Bonita Springs Home for sale use these useful tips to tidy up while using Feng Shui. Bonita Springs Feng Shui experts recommend following these guidelines: 1. Bedroom stimuli. Placing too many stimulating items in the bedroom, such as electronics and books keeps your bedroom from being a restful location. [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 23rd, 2008

Increase the chance of selling your Bonita Springs house faster following a few good guidelines. 5 Tips For Seller’s In A Buyers Market 1. Plan your work and work your plan. Be prepared to sell your home and price it accordingly. Not the price the neighbor got for theirs last year, not the price you [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 3rd, 2008

Selling Bonita Springs Real Estate Sometimes I get to help people. I mean the good kind of help, as in they’re so overwhelmed and worried that it’s hard for them to make a move. They just want someone to help and someone to trust. To have a listing appointment last more than an hour-ish is [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 23rd, 2008

Keep Quiet, Keep to Yourself, Keep Out During Showings Selling your Bonita Springs home is a business or at least you should approach it that way. The goods and services you offer to buyers, as a Florida home owner is the home itself, your neighborhood amenities and any incentives you would offer to a buyer [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 20th, 2008

Just Because You Don’t Like it Doesn’t Mean it’s Not True Bad news stinks.  Nobody likes to hear it and nobody likes to read it.  It is with great regret that I have to bring bad news to home owners that have decided to sell their home and haven’t come to the realization that they [...]

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