real estate advice
December 20, 2018
You’d be hard pressed to find, especially these days, a company that does not have a website. If you don’t have a website, well, you are really placing your business in a tiny pigeonhole. You need to provide a website that represents who you are […]
December 2, 2018
Who Pays the Real Estate Agents Commission The truth about real estate commissions. Many buyers, buyer agents say to their buyer’s agent what am I paying you for, right? What am I paying you for, what are you doing for me, right? Let’s just break […]
May 22, 2018
That’s a good question! You want to purchase a home that will give you a good resell value later on. To do this, look at the type of home you’re planning to purchase that may be attractive to future buyers. When you’re looking to purchase […]
May 8, 2018
Real estate is changing hands in ways that make headlines. Whether you’re a buyer or seller, here are some tips to help you make the best deal. BUYING: So you want to buy a house? In this market? Are you nuts? Actually, it depends on […]
April 23, 2018
Here is the issue: A Lot of people are going to great lengths to ensure that there is no mold in their homes. Now alone, that is a good thing, but there is a problem. Not every inspector is going to be able to correctly […]
April 17, 2018
There is something to be said about a neat and tidy house when you are sorting through house after house looking for the perfect home for you and your family. This is something that should be kept in mind when selling either a personal home […]
April 9, 2018
DO YOU NEED A HOME INSPECTION Do I really need a home inspection? I mean what do I want to spend 450 bucks or 350 bucks on a home inspection, right? It’s pretty obvious what the house needs or doesn’t need, right? You could probably […]
March 7, 2018
MEETING YOUR BUYER AGENT FOR THE FIRST TIME When you set up a tour, and you’re meeting your buyer agent for the first time, there’s a couple things you really want to look for when first, that buyer agent is first getting out of the […]
February 23, 2018
When selling a home, the importance of strategic pricing cannot be overstated. Now more than ever before, a potential buyer is likely to search the internet long before picking up the phone or meeting an agent for an actual house hunting expedition. Consider this: If […]
February 10, 2018
I’ve been hearing this for years. It’s everywhere, in reading articles and different information pieces and different content marketing shared in a variety of places. They all say that same kind of things: “It’s never been a better time to buy!” “Now is the time […]
February 7, 2018
WHAT IS MY AGENT DOING FOR ME Sometimes it’s difficult to see at first what your real estate agent is actually doing for you. Take you the best buy for example, when you walk into best buy, the first person says how you doing, you […]
June 24, 2016
We have become an increasingly technological society, so we already know that there are a variety of different websites on which you can find homes. For example, Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com, your local agent’s site, our ERA site, the Boston MLS to name just […]
June 20, 2016
PART 1 This past weekend, I met with a seller a few towns away a number of miles from my home office. I live in a particular town that has specific demographics and I went about forty minutes south to another town. During […]
June 20, 2016
When you decide to go online and begin a home search, whether it on your mobile device, or on your iPad or tablet, or perhaps on your home computer, there are many sites that basically provide you with all the same information. If […]
June 20, 2016
Congratulations to the Cleveland Cavaliers and to their fans for a unbelievable comeback to win the NBA Championship. I wrote this story back in July of 2014. I am of the same opinion. LeBron to the Cavs is a feel good story in my […]
June 16, 2016
On a recent scroll through my Facebook feed, I came across a disgruntled post about forced registration. They made a comment along the lines of “no thanks, nothing to see here, moving along” and it made me stop and think: Is a business really expected […]
June 15, 2016
A buyer asked me the other day, “What is a ‘seller concession’?” and as I explained this, I realized that there seems to be a lot of confusion about what a seller concession actually is. There are always questions concerning how it works, […]
May 27, 2016
There are a lot of questions one asks when deciding on a broker: When you find an agent to take you to a home you like, you wonder if this is the agent that you want to negotiate on your behalf. Do they […]
May 17, 2016
As you may have heard on previous episodes of the podcast, Russell Realty Minute, we had talked about the two reasons why homes won’t sell. The conclusions that we came to were the possibilities of the over pricing of a property and […]
May 9, 2016
There are two schools of thought here… If you are not using Facebook and Twitter to GROW your business, and you keep pushing your real estate message on the same 100 or so friends that you have, then you are most likely not getting […]
May 8, 2016
A phone is so much more than a text messaging, call receiving, voice mail checking device. Our phones are as important to us as our wallets. We turn back home if we forget it, we use it to communicate even in the presence of other […]
May 5, 2016
When we have pets, they quickly become a part of our family. But when it comes to selling your home, potential buyers may not be impressed by the presence of your four-legged family member. Whether it’s due to allergies or a simple case of […]
May 2, 2016
So many times when homes are for sale, people forget that some areas of the home need a little more attention than others. Think about it for a minute, what’s the room that gets cleaned the least in your home? Now, I’ll bet you […]