The pain of over pricing and poor photos… and how not to get bit by them, 9+ questions to ask your listing agent. July 3, 2008
I’ve noticed a trend in my business lately. Several consumers are contacting our team for help in re-listing their home after having a poor experience with a prior agent. While it is true that selling activity in Puget Sound is lower this year than last, there is still some positive selling activity occurring with some [...]
7 reasons to make sure your agent can read well… July 16, 2007
I’m not addressing whether or not your agent has dyslexia or if they are perhaps illiterate. No, I’m putting out there that there can occasionally be a lack of reading on the part of an agent when it comes to documents that may be very important to purchase of a property. Rather than focus on [...]
Is this what I’ll encounter working in the Bible Belt? June 28, 2007
My talented transaction coordinator, Dawn Andvik, sent me an email today to share a link she thought was outrageous in nature. After viewing it, I agree. The comments that have come in from online viewers have been scathing for the most part. Take a quick look and see if where it hits you. Personally, I [...]
Starting with Community Outreach April 12, 2007
Even before we were done building out the InsideBu website, I recommended that Madison start doing some research. And I started by advising him to fill up his sidepanel with links. My logic is that the process of building up a blogroll forces a new blogger to read other bloggers. [...]
Do YOU have a durable power of attorney? March 29, 2007
So, I haven’t been on RCG for a while because I am gone from Seattle to Wichita, KS where I and my siblings are on hospital watch. My parents were hit by a drunk driver on Monday night and so I caught a flight here immediately since both of them were in the hospital with injuries. My [...]
Get out your boxing gloves! Attorneys vs. Agents February 10, 2007
Hi Russ, thanks for taking me up on the request to put a blog together on this subject. Sorry I’ve been slammed with work to read it till now, but, I guess that’s a good thing. I’ll try to stick to the nature of what you started with in your original post as I see [...]
$100,000 for the “no show” agent February 4, 2007
Joe asked: Ardell, I was wondering if you would care to comment on the Jerry Seinfeld case.
Thanks Joe, for the opportunity to sort out this “No Commission for You!” case. It’s a shame Seinfeld is no longer on TV, as this would make a great episode where they could play the “No Soup for [...]
Agent FIRED! - Lender Fraud January 16, 2007
Has Lender Fraud become the standard?
Very sad, but very true story. I received an email from a Rain City Guide reader yesterday. The reader happens to be a local agent who was fired, because of her efforts to both accommodate her Buyer Client, without committing Lender Fraud.
The buyer fired her for not wholeheartedly [...]
Investigating Preapproval Letters January 10, 2007
(Editor’s Note: Today I get to introduce yet another contributor! Rhonda Porter is a successful mortgage broker from the Eastside who has been a frequent and much appreciated commenter on RCG as of late. I’m definitely excited that we get to learn more from her years of experience in the industry… She was formally a [...]
Rain City Guide Year In Review December 20, 2006
The most popular articles on RCG from this past year as measured in total hits:
February 27: 8 Common Mistakes Made by Real Estate Bloggers
March 22: Why Google Base Matters
October 24: Popcorn Ceiling Removal
February 13: Real Estate Photography — Camera Choice
February 8: Zillow’s Impact on Day 1
February 24: A Closing Date Without a Closing
March 1: [...]
