Tired of Bad Advice on Getting Your Offer to Stand Out in a Crowd?
I’ve read a lot of expert opinions about how to write an offer that “stands out” in a multiple-bid situation. So far, nearly every one of these opinions describes doing the exact same thing everyone else is doing. Not that that’s a bad thing. In most cases, they’re all doing it because it’s the minimum […]
Update: Judge Upholds Love Letters as Free Speech
Love Letters are back…maybe. The state in January banned Realtors from accepting any letter accompanying an offer to buy real estate on the theory that such letters, written to bolster a buyer’s bid by expressing appreciation for the house, might also reveal a buyer’s race, religion, gender or sexual orientation – making it easier to […]
Avoiding the Bidding War
“I don’t want to be involved in a bidding war!” There’s nothing more unsettling to a buyer than the idea that the list price is not the eventual price, And worse, that it’s going to be thousands of dollars higher by the time the dust settles. How to avoid that? Easiest way: Buy a house […]
71 Offers and Still No House? You’re Doing it Wrong
BEWARE: Mean Realtor-Lady Advice Ahead If you’ve written 71 offers and still you have not succeeded in buying a house, you’re doing it wrong. I know that seems harsh. Let me help you with a few tips, the first of which is self-serving: Get A Realtor. There, I said it and it’s out there. Buyer’s […]
10 Old House Features We Wish We Had
We love the new house smell: Drywall mud. New paint. Sawdust. Mmmm good! Best of all are the features we’ve come to think of as necessities – double-pane vinyl windows, vaulted ceilings, wood laminate or luxury vinyl plank floors, stainless appliances and wide hallways. Way to go, builders!! But not everything that’s new is best. […]
Yamhill County is HOT!
You should sit down for this. The latest stats out of Yamhill County are that shocking. In a county that boasts a population of about 107,000, there are only 156 homes for sale currently. Also shocking, 145 of them are “new” listings, which is to say, they arrived within 30 days of the release of […]