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By Craig on 03-29-08
More BS from the Realtors. A couple years ago they were all saying “oh, it’s a great time to buy…it’s different this time…you will make a killing”. Now, you’re preaching that “now is a great time to buy…these cycles happen all the time…you can’t expect quick returns”. Realtors and Mortgage Brokers have screwed plenty of people in the past few years, but I do find some solace in the irony that the people who sold to uneducated buyers and created this housing mess will soon find themselves homeless.
Final note: I hold the idiots who bought homes they couldn’t afford equally accountable and I think they deserve what is coming to them as well.
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By Crystal L. Cox on 04-05-08
It is suggested to Check the Facts your agents give you. How in the world are you going to do this? The Association of Realtors does not even check the facts. The appraisors and the Lenders do not check the facts, how in the world is a Seller suppose to realistically check the facts ?
There still is a Good Market for you to Sell your Real Estate if you or your Real Estate Agents Really gets Internet marketing. I have seen so many high end listings in the Kalispell area with very little photos, bad websites, and no real understanding of Internet Marketing, which is where the Buyers are Looking.
Why are SELLERS still listing with people who are not getting their Kalispell Real Estate found at the Top of the Search Engines, it makes no sense.
That is why you, the Sellers of the Flathead Valley are having to lower your prices. It is because your Realtor does not know how to market your real estate for sale in a new Internet Savvy Market.
Don’t Reduce your Price. Bump up your Internet Exposure and the Buyer will Come.
Real Estate and the Stock Market is Cyclical Yes but Recreational Real Estate such as Northwest Montana Offers does not have to see a decline in value. Buyers are still looking, people still have money. I have buyers who have wanted a particular property and did not care what state necessarily. They find my website on my real estate listing and pick Northwest Montana instead of Say Colorado, this means to you the real estate Seller that with GOOD internet marketing you will not have to compete with the thousand of homes for sale in Northwest Montana and you may just get a buyer that has no problem with your higher price because it was actually cheaper than where they were looking.
NO ONE can tell you what you home will sell for. If you build a website and market online you will get noticed by more buyers than 99% of the Realtors in the Flathead Valley. The Local Realtors are not really marketing your real estate online effectively. You WILL get more money by marketing your real estate online yourself and your real estate for sale will stand out.
Good Information is ALMOST impossible to get from a Realtor. It’s not that they all lie but they don’t do their homework or they believe what a Seller or an Appraisor tells them.
Most Appraisers ask me “What do you need it to come in at”. Everybody Wins, Well Except you.
SOLD Data and Real Estate Comparables Mean Nothing. NO ONE checks to see if the Realtors enter the right SOLD price. Comparable can be found at what ever price you need them to be.
Appraisals are Opinion and not Fact.
Go Ahead and Throw Out a High Number, Market Online and I guarantee you will get more interested buyers than 99 percent of the Realtors in the Flathead Valley. Why ?
Because they are not buying search terms in the search engines that get your real estate found. You can do this yourself and outshine most all real estate for sale that competes with yours.
Folks, please don’t take advice from a NEW Realtor. Dig Deeper and Find Out your Own Truth. You and Your Family deserve your highest dollar with your least liability.
Crystal L. Cox
Broker Owner
Ten Lakes Realty
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By jennifer on 04-23-08
Great Blog Chris, thanks for the truthful, forward thinking info.
“Problems cannot be solved by the level of awarness that created them” Einstein
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Let’s be civil. The Flathead Beacon encourages vigorous discussion and lively debate, but we will delete comments that attack other readers, make accusations we can’t verify, stray too far off topic, criticize local businesses (call them if you have a problem), convict someone of a crime, use profanity or are simply judged to be in bad taste. We don’t always have someone moderating comments, so we ask for your help: If you see a comment that violates these ground rules, or you simply deem it offensive, please e-mail editor [at] flatheadbeacon.com. The views expressed in the comments section do not reflect those of the Beacon.
By Craig on 03-29-08
More BS from the Realtors. A couple years ago they were all saying “oh, it’s a great time to buy…it’s different this time…you will make a killing”. Now, you’re preaching that “now is a great time to buy…these cycles happen all the time…you can’t expect quick returns”. Realtors and Mortgage Brokers have screwed plenty of people in the past few years, but I do find some solace in the irony that the people who sold to uneducated buyers and created this housing mess will soon find themselves homeless.
Final note: I hold the idiots who bought homes they couldn’t afford equally accountable and I think they deserve what is coming to them as well.
By Crystal L. Cox on 04-05-08
It is suggested to Check the Facts your agents give you. How in the world are you going to do this? The Association of Realtors does not even check the facts. The appraisors and the Lenders do not check the facts, how in the world is a Seller suppose to realistically check the facts ?
There still is a Good Market for you to Sell your Real Estate if you or your Real Estate Agents Really gets Internet marketing. I have seen so many high end listings in the Kalispell area with very little photos, bad websites, and no real understanding of Internet Marketing, which is where the Buyers are Looking.
Why are SELLERS still listing with people who are not getting their Kalispell Real Estate found at the Top of the Search Engines, it makes no sense.
That is why you, the Sellers of the Flathead Valley are having to lower your prices. It is because your Realtor does not know how to market your real estate for sale in a new Internet Savvy Market.
Don’t Reduce your Price. Bump up your Internet Exposure and the Buyer will Come.
Real Estate and the Stock Market is Cyclical Yes but Recreational Real Estate such as Northwest Montana Offers does not have to see a decline in value. Buyers are still looking, people still have money. I have buyers who have wanted a particular property and did not care what state necessarily. They find my website on my real estate listing and pick Northwest Montana instead of Say Colorado, this means to you the real estate Seller that with GOOD internet marketing you will not have to compete with the thousand of homes for sale in Northwest Montana and you may just get a buyer that has no problem with your higher price because it was actually cheaper than where they were looking.
NO ONE can tell you what you home will sell for. If you build a website and market online you will get noticed by more buyers than 99% of the Realtors in the Flathead Valley. The Local Realtors are not really marketing your real estate online effectively. You WILL get more money by marketing your real estate online yourself and your real estate for sale will stand out.
Good Information is ALMOST impossible to get from a Realtor. It’s not that they all lie but they don’t do their homework or they believe what a Seller or an Appraisor tells them.
Most Appraisers ask me “What do you need it to come in at”. Everybody Wins, Well Except you.
SOLD Data and Real Estate Comparables Mean Nothing. NO ONE checks to see if the Realtors enter the right SOLD price. Comparable can be found at what ever price you need them to be.
Appraisals are Opinion and not Fact.
Go Ahead and Throw Out a High Number, Market Online and I guarantee you will get more interested buyers than 99 percent of the Realtors in the Flathead Valley. Why ?
Because they are not buying search terms in the search engines that get your real estate found. You can do this yourself and outshine most all real estate for sale that competes with yours.
Folks, please don’t take advice from a NEW Realtor. Dig Deeper and Find Out your Own Truth. You and Your Family deserve your highest dollar with your least liability.
Crystal L. Cox
Broker Owner
Ten Lakes Realty
By jennifer on 04-23-08
Great Blog Chris, thanks for the truthful, forward thinking info.
“Problems cannot be solved by the level of awarness that created them” Einstein