Search Results for sellerstag:searchlightcrusade.net,2024:/mt//feed/sellers2024-04-19T03:36:31ZMovable Type 4.21-en2631263Buying and Selling Properties with Unpermitted Additionstag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.48472024-03-04T15:00:00Z2024-03-04T16:11:01ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Unpermitted additions are popular in California because of property tax implications. You see, due to Proposition 13 back in 1978, taxable assessments are based upon purchase price plus no more than 2% per year since acquisition (although if you...
How to Sell Your Home Quickly and For The Best Possible Pricetag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.48462024-02-26T15:00:00Z2024-02-26T15:03:35ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
There's really nothing mysterious about this. There are some subsidiary tricks and issues, but the most important thing is obvious. The economic games theory is crystal clear, as is the research into what really happens. But most people don't like...
Real Estate Agents and Mortgage Loan Officers Don't Want to Competetag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.48452024-02-19T15:00:00Z2024-02-19T12:58:57ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
It's the same reason the phone company doesn't want to compete, General Motors doesn't want to compete, Wal-Mart doesn't want to compete, Disney doesn't want to compete, and Microsoft will do everything in its power to appear as if it...
In Real Estate, You're Better Off Doing One Thing At A Timetag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.37742024-02-12T15:00:00Z2024-02-12T16:30:00ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Hi--I just found your site today. The best I've ever seen/read, etc. Thank You!! I do have a question I didn't see addressed regarding our current situation/dilemma: Our present home, which we've lived in for 8 years, is worth...
Buyer's Markets: Time for Listing Agents To Earn Their Moneytag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.37672024-01-15T15:00:00Z2024-01-15T18:40:47ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
One of the most common things I'm seeing as I roam about the East County looking for bargains: Agents not doing their jobs. Even when there were 40-plus sellers per buyer, single family detached homes that are priced appropriately were...
Low Asking Price on Unfinanceable Propertiestag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2011://3.50442024-01-08T15:00:00Z2024-01-08T20:04:07ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
At any given time, I will usually have at least one set of clients who really need to consider a condo or townhome who nonetheless have their hearts set on a single family residence. I agree to include single...
The Future of Real Estate Agency is Expert Consultants, Not Controlling Market Accesstag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.48412024-01-01T15:00:00Z2024-01-01T17:01:17ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Expertise and attitude, not control of an informational chokepoint, is the way that things are going. Let's analyze this from both sides of the problem. The current owner looking to sell really needs a marketer. For better or worse, most...
Full Service Agent For Discount Price? Demand Specifics!tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.48392023-11-27T15:00:00Z2023-11-27T13:22:45ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
There is no such thing as a free lunch, but lots of people will pretend there is. It seems to me that many people consider compensation earned by real estate agents as paying some kind of toll. They think of...
Real Estate and the Tale of Aesop's Dog (Greed Envy)tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.48362023-11-08T15:00:00Z2023-11-08T15:23:14ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
At a very young age, my parents bought me a book of Aesop's Tales. Aesop has gone out of style, probably because these are stories with a moral lesson, and it seems the modern society is actively averse to moral...
Facts Of Life On Buying and Selling "Without an Agent"tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.24452023-09-18T14:00:00Z2023-09-18T13:56:36ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
I saw your article on on Searchlight Crusade about exclusive buyers agents and I have a couple follow up questions pertaining to my own situation that I am hoping you could shed some light on. I don't have any...
Automated Underwriting In Pre-Qualification or Pre-Approval Letterstag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2011://3.50432023-08-07T14:00:00Z2023-08-07T15:54:27ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
It has become a trend for real estate agents who think they're being "smart" to require an automated underwriting approval. These are automated underwriting programs from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saying that Fannie or Freddie will buy the...
Two Things Sellers Need To Understand About Buyerstag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2011://3.50422023-06-19T14:00:00Z2023-06-19T15:22:00ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
There's an old saying in sales: "The best way to achieve your dreams is to help others achieve theirs". I wasn't able to run it down to the original attribution, but it is as true a saying as can...
Which Makes More Difference To Your Future - Buyer's Agent or Listing Agent?tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.48242023-06-12T14:00:00Z2023-06-12T14:04:45ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Having done both, there's no question in my mind. For the average person and the average transaction, the buyer's agent makes a lot more difference. In the aggregate, a good buyer's agent has the opportunity to make a lot more...
Asking Price Versus Sales Pricetag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2011://3.50412023-05-16T14:00:00Z2023-05-16T14:42:06ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Hard as it may be to believe, I've never done an article comparing asking price to sales price. It's way past time. Asking price is quite simply, a written representation of an offer the seller would be willing to...
Why All The Fuss Over Real Estate Transactions?tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2007://3.36872023-03-13T14:00:00Z2023-03-13T16:32:10ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Why doesn't real estate just sell for the asking price instead of having to go thru all the paper work...? Wouldn't it be easier to just put a price on it and sell it for that price? We don't...
The Era of Make Believe Loans and The Law of Unintended Consequencestag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.48092023-02-21T15:00:00Z2023-02-21T16:05:35ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
One of the things I've heard and read other agents complaining about is that they can't find qualified buyers to represent. Welcome to Unintended Consequences 101. The way that the market had been working is this: Young, often unmarried, buyers...
Some Offers Are More Equal Than Others (Even If They Are For Less Money)tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2011://3.50392022-11-21T15:00:00Z2022-11-21T16:35:52ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
The phrasing in parallel with Animal Farm is intentional. Sellers need to understand this, and so do buyers, especially in a hot real estate market. Some offers are more equal than others, and knowing how to choose between competing...
Is Your Agent A Cheerleader Or An Analyst?tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.47942022-10-17T14:00:00Z2022-10-17T16:15:45ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
It's not difficult to see how some of the weakest agents and loan officers I know make lots of money. They work for an office of a well advertised chain, and when they get the walk-in traffic, no matter what...
How To Keep Listing Agents From Filtering Out Offerstag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2010://3.50362022-10-03T14:00:00Z2022-10-03T16:32:57ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
This is a real, major and pervasive problem in the industry. For a while, it mostly went away as listing agents were desperate for any offer, but it has come back. At least two properties my buyer clients have...
When Selling, You Need To Understand Your Target Markettag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.47872022-09-19T14:00:00Z2022-09-19T13:45:29ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
One of the hard things to get through to sellers is to understand the characteristics of the sort of buyers they need in order to have a successful transaction. If a given set of prospective buyers can't afford the property,...