As a follow-up to Friday’s blog post, “Real Estate Made Simple,” below are random thoughts to further simplify a Realtor’s mission and help to remove the emotion – imperative to giving one’s best advice to clients. Components To A Successful Real Estate Sale A. Three Ingredients: House Seller Buyer B.  The Fourth Ingredient: The fourth ingredient to a… Read More

The real estate market seems to be “on the hop.’  One of the things that Realtors can do to generate even more activity is to assist potential buyers to overcome some of the stalls to purchase that even they don’t realize they are creating.  Below are three that are common, along with suggestions on ways in… Read More

It may be difficult to believe if it’s not a practice in your area, but some Realtors in the United States actually charge a fee to buyers merely for showing them homes.  They make the case that time is money, and showing a buyer homes week after week can consume an enormous amount of time.  At… Read More

In a recent blog I wrote about the ways in which a less than full commission negatively affects a home seller’s bottom line.  Today’s blog graphically illustrates that the same holds true for a Realtor.  Below is a list of 18 properties that have sold during one month at Al Filippone Associates along with the commission percentage, company dollar and… Read More