Category: Ask the Expert
Most experts would advise you that the best way to increase the successful sale of your home is to price the property at fair market value. Unfortunately many sellers can’t resist the temptation of taking on a few thousand or ten to the listing price to leave room to negotiate. In this video I discuss [...]
In this Ask the Expert video: Ed Brophy answers an Ask the Expert question he received from Adam & Shelly who are buying a new construction home, and want to know about completing a home inspection. Ed answers Adam & Shelly’s question: We’re buying a new construction home, our REALTOR® told us it wasn’t necessary to [...]
In this Ask the Expert video: Ed Brophy answers an Ask the Expert question he received from Anne H. who is considering putting her home on the market. Ed answers Anne’s question: What can I do, I’m overwhelmed by market information?
Today’s Ask the Expert is one that drives me crazy! Mark wants to know why his REALTOR® won’t cut his commissions. “I have an offer on a house and I’m $3,000 short to close, my REALTOR® is refusing to cut his commissions, should I find another agent?” Mark the short answer is: If you can’t [...]
In a nut shell Patti T. asked Which REALTOR® should I give the job? Here’s the full Ask The Expert question below. “I recently interview three agents, out of the three one suggested a list price that was several thousand dollars higher than the other two realtors, almost forty thousand higher. Who should I give [...]
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Average Home Prices Slip in Coachella Valley
I’ve been reading a lot of information lately about our current market conditions from other REALTORS® who are claiming an increase is sales price and number of homes sold. I would scratch my head and ask where they were getting their numbers. Turns out their numbers are coming from national statistics. Real estate sales are [...]
Mortgage Debt Tax Relief Program Ending Soon
The Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007 the IRS would not come after you for your taxable amount if you had an upside-down unpaid principle as a result of loan modification, short sale or foreclosure depending on your tax bracket, let’s say you were $100,000 short on your mortgage you could be responsible for as [...]
Is your REALTOR® connected? No, I don’t mean in the MobWives fashion, if that’s what you thought, you’re watching too much reality TV. As an active Palm Springs REALTOR® I believe it’s important to take advantage of the technology available to today’s real estate professional. Everything that required an agent to go back to the [...]
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