by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 7, 2015 | Selling Your Home
If you are a senior or know one that plans to move, check out the National Association of Senior Movers at www.nasmm.org. No it isn’t a bunch of old people that move furniture really, really slowly – although that might make a great comedy sketch. It is an...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 3, 2015 | Home Buying, Preparing a Home for Sale, Selling Your Home
1. Bad listing photos. Badly executed (i.e., blurry, dark) ones reflect poorly on the home, seller and agent. Poorly chosen photos (of ugly things, small rooms) make things worse. More is not always better! 2. Dirty homes. One agent related how she and her buyer found...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Home Buying, Selling Your Home, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
In my previous 4 blogs, I have shown that dual agency is bad for you as a consumer of real estate services. Exclusive, single agency is in your best interest as a buyer or seller, as then your real estate agent is in fact “yours,” and his or her loyalty is not divided...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Home Buying, Selling Your Home, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
Is dual agency bad for agents and their brokers, as well as buyers and sellers? In my previous 3 blogs I told you that dual agency occurs when one agent represents both parties (or when two agents of the same brokerage represent the buyer and seller), and how dual...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Home Buying, Selling Your Home, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
This is the third of a 5 part article on dual agency, a form of real estate agent representation. Dual agency involves “your” agent representing your adversary in a real estate transaction, as well as yourself. I have shown that it is good for the agent, as it results...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Selling Your Home, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
In Part 1 of this series, I revealed that dual agency results in a real estate broker getting paid double for being disloyal. Dual agency occurs when “the agent acts for both of the principals at the same time in the same transaction.” In other words, it occurs when...
