7 Habits of Highly Effective Home Sellers

by on October 20, 2011 43 Comments
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Pretty original title eh? Apologies to Stephen Covey… It fits though, and there is something to be learned from how home sellers have approached the often arduous task of putting their home on the market, and more importantly, closing the transaction. Effective Habit #1: Be Realistic What your neighbor sold their home for last year, or even last month, doesn’t matter. What you “lost” … [Read more...]

Redfin Pulls the Plug on the Scouting Report

by on October 4, 2011 18 Comments
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For those that have been following the saga of the Redfin "Scouting Report" for the past several days, you should read the latest post on the Redfin blog, Requiem for a Dream. Redfin pulled the plug. You can read the post for all the reasons why. As I said here in my two previous posts on the subject, I don't have a problem with displaying agent sales data. But that data has to be … [Read more...]

Lies, damn lies and statistics. We’ve done this to ourselves

by on October 3, 2011 36 Comments
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There’s been a bit of a kerfuffle within the real estate space with Redfin’s recent release of their “Scouting Report” (I published my initial thoughts here). For those not familiar with the Scouting Report, Redfin, a semi-national real estate brokerage,  announced last Thursday that they would be displaying some sales statistics for all agents in areas they served. All agents, not … [Read more...]

Thompson’s Realty Welcomes Josh and Dawn McKinley!

by on October 1, 2011 1 Comment
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We’ve been on a bit of a hiring roll lately and are absolutely thrilled to welcome the husband and wife team of Josh and Dawn McKinley to Thompson’s Realty! Those Twitter types out there may know Dawn as @DawnMinAZ. And her Twitter bio sums her up well: Over-motivated, under-energized tech geek REALTOR in Phoenix AZ, programmer, mom. Former Hawaii resident. Likes kids, dogs, wine. 3 time … [Read more...]

Initial Thoughts on the Redfin Scouting Report

by on September 29, 2011 90 Comments
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Some within the real estate vertical are aware that Redfin, a Seattle based real estate brokerage / software / tech company with a presence in 15 or so real estate markets across the country announced the unveiling today of its “Redfin Scouting Report”. And if you are in the real estate industry and not aware of what Redfin just announced, you should be. It is potentially a game changer of … [Read more...]

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