Sheri’s Blog

Recently, I met a seller, whom I’ll call Joe, who owns a lake house in a resort town close to Huntsville. The house has been sitting on the market for over two years, and Joe was only just beginning to question the competence of the listing agent. He began asking me questions about the market, and why I believed it hadn’t sold. I asked him what kind of feedback, in the two years that the home had been listed, that his agent had provided him. He said “very little”. Now I’ve always believed there are two sides to every story. There’s his side, the agents side, and perhaps the truth lay somewhere in between. And in the business of real estate, sometimes the truth for sellers is difficult to hear, particularly when a house is grossly overpriced and not selling. Read More…

The business of selling a home is just that… business. That is why finding the right Realtor for the job is one of the most important steps in the process. Unfortunately, all too often sellers make decisions based on emotion, which costs them money and time. Here are three top mistakes sellers make when choosing a Realtor.

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A Home is a Large Investment!

After deciding to buy a house, folks often begin by surfing the internet — looking at the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), driving around neighborhoods of interest, and stopping by at open houses. Before long, they are bound to find some homes they would like to see, and they may make phone calls to the listing agent or to the homeowner (for FSBO’s). In either case, at this early point, it is often the case that the buyer does not have an agent working for them.

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