All Forum Posts by: Darren McGillvrey

Awesome! Thank you so much!

Does anyone know the schedule for the short-term rental bootcamp? I have reached out to support but they keep giving vague answers. The last one says it started on September 13th-Nov 21 but when I go to my dashboard on my account it says my bootcamp is "Coming Soon". I'm very confused? 

Hey @Luca Giani I am considering switching to eXp, did you make the switch?

Hey Chaffin,

I'm happy to talk to you about Eugene RE. I've been an agent here for 13 years and lived here my whole life and I always enjoy talking real estate and investing. Let me know if you'd like to connect.

@Lynnette E. Yes, they were both on the lease as far as she told me. I am going to verify that with her again. I believe she can afford it without but I don't know her mom's life expectancy? I appreciate your help.

@Mark Rickert Thanks for the reply. This is in Oregon.

@Lynnette E. That makes sense to me but I don't think that's how they were doing it. The daughter had her own income and the mother had her own SS benefit income. They should count both of those right?

I am trying to help a woman who had her Mobile Home burn down this summer in the wildfires. She is trying to buy another MH in a park in a completely different county. (Leased Land) The MH Park has denied her based on income but they're only counting 1 income. She is currently a care giver for her mother so her mother is living with her. Her mom has a SS check that the daughter has control over to care for her needs. So, each of them have an income. Also, She currently has $20k in the bank she received from her last MH and the SBA is giving a loan to her for over $100k. This feels wrong to me but I don't know if that is normal.  Does that sound right?

Well said @Gohar Shafiq. 

@Steve Morris Must be different in the commercial space? Have you never listed a building for sale and received more than your list price? Or listed one and ended up doing a reduction? If neither one of those things has happened you need to write a book. 

If you price it too high you could lose your best buyers who usually come through in the first week in this market. There's also sometimes some strategy involved (and risk) pricing it lower than what you think market value is and creating a bidding war, driving the price up beyond that market value price. There's also occasions where agents will have to list high because either they are dealing with a stubborn seller who thinks he knows best or they can't convince someone why they need to list lower. Actually, there's so many factors and pricing can have so many variables that pricing a home right is a valuable skill in an agent. 

As for agents telling everyone about it, it's simple marketing. Brag about what you did, even if it's something many others are doing. The consumer doesn't always know that. That goes for product or service. Besides saying "I sell for list price." Isn't very sexy, haha.

@Steve Morris - @Gohar S. is correct. If you list it too high it will sit and most likely it will sell for even less than the "fair market" price you probably should have listed it for. I was just talking about this to another experienced agent yesterday. We both have listings where that happened. Your most serious buyers are usually within the first 2 weeks, if you miss it with them then you are looking at price reductions.

I have never heard of painting the composite/PVC decking. I think it just needs pressure washed every few years.