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27 September 2016 | 2 replies
Background: I got into real estate after finding myself homeless having been laid off of my job at a religious organization serving people, (I left my corporate career to do so and made less than $9,000 per year).
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29 September 2016 | 16 replies
Here are a few tricks to help make business correspondences easier to digest: • Organize your thoughts in the most linear fashion possible.• Break up your ideas into different paragraphs.
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30 September 2016 | 5 replies
I am not sure why most listing agents don't do their job, but from my experience they either don't know their contracts or are just not organized in details.
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29 September 2016 | 11 replies
I am not counting on organic appreciation.
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28 September 2016 | 0 replies
A lot of the homes I am looking into are near hospitals or campus areas that in recent history these organizations have been purchasing from homeowners at a much higher price than market value.
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3 October 2016 | 9 replies
Now a seller's agent spend lots of money and time working their spheres of influence, doing business by referral, sending out marketing materials to possible sellers, organizing events to find sellers, cold calling, and many other things to find homes to list.
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9 January 2017 | 7 replies
Would love to connect and discuss our goals and see if we can organize a meet up or just learn from one another!
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2 October 2016 | 2 replies
I'm wondering how multi-state brokerages work. For instance, I'm assuming Redfin is a brokerage in all 50 states. Does that simply mean they employ managing brokers in all 50 states? Or is there something special abou...