Hi @Bruce Woodruff, As an agent you will need to begin building your identity as a trusted advisor in home sales and purchases.

Netflix is such an absolute PERFECT example too Zillow, it's almost identical there focus and game-plan, yes I all but forgot about that one.

I found two recently closed identical comps and they sold for 440K 04/01/2022 and the other for 420K on 06/01/2022.

I'd bet we crapped in identical toilets today.  

From the DRE of CA I got this advisory this morning.Law enforcement agencies and District Attorney offices around California are reporting a sharp increase in real estate fraud involving identity theft and the sale of vacant land and unencumbered property.All real estate agents must exercise due diligence to verify the owner of a property before accepting a listing.

Staging is almost identical between rental listing and then restaged for sale when on market.https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6715-Kennedy-Ave-Cincinna...Or another flip we sold back in May (same stager):https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6142-Hedge-Ave-Cincinnati...And to address some of Scott's questions, staging takes a lot of furniture, accessories, monitoring current trends and styles, etc.  

I’ve built my identity and my business but I realize that even owning my own business I’m still responsible for everything that goes on.

The foreclosure timeline is definitely a consideration, but all that's needed to start is to verify the owner's identity and see if he has any surviving relatives, there's almost always someone.

It had none of our quirky identity (outside of the no TV).

Home title theft — a crime where someone steals a homeowner's identity to take ownership of a property — leaves property owners, like Gordon, without many options for quick reconciliation.