Real Estate
3 Reasons Real Estate Agents Are Detrimental To Your Home Sale
No agent should ever interfere with the sale of your home. Most people engage a real estate agent to help them achieve a better result than they could otherwise and to make the process of selling their home easy and trouble free. Little do they realise that agents are more likely to achieve the exact…
Read MoreYour Property Value Is Not A Dollar Figure
An irrational fixation with a specific property value is one of the biggest reasons why homes don’t sell or languish on the market. We’ve all seen it – the home down the road that just won’t sell. It may be advertised with or without a price, but chances are, the owners are very much set…
Read More2 Reasons Why 70% Of Private Sale By Owner Transactions Fail
A growing number of home sellers are dissatisfied by the prospect of using a real estate agent for a range of reasons. The majority of these people believe that a private sale by owner is the only other option they have. For many years, this was indeed the case, however, as you’ll discover towards the…
Read MoreWhy You Must Avoid A Real Estate Agent Appraisal
Most home sellers have no idea that there is a massive conflict of interest built into every real estate agent appraisal. This conflict of interest becomes obvious when we realise that there are two separate names for this phenomenon. What you call an appraisal is actually called a ‘listing presentation’ by real estate agents. The Conflict Of…
Read MoreWhy Real Estate Commissions Encourage A Lower Sale Price For Your Home
For generations, we’ve been led to believe that real estate commissions gives agents an incentive to sell our homes at the highest possible price. Most of us still take this for granted. What if I told you that not only is this totally wrong, but the opposite is actually true? The logic used to fool…
Read MoreWhy Compare Real Estate Agents? And Why It’s A Waste Of Time
One of the first things almost all home sellers do once they’ve decided to sell their homes is to compare real estate agents in their area. They have no idea that they are about to make a huge mistake, regardless of which agent they choose. This is because they don’t know what they don’t know.…
Read MoreReal Estate Agent Fees: Would You Pay $1,000/hour For A Little Convenience?
Real Estate Agent Fees Only Buy You The Illusion Of Convenience I was inspired to write this piece by the recent loss of a potential client. This person opted to pay real estate agent fees instead. This was despite knowing that she would pocket around $15,000 less from the sale of her home than she…
Read MoreWhy You Must Compromise When Selling Your Home
The five objectives of most home sellers Whether by private sale or using a traditional agent, not everybody wants the same result when they decide to sell their home. Some people want to achieve the highest sale price. Others want to save on the exorbitant commissions and marketing fees charged by real estate agents. There…
Read MoreWhat No Real Estate Agent Will Ever Tell You About Auctions
Auctions are the preferred method of sale for many Real Estate Agents. Unfortunately, most people don’t realise why auctions generally benefit the agent and also the buyer, more than the seller. In this article, I will reveal the top reasons you should avoid selling your home at Auction. These are otherwise known as the 7 truths about…
Read MoreCompare Real Estate Agents: The Myths Behind The Local Area ‘Expert’
When selling their home, most people compare real estate agents in an attempt to find the ‘local area expert’. Unfortunately, most people simply don’t realise why this won’t necessarily help them achieve the best, or even a great result. Despite knowing their local areas well, most real estate agents leave their clients tens of thousands…
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