By Joe Lins April 30, 2020 What are you telling your Sellers right now about selling their home during COVID-19? I put together these steps a Seller can take to stay safe and healthy as they sell their home during this time. This video provides some important talking points to help guide your seller in the […]
How To Find Sellers
By Joe Lins September 26, 2019 Today we are talking about how to find sellers. There’s a ton of opportunity to be had in regard to sellers. But where do you find them? If you’re paying attention, there are many signals that can indicate a home is getting ready to be sold. This information is […]
Pre-Appraisal Checklist
By Chris Smith July 24, 2018 There are some things you can do to help ensure the home appraisal process goes smooth. See this Pre-Appraisal Checklist provided by the residential appraisal management company PropertyRate. About the Author:Chris Smith is a Senior Loan Officer (NMLS #253394) with New American Funding. For more information about home financing […]
Protect Your Clients From Wire Fraud
By Chris Smith June 28, 2018 Real Estate agents are often the first line of defense in preventing wire fraud. Let your clients know upfront how you communicate. You may want to add a disclaimer on your email signature stating that you never send sensitive financial information via email. Insist they do the same. Here […]
Marketing a Listing
By Suzy Lins April 19, 2017 Don’t be a secret agent with a listing nobody knows about! As soon as you take a listing let everyone know about it. First, you need great photos of the home. Hire a professional photographer. You can hire a good photographer for about $200-300. For more photos or larger […]
Last-Minute Open House Cleaning Tips
This was originally published in the official blog of Century 21® on February 19, 2016. Your open house is almost underway! You’ve already made sure your home is warm and inviting and you’ve taken time to carefully stage it. Now, here are some last minute cleaning tips to quickly spruce up any areas you may have missed. […]
Unique Property Websites
By Suzy Lins March 30, 2016 The fun part about working at CENTURY 21 Discovery is that I get to see all the cool marketing tools that our agents have access to through the Century 21® system. One tool that benefits our sellers as well as our agents is the Unique Property Sites. These are real […]
Interview with C.A.R. Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young
I had the opportunity to interview California Association of REALTORS® Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young after her presentation at the Pacific West Association of REALTORS® February general membership meeting. I asked her three questions about the real estate industry and specifically Orange County real estate. Those three questions were: 1) What is the biggest disruption facing […]
Escrow and How It Works
By Nancy Mattaliano-Castaneda Buying a home is a huge undertaking and requires a good understanding of the process. In California, once a buyer and seller agree to the terms of the sale the next step is to open escrow. First time buyers or people who have not bought or sold a home in awhile may […]
Investing In Your Resale by Staging Your Home
By Mary Sauer of Modernize In most regions of the country, it is a seller’s market. In previous years, sellers were doing just about anything they could to get an offer—sometimes even selling their home for less than it was worth. Now things have turned around and homes are selling within days of going on […]