If you are like me, you are getting pretty tired of hearing the word “SHIFT” whispered every day at the office copy machine…or listening to fellow colleagues lamenting the lack of inventory by the coffee maker… or just picking up Gary Keller’s SHIFT and re-reading the table of contents every morning (yes, I do this) to […]
WHAT’S THE SHIFT? SHIFT. This is the word on every agent’s lips right now. Whether or not, you believe there is a shift a-comin’ there is at least no doubt that we experience shifts in our business as Real Estate Professionals. This season gives me an opportunity to examine the word “shift” and think about how to react in […]
If your real estate market area is similar to ours here in northern New Jersey, you are, of course, suffering from “lack-of-inventory-syndrome.” Symptoms include: restless client feeling constant state of repetitive MLS searching phantom house – a feeling like the house you want is right there but when you look…(nothing) Okay, so you know that I am […]
Summer brought out new kinds of buyers… did you take note? August traditionally demarcates the end of the summer season in real estate – it has usually been a quieter month – parents are busy buying last minute fall school supplies and trying to fit one last beach trip in at the shore before the Labor […]
The sale and purchase of a home is, if nothing else, an incredibly personal and intimate experience. This is often a transference of real property, but also a passing of the torch in a manner of speaking. Every house carries with it an energy and history – the pencil marks on the doorframe that mark the passing […]