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Want To Know Why Your Home Isn’t Selling?

Want To Know Why Your Home Isn’t Selling? AOL Finance published a list of the 11 reasons that can most likely cause a home not to sell. It’s pretty interesting as the biggest reasons for a home not selling seem to involve Realtor incompetence. Imagine that. A Real estate agent not knowing how to sell [...]

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To Listing Agents: How To Win Friends and Influence Appraisers

Mike Lefebvre is an “uncommon agent” with Hallmark Sotheby’s in the Boston area. He’s also a big Boston Red Sox fan which makes him alright as far as I’m concerned. He has the unique perspective of being both an appraiser and a Realtor. We’re happy to have him as our guest here on Real Estate Radio [...]

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The Battle For Transparency

“Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.” -Harry S Truman Apparently, I have roused the ire of the old guard. My forward-thinking marketing tactics have stirred up a certain level of disgust in some colleagues across the nation who [...]

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An Appraiser Bites Back!

  I’ve never met Jennifer Allan, but I like Jennifer Allan. I like her website. She left me some constructive, well thought-out comments on a recent post of mine, which I really appreciated. I like her writing.

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What Your House is NOT Worth.

Being both a licensed real estate agent AND a certified residential real estate appraiser, I’m often the “go-to guy” for all questions of valuation from my colleagues in the office, my buddies at poker night and the lady bagging my groceries.

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