I am sponsoring Dave Ramsey Live in Charleston tomorrow evening the 13th of April at the North Charleston Coliseum.
Dave Ramsey is a Nationally syndicated Radio Talk Show Host and also on Fox Business News and he talks about getting your finances in order "Living Like Nobody Else so that One Day You Can Live Like Nobody Else".
His presentation is straight forward and can change your life forever. It is truly an amazing experience, his simple approach that is based on Christian faith principles can be applied to anyone of any religion in any circumstance and of any income level.
He offers coaching to NFL football players and has helped tens of thousands of normal folks like you and me.
If interested in going to see Dave Ramsey Live tomorrow night let me know as I have a handful of tickets available for FREE to those that respond, also, if you are already going please make it a point to stop by my booth / table and say hello.
Hope to see you there as we prepare for the rest of our life. Take care, David Wertan of RE/MAX Advanced Realty
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Watching the House Next Door
This is a recent comment I made on Ken Burger's column in the Post & Courier in which he talks about his neighbors house being on the market for over a year and nobody even slowing down and looking at the home, etc.
Ken, selling a home requires more than just putting a sign in the yard nowadays, you have to have it priced right according to the market, it has to show well and most important you have to have an agent and a company that can afford to market the property the way it needs to in order to get it sold.
In many neighborhoods there are not a lot of for sale signs, like Summerville Place for example. I listed a home last Monday night that had been on the market with a local real estate company that has no internet presence for months, with my marketing I had it SOLD by Thursday and had another offer come in yesterday as well. A few weeks ago I listed a townhouse in Ashley Park West of the Ashley and SOLD it in the same day. I closed one on Daniel Island this past week that I had listed at $569k and SOLD in less than 2 weeks for $540,000.
So, in my opinion the market has picked up and I can show you the sales to prove it but you have to list with a company that has embraced the internet, has the traffic and can properly market your property, small local companies that got spoiled in the past by just putting up a sign don't understand why their listings aren't selling. Also, some sellers are still unrealistic.
If you owe more than your property is worth we can sell it thru a short sale, we have done numerous short sales and many of them our sellers did not get a single bad mark against their credit.
I do believe that real estate will drive the economy and help it get back on solid ground as we have large industrial projects underway that will spur smaller projects and those people will need homes to raise their families in addition to the retirees we have coming to the area and buying now while prices are down. I have been thru many cycles like this in the past 26 years and I know one thing for sure is "This too shall pass"
Ken, selling a home requires more than just putting a sign in the yard nowadays, you have to have it priced right according to the market, it has to show well and most important you have to have an agent and a company that can afford to market the property the way it needs to in order to get it sold.
In many neighborhoods there are not a lot of for sale signs, like Summerville Place for example. I listed a home last Monday night that had been on the market with a local real estate company that has no internet presence for months, with my marketing I had it SOLD by Thursday and had another offer come in yesterday as well. A few weeks ago I listed a townhouse in Ashley Park West of the Ashley and SOLD it in the same day. I closed one on Daniel Island this past week that I had listed at $569k and SOLD in less than 2 weeks for $540,000.
So, in my opinion the market has picked up and I can show you the sales to prove it but you have to list with a company that has embraced the internet, has the traffic and can properly market your property, small local companies that got spoiled in the past by just putting up a sign don't understand why their listings aren't selling. Also, some sellers are still unrealistic.
If you owe more than your property is worth we can sell it thru a short sale, we have done numerous short sales and many of them our sellers did not get a single bad mark against their credit.
I do believe that real estate will drive the economy and help it get back on solid ground as we have large industrial projects underway that will spur smaller projects and those people will need homes to raise their families in addition to the retirees we have coming to the area and buying now while prices are down. I have been thru many cycles like this in the past 26 years and I know one thing for sure is "This too shall pass"
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