Tyler, TX

Recently I chatted with a client (seller) about the importance buyers place on the appearance of a home. Buyers make very quick value judgments about the asking price a seller is seeking based on a set of "appearance cues" they see during the walk through. For example...have the carpets been vacuumed, are the windows clean or has the yard been reasonably cleaned up. Think about this. When your flying and after pulling down the seat back tray in front of you and you see coffee stains, don't we as airline passengers begin to wonder about routine maintenance on components we can't see? It's those same "appearance cues" that buyers get when they walk through your seller's home. Buyers say to themselves if the carpets aren't clean I wonder what else they have ignored that I can't see. Granted inspection results play an important role during the negotiation of the asking price. In my opinion it's the "appearance cues" that buyer's first see or sense that matters most. These "cues" often determine whether or not the buyers will even choose this house to make an offer.

As they search for ways to boost federal revenues, Congressional number-crunchers are encouraging lawmakers to consider drastic changes to the tax benefits homeowners get from their mortgage interest payments.

Yes you heard me right, now they are coming after the home owner's interest deduction.

They complained that the "tax code treats investments in owner occupied housing more favorably than other investments."

The Congressional Budget Office actually recommended changing the deduction to a flat 15% tax credit on the annual interest paid.

Their second proposal puts a ceiling of $500,000 as the limit you can claim a deduction against. Their justification is, that only 54% of homeowners actually get a deduction anyway.

This administration is spending money at a pace never before seen in the history of our country and now it is apparent how they intend to pay for their programs.

Pass a bill like this and you will have money moving away from Real Estate at a pace you could never imagine. New home builders would go out of business over night. The average home owner would lose thousands.

Traditionally, a home is the one tool you could use to actually save money, so to speak. Something like this would cause a DEPRESSION, not a recession. Real Estate has always been and should always be the instrument to create growth and wealth in our economic model.

The CBO even said this proposal would likely reduce home ownership. You think! How about eliminate about 54% of it.

The lunacy continues!!!!

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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/home/story/912490.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082704289.html

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view.bg?articleid=1194151

Some companies are cutting back, but not Keller Williams in Tyler, Texas. We are growing for Tyler and all of east Texas. The slab on our new Building is poured and we are ready to go. KW Tyler is investing in Tyler and growing to serve everyone better. Thanks to all the Super Star agents in the Keller Williams Tyler, Market Center.

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The local NBC affiliate came out and Interviewed me and went on a showing with our top agent Kyle Smith. They are talking about existing family homes and airing different parts on the local news. I am glad to be apart of it. All of the segments are pretty good. Thanks KETK for coming by.

Take a look at: http://www.ketknbc.com/news/home-sales-rise

We are growing in Tyler and having a blast in the process.

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Well, I have the Golf bug again. I went out yesterday with my lovely wife Denise and played the Cascades which is the course we live on here in Tyler, Texas. To say I had fun, would be an understatement. I am not playing particularly well, but the fun is there and that is what matters. Since taking the Team Leader position at Keller Williams Tyler, Texas, I have begun to relax and enjoy the game I loved for years while my children were growing up. I have also found that golf is a great tool for recruiting for the Market Center.

The day was warm, but a bit breezy and I shot a 75. Not great by my standards, but a great day of fun just the same. Now I will have too hit balls next week and do better. But for me now, it truly is about the fun.

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