Ferndale, CA

Searching for advise from Activerain Members (even Jason Crouch)!

I am searching for any type of advise from all Avtiverain Members on what your doing to make money! I don't want you to blurt out all your secrets, but some ideas on marketing with magazines, websites, newspapers, Activerain and any other sources that you can think of.

I have asked many questions from Activerain members and they always come around for me and anyone else that's searching answers to their questions.

The reason I am searching The Rain for these answers to my questions is because I am interested in purchasing some property on the California Coast. And I need some extra money to make this dream come true.

I have some properties that I will be selling, but I will not get a good price from them until the market goes up.

Las Vegas has all these High-rise Luxury Condo Hotels everywhere and I would like to find the niche to sell them and make some extra money to purchase the California property.

Below is a photograph I took of my dream property where I want to build my cottage or summer home.

So please give me some of your tips, advice and opinions on making money in the Real Estate Market! And I promise not to tell anyone, OK?

Story and photograph by Robert Swetz

I am posting this blog because Jessica was the first member of Active Rain that I was able to meet. And I drove around 700 miles to meet her and look at some property that she had listed in Ferndale California, very close to Fortuna and Eureka on the West Coast.

When I first met Jessica she wiped out her lab tap and we started looking at different properties. She was very excited to visit with me and she is a very warm hearted person.

Jessica is avery lucky person because she lives in one of the most beautiful places in the world, Northern California by the ocean.

We drove up and looked at this beautiful 3000 acres she had listed right in Ferndale and it was so beautiful. If I would have had the money, I would have signed the papers right then and there.

Another reason I am posting this blog is because Jessica Bigger has 3 featured logs in a row. I have never seen this and she has found her spot in Active Rain.

If you read this post and know Jessica, please let her know about it and I want her to come to this posted blog and tell everyone where this photograph was taken. It is about 17 miles south of where Jessica showed me her property listing.

Here is Jessica's contact information if you would like to know anything about her or intersted in properties that are so beautiful, you would have to see them to believe it.

This ones for you Jessica, your are a wonderful young lady and it was a pleasure to meet you.

story and photo by: Robert Swetz

Jessica Bigger~Eureka CA Historic & Luxury Homes
Eureka, CA
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Ming Tree GMAC Real Estate

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All photographs by: Robert Swetz and copyrighted/ trademarked by Robert Swetz - Any duplication in any form with out the permission of Robert Swetz will be in violation of a minimum of $5,000 to a maximum of $20,000 dollars - For permission please call Robert direct at: 702-443-7156 or email him at: swetz444@yahoo.com

I have to admit, I’m a big fan of Jennifer’s soulful selling philosophy and her open checkbook policy, as well as going above and beyond to do the right thing for your client whether it’s your responsibility or not (within reason of course).

I represented a landowner who wanted to sell his ranch. At the time I was a fairly new agent and so I teamed up with a more experienced agent in our office. Our marketing attracted a developer who agreed to an initial due-diligence period offering my client a non-refundable $1000 fee for his time. The buyer never deposited the earnest monies into escrow, despite my efforts to get them to honor the contract, and in the end decided not to pursue the property.

Now, it may only have been a measly $1000, but that $1000 mattered to my seller, and why shouldn’t it. So, I made a decision to pursue the money rightfully owed to my seller per the buyer’s contract and if in the end my efforts were unsuccessful, guess what….where’s that checkbook?

Funny thing though, when I asked the other listing agent if he would split the $1000, he told me it wasn’t our responsibility and that my time would be better spent finding my next client. He might be right and I respect him for his opinion. But my gut told me that the right thing to do in the end would be to write my seller a check. And my gut instinct is almost always right.


PS. Luckily my efforts paid off and the buyers did honor their commitment and sent my seller a check in the mail.

Copyright 2008 Jessica Bigger. All Rights Reserved. *Ferndale CA Land: How Hard Do You Work for Your Seller?*

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Contact Jessica Bigger, Realtor®, Ming Tree GMAC Real Estate at 707-269-4305 to list your home for sale or to purchase your first or next home in Eureka, Cutten, Bayside, Arcata, McKinleyville, Westhaven, Trinidad and the rest of Humboldt County California.

To view all Humboldt County CA Historic and Luxury Homes for Sale Click Here, then click on Search Area Listings at the top of the web site. I know Humboldt County CA well and can help you get your home Sold or help you buy your next Humboldt County California Home. Call today!