Janet Naisbitt-Bagley

I am "burning the midnight oil" as my mom used to say. Another of her favorite sayings is, "You're burning the candle at both ends." I guess working late hours must come naturally in my family! It's important to realize, however, that I wouldn't be working these late hours if there wasn't a lot of real estate work to do this late! It's most exciting to see the real estate market buzzing with buyers, offers and even multiple offers on the bargain-priced & foreclosure properties! What a busy day!

Why am I still here? After a very busy day, I got an offer on one of my homes for sale at approximately 7 p.m. It took until nearly 9 p.m. to give them all of the active listing and comparable sold information they needed to make an informed decision on what and how they wanted to counter the offer.

An important factor in making the decision on whether to counter is for the seller to decide how much they want to move forward with their lives and how much they want to maintain the value in their home. Only the seller can determine which is the most important to them in their lives right now.

The seller also needs to realize in a market like this that there are more houses for sale than buyers to buy them. If the seller counters the offer it's just like catching that big fish and cutting the line. The buyer doesn't have to swim back even to the same price they offered in the first place. The seller must decide if they want to risk losing the buyer with a counter offer. It's like deciding if you would buy your own home back for the price the buyer offers. Does that make sense? On the other hand, the seller wants to get all he can out of the home especially when many sellers are actually losing money on their homes.

What an important decision! I worked hard to answer every question and give them every detail until they were comfortable making their counter offer. I always recommend a counter or acceptance. There is no point to throw away a buyer in this market with a rejection. There's a good chance the buyers and sellers can go back and forth until they make a win-win situation for both if their real estate agents have reasonable negotiating skills.

It made me feel very good about the length of time that I spent going over all of the market data when the sellers told me how very grateful they were that I had given them the information they needed to be knowledgeable in this market. They said they were so happy they had listed with me. Even though we had gone over the list and sold information when they listed, and I had given them market updates, I believe it is important to give them a market overview again when an offer comes. The information needs to be up to the minute when considering an offer. Actually, if you are a buyer or seller, you should request market information from your real estate agent when presenting or receiving and offer.

By the time the offer was totally accepted by the seller, it was late tonight. I still had 2 offers to write for an investor on two of my short sale listings! Here I am finally blogging! It may be after midnight, but I feel my time has been well spent. It feels good inside to know you've done a good job for your clients, and that they really appreciate your experience, expertise, knowledge of the market and top service.

I'd love to hear any of your comments regarding the real estate market today! Please call Janet at 435-865-1019 or email naisbitt@infowest.com. Check out my website please at www.homesincedarcity.com.

Many of us are spending time today remembering and honoring our Veterans and also those who have passed on before us with a feeling of gratitude in our hearts to them for making this a better world for us!

I feel a deep sense of thankfulness in my heart for the blessings and freedoms that we enjoy in American that others have sacrificed to give us. I hope we will all take time today and every day to be grateful for our blessings rather than complaining about our problems! We have so much for which to be thankful!

I was thinking that even my career as a real estate agent in Cedar City, Utah, as well as the right Americans have of owning their own homes is thanks to those who have gone on before! Do you agree?

Please call Janet's team at 435-865-1019 or 800-934-3742 or email naisbitt@infowest.com. Check for lots of information and the MLS on www.homesincedarcity.com. I'd love to help you with your American dream of home ownership!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a productive and fun Saturday and that you've had a great week! If you want to spend next week looking at homes, you may want to click on search MLS at www.homesincedarcity.com and make a list of MLS numbers for the homes you want us to show you. Then give us a call or email the list with the date and time you'd like to tour homes. We'll try to meet your schedule.

We can show you every home no matter which office has the listing thanks to our Multiple Listing Service that advertises the houses and other types of property from all offices. It does save you hours of time to work with our team of licensed realtors for knowledgeable and experienced help with all your real estate needs. We're the real estate team that cares, and the team that gives you top service!

You can also call us at 435-865-1019 or 800-934-3742 or email naisbitt@infowest.com, and we'll make a search of your criteria for you and give you a list of the bargain-priced homes for sale including all foreclosures.

Extra free benefit to you: We have paid extra for the technology that will send you the new listings and price reductions automatically when they come on the market when we input your criteria into the computer. Please call us and request that service. It's free to you and very helpful. It makes sure you don't miss a new listing or a price reduction on the home of your dreams. Does that sound good?

We'll also want to help you get pre-qualified with a lender so you will know what kind of loan works best for you including what your payment will be! You should be able to get a loan with nothing down or very low down that has comfortable payments thanks to the affordable prices and low interest rates in the Cedar City Real Estate market.

I hear there is a legislative session being called to evaluate a new Utah grant for new construction real estate that may apply to homes not completed yet! Since the current grant money is more than half gone, that would be incredibly good news! Don't you agree? What have you heard?

There is so much to benefit buyers right now! Please call Janet's team at 435-865-1019 or 800-934-3742 or email naisbitt@infowest.com for your free list of foreclosures, short sales, distress sales and all bargains including new construction with warranties. You can also search the MLS for all homes for sale on www.homesincedarcity.com. Janet's team can give you top service, top knowledge and top experience while helping you with every home which saves you hours of time.

I'm new to the blogging world! My goal with writing my blogs is to be either informative or helpful. How do I know if I'm succeeding? I'd like to get more comments, so I'd know if anyone is reading the blog. How do I do that?

Since I spend lots of time on each blog, it would be really nice to know if people read it even though they don't comment. Please let meknow if you have any idea whether blogging gets out there or if it just sits on Active Rain.

I haven't got a clue what twitter is. Do You? I've been named as a friend on Facebook, but I really don't understand that either. There is so much going on in the world today that is way outside of my box. You young people need to understand that there wasn't even TV when I was a young girl. I'd love an explanation if anyone has time on the new communicaton aids in the world of today and maybe even tomorrow.

Are there better methods out there than blogging and if so, what and how does it reach people interested in real estate in Cedar City, Utah and surrounding areas?

In the meantime, I love giving people top service, top knowledge, top training and top experience with all their real estate needs. Please call Janet's top team at 435-865-1019 or 800-934-3742 or email naisbitt@infowest.com.

We'd love to give you your free list of bargain-priced homes in our Cedar City, Utah, real estate area including foreclosures, short sales and new construction with warranties that may qualify for $6,000 in grant money!

Search for homes, properties and houses for sale in Enoch, Cedar City, Parowan, Paragonah, Milford, Minersville, Beaver, New Harmony, Kanarraville and all areas in our real estate market on www.homesincedarcity.com. We can help with every home or property no matter which office has the listing. That will save you hours of time to work with our licensed, professional team of REALTORS.