Greg Nino Houston Texas

1. help ya Harry - A person who looks at houses on behalf of a relative or friend. This is a regular mistake that buyer's make in my opinion. The interested buyer should be looking for themselves. Aunt Susie or Budy Brad will never know what it is exactly you want. Most Realtors are helping serious buyers & sellers. A serious buyer does the searching themselves with a Realtor of their choice.

2. Joking Jared - A Seller who wants to overlist to see what the market will bare will only grab an incompetent listing agent or agent who quite frankly, doesn't care about your goal. Instead, the listing agent will use your home as a lead generator - sign calls. Your game will be met by the listing agents game, pretty simple. Do it right, or don't do it all, that's my motto.

3. Commission focused Carl. This is the buyer or seller who DEMANDS to not pay full price when it comes to commission. When they purchase their home they seek the agent who is willing to "rebate." The productive, knowledgeable and successful agents don't slash their commission in half for anyone. When you buy a home focus on finding a home and let the agent do his or her job. If you think full service is expensive, try closing with a bottom feeder who says YES to everything you say.

4. Controlling Kathy is the unfortunate individual who feels nothing is done right unless she completely overseas all facets of the listing. If you think your agent is incompetent, don't hire them. If you do, let them focus on doing you a good job. Constantly poking, prodding and making demands makes everyones involvement hell.

5. Inspector Ingrid - Ingrid is the individual who installed boat docks back in the 70's for a living and now thinks they know everything about home construction. This follows the same lines as number 4 above. If you don't think you have the right inspector, don't hire them.

6. Lawyer Larry - This is by far my least favorite. I adore educated buyers and sellers more than you know. The more educated a consumer is, the better off everyone is in the transaction. Unfortunately, some folks watch too much Judge Judy and think they are legal pro's when it comes to real estate.

7. High Expectations Hillary - has a credit score of 127 but frequently tells Realtors, Banks, Lenders and neighbors that she has "so-so credit." No reason to be cute about your credit. We always find out, so just be honest so you don't waste anyone's time. And yes, those charge offs, tax evasions, judgments, broken leases and late child support payments do count.

8. Low Balling Lawanda - if a house is listed for 150k and the comparable sales are 157k than you got yourself, in most cases, a reasonable seller. You "starting" at $120,000 dollars is an insult, a waste of time and quite frankly, foolish. Sellers have feelings and sure as heck don't want to be insulted by buyers. Remember, Realtors do much more (or they should) than just get you a good deal. You still have to pay for what you want in this world. A buyer's market doesn't increase a sellers equity, it shrinks it.

9. I'm Calling my Lawyer Cliff - You certainly have that right and are always encouraged to obtain legal counsel, that's my obligatory introduction to numero 9 here. Making threats, pounding your fist and pretending to sue needs to be founded, reasonable and sensible - in my opinion. If a buyer needs 3 days more to close and you threaten to sue and get whacko than guess what? Just how much is that attorney going to get accomplished in 72 hours? No client of mine has ever issued the "attorney alarm" not once.

10. I'll get approved later Winthorpe - Sometimes you just know. You know if pestering a buyer for an approval letter is better left undone, but rarely. If you are a consumer reading this know that there is a saying in Real Estate that goes.. "buyers are liars." I know that's offensive, and over all a not so nice of a generalization. It would be dishonest of me to say I haven't agreed with that sentiment once in awhile. It is very unfortunate to say, but many buyers will lie about their credit, situation, job status, time frame and everything else. Why do they do this? Because they want access to a home. They know if they say they are 9 months away from buying that almost no agent would be willing to unlock the door. So they play games. If you are serious, get pre approved. If not, just say so.

After 25 years at the same location RE/MAX West Houston Professionals has moved to its new location. Previously at Hwy 6 and West Little York, the new location is filled with an entirely new look. The new location is located at:

7825 Hwy 6 N Ste 112
Houston TX, 77095
Direct: 832-298-8555
www.GregNino.com
Broker/Owner: Lori Blackmon

Just North of West Road and directly in front of the master planned community - Copperfield in the Copperfield Professional Plaza. The new location brings us closer to 290 and offers us a great opportunity to not only expand our coverage but allow us to better serve new and existing clients.

Same owner, same professional service that you've known for years. Stay tuned for our Open House!

You don't have to listen...

1. Once I was in a house showing a buyer when the phone rang. The voicemail picked up, it was the listing agent leaving advice about why reducing the sales price was a GREAT idea.

2. Sellers love to leave their mail laying around. Is that your PAYOFF from your bank laying on the countertop? You'd be surprised what a wondering eye can pick up.

3. Last week we saw a calender on the wall in the "study." It outlined the closing process of the sellers new home, with the address. These folks were doing some serious downsizing. As you could imagine.. the wheels turned for me and my buyers..

4. Divorce paperwork on nightstand - DING DING, PUT THIS AWAY!

5. I love it when sellers show their own home to me and my buyers. You are no match for my tactics. You being home means I'm guaranteed to get at least 5 clues about you! If there is one thing that people love to do most, it's talking about themselves.

6. I always laugh when I find the FSBO sign in the garage. Now I know they tried & failed to prevent me from being part of the equation.

7. Don't leave your sellers disclosure on the countertop. I think this is a really AWFUL Idea. When you go to a restaurant do they tell you what's wrong with their menu up front or do they wait until you complain? Don't scare potential buyers off who haven't become emotionally attached to the home or the process. You have to disclose! Just do it at the right time.

8. HA HA HA to sellers who allow their silly Listing Agent to offer $2,000 towards closing costs with an acceptable offer. This is by & large the BIGGEST red flag that your LA is a ROOKIE! Everybody knows that $2,000 is a meaningless and silly number. It doesn't say anything besides your willing to give MORE.

9. Is your Listing Agent hurting for money? If they are.. you better be careful. You'd be shocked to know just how hard they work "to bring a deal your way." I love desperate, broke listing agents. I can smell the blood miles and miles away. My buyers usually leave satisfied.

10. Does your Listing Agent think your home is garbage? Do they act as if it's beneath them? It will show, trust me.

11. Did you just tell your neighbors why you were moving? Divorce - loss of work? I already know that you are very likely to tell Nosy Nelda two doors down. If I see neighbors I am very nice to them. THEY ALWAYS TALK! You chatting with neighbors can cost you MONEY! Please do this a lot when you don't list with me.

12. You just listed your home with ABC Discount Realty. Guess what? I know you paid $500.00 to list your home. Do you really think I'm not going to hammer you for the rest of the money you saved? You better believe it! If you think a FULL Price Realtor is expensive try negotiating with an agent who knows the game better than you. You get what you pay for, trust me.

13. Your Furniture won't appraise. When you leave appliances in a vacant house.. I know they're free. What are you going to do, pay a company to move your 5 year old fridge across the country? NO! My buyers won't pay a dime! You're better off having a scratch & dent company pay you for these at a loss!

14. Your grass is dead, your wife's clothes are gone & it's obvious you are lonely. You'll execute your contract the same way. Almost always happens that way.

Tony Gonzalez
Sales Partner
RE/MAX WHP
Direct: 281-948-8857
Email: Sabature@yahoo.com

For the last 10 years of my life I have had a good friend named Tony Gonzalez. Back in 1999 we worked together in different restaurants & hotels holding management positions.

Eventually we opened up First Class Recruiters.A locally owned and operated firm that filled management positions for pharmaceutical, hotel, restaurant and retail positions throughout the State Of Texas. Tony was instrumental in coaching our management candidates and maintaining relations with our current & past prospects. We ran neck & neck with one of the top hospitality firms in our market before finally being bought out in 2002.

In 2004 Antonio decided to start a Real Estate career as a buyers agent with a local independate & very succesful team. Over the last 5 years Tony has been part of over 600 transactions as either a buyers agent, listing coordinator or listing agent. He was part of a team that spent a huge amount of time, effort & financial resources cultivating and working online prospects. Tony was also fortunate enough to be mentored by some of the most successful real estate firms around the country. He routinely went to conventions, conferences, leadership training and team building seminars.

As of today, Tony will be working with me as my exclusive sales partner where he will inherit a database of existing and current buyers, his specialty. In addition to working with buyers, Tony will also take on listings, marketing responsibilities and many more functions to help achieve our goal, a full partnership and franchise ownership.

I'm proud to be working with Tony again and look forward to having him on board! Please give him a big welcome friends!!

I was looking at a map this morning.On it I noticed the convenient, yet over abundance of toll roads that spiral through our city. The Sam HoustonTollway, Ft. Bend County Toll Road, Hardy Toll Road, Westpark Tollway, and now 2 more proposed! NW on highway 249 and of course the GRAND PARKWAY Toll road.

Is it just me or are these pay to ride roads getting out of hand? It's as if we can't drive ANYWHERE without paying a toll!

We pay tax on our gas, the purchase of our car, inspections stickers, registration stickers, highway building funds and on and on and on! All we do is pay to drive!

We PAY to actually drive on these roads that we are being taxed on!

At least I'm not being taxed on this blog, or am I?