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Reasons Homes Dont Sell!!

05-12-08
Stephen D White, E-Pro, ABR Cape Cod Realtor®

Top Reasons Why Homes Dont Sell

#1 Price

#2 Location

#3 Doesnt show well- staged poorly, bad lighting, dog in the front yard, lousy neighbors

#4 Lousy Listing Agent- overbearing, not friendly, inviting or business like

#5 Bad Market- Buyers or sellers market

#6 Ineffective Marketing by listing agent- poor quality photos, badly written or incomplete property listing descriptions

#7 Inherent Defect- one that you can't change- next to a noisy street or highway, no basement

 

Any others? comments & your experiences are welcome

Steve White is the Owner/ Webmaster of SDW Realty of Cape Cod.com website and agent of Ocean Blue Realty, LLC of Falmouth. He has over 30 years of Administrative, Military, Computer and Web Experience. He has lived on Cape Cod since 1974 relocating from Medford Ma near Boston. He has earned his E-Pro Internet Professional and ABR Accredited Buyer Representative Designations. He has actively participated and blogged on Active Rain since February of 2008. He is an active member of the Cape & Islands Association of Realtors CCIAOR, National Association of Realtors NAR, and the Massachusetts Association of Realtors MAR.
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Gas prices to $4 a gallon by the summer? Plenty of greed but where is the sanity?

04-29-08
Stephen D White, E-Pro, ABR Cape Cod Realtor®

I went into a local gas station and asked for a quick $2 sale of gas. (I did save 10 cents a gallon paying in cash!) Gas prices had gone up 40 cents in the last two weeks said the guy behind the counter. I dont know if he was the owner but I continued to ask him why they continue to go up. This was last weekend and he noticed looking outside and seeing all of the tourists coming to the Cape, going to Woods Hole and Marthas Vineyard. He said that they have plenty of money and they dont care if our gas prices go up 5 cents a day. He has just bought $40K worth of gas the other day and all of the local gas stations are marking up their prices.

I said do you read the papers? Our economy is in a recession, homes are in foreclosure, food prices are climbing and the Cape's major source of income is those tourists now showing up in our motels, hotels and restaurants to enjoy our local weather, beaches and shopping. If they stop coming we would be in a world of trouble! He said this is only the end of April and the long line of cars at the red light means that the cars were going to still come and that they were going to continue to pay whatever gas prices the local gas stations ask. He says that Marthas Vineyard is already at $4 a gallon so $3.53 is a bargain! I thought that this is out of control and this is just getting worse. We never got this bad last summer. I see people siphoning gas in the news stealing it from each other cars. People stealing catalyic converters right from under their parked cars? Is that in our future? Weve got plenty of greed but where is the sanity? when will our government step in to do something? Our economy is being held hostage by the Oil Companies and our president the Oil Tycoon soon to be replaced!

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To use a Lockbox or not?

04-29-08
Stephen D White, E-Pro, ABR Cape Cod Realtor®

I got a call from a local realtor yesterday asking me for a showing on my listing. She said that all of the other properties that she was showing her buyer were on lock box which was more convenient for her and her buyer which I can understand. Did I have one too? I politely said no. Oh she said then maybe we could see it on another day after I show her all of the lockboxes?

To me I can do a better job than any lockbox or other agent who has never seen my listing and may not have even read the listing (if she had read the listing she would have known that I didnt have a lockbox!). A lockbox can do a disservice to a seller. Ive know many a seller who has changed realtors because of agents leaving on lights and doors wide open after getting access to a lockbox. I prefer to meet the agents and their buyers in person to do my job, which is to screen buyers, show and sell my sellers home to the best of my ability.

Well hopefully I will show my listing in a day or two to this agent. But then again, this same realtor called me months ago about this listing and never did show it?

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248 Shorewood Drive, E. Falmouth ma

02-28-08
Stephen D White, E-Pro, ABR Cape Cod Realtor®

 

 Boat & Woodworking Craftsmen, Artists, future Retirees, Landlords & Small Home Biz Owners! UNIQUE Cape Cod offering w/Great Pond WATERVIEW, Private Boat Storage, Woodworking Shop, separate living space for guests, Association Beaches & Dock! CUSTOM BUILT Garrison w/1800 sq ft, 3 bed 2 bath, 1st floor Master Bed, Hardwood floors, UPDATED Kitchen & Hearth Brick Fireplace. Upstairs has Guest room/Play room/Office space/Nursery room options & large RENOVATED full bath. The Oversize Garage/BOAT HOUSE is an Excellent BONUS for a large car/28 foot boat Storage. There is also a Woodworking Shop in basement w/tools & cabinets excellent for wood & boat projects! On a Quiet End of a DEAD END Street South of Rte 28! Easy access to Highways but still PRIVATE & QUIET! A Must See & Priced to Sell! Excellent part/full-time property or rental opportunity! Just reduced asking price to $365K for quick sale! SOLD!! 4/18/08

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