About Berkeley County, WV

I have seen my fair share of these so called Real Estate reality shows. From Flip this House, to Flipping out, & MillionDollar Listings. What concerns me about them is that they make everything look so easy. Real Estate is not as easy as it looks on TV. Theseguys buy these so called "steals" and then make tens of thousands of dollars on them. What they don't show is all the stuff going on in the background that ends up on the cutting room floor. So the next time you see one of these realty shows with an easy flip think twice before you think it's as easy as it is on TV.

A while back I wrote a blog about my mls pet peeve, which happens to be terrible or the lack of pics that agents include in their mls listings. I am currently working with a buyer that has certain criteria that they want and do not want to preview any houses that dont include these, open floor plan, wood floors. Sounds easy right? Well it seems that agents arent marking these down, why wouldnt you atleast put wood floors in your listing, its a great selling point. I would eliminate these houses from my search for them and then show the houses to other clients and have to go back and add the houses again. It also makes me think that if their were more than one picture to these listings I could have figured out these things on their own. i am really not a bitter person, but it can help your listings sell if you list their selling points and show a few pics. Thanks

Aaron Poling

Long & Foster

304-283-0214

www.aaronpoling.com

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I was recently at my Local bookstore and decided to take a look at what new real estate books were available. To my suprise when I went to the real estate section it was filled with board games. The games section is right beside the real estate section and it had completely taken it over. I couldnt belive it, it made me think Wow is real estate so bad that there is no need for their section in the book store. Then I realized that the real estate books were just moved to the section beside them, the personal finance section. Which makes sense, its personal finance that is so bad. I had to laugh! Its funny that with our economy the priority over real estate and personal finance is board games. Maybe this explains a lot.

Aaron Poling

Long & Foster

www.aaronpolingsblog.com

www.aaronpoling.com

Next Month cell phone numbers will go public, this means that if you dont want to be bugged with telemarketers calling you at your cell number you have to register. It only takes a minute to register your cell phone number. Call 888-382-1222 and follow the prompts (you have to call from the cell phone you are registering). It takes 30 days to take effect. Please Pass It On!

Thanks

Aaron Poling

Long & Foster

www.aaronpolingsblog.com

www.aaronpoling.com