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No big decisions right now

Every year NAR surveys tens of thousands of buyers and sellers at the closing table. A few of those findings are worth using in this email, because they describe people like you, not the folks in the national headlines. As you know, Boulder and most of the front range is its own animal. But nationally, […]
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Do you really need to make a move?

Before you decide to do a real estate transaction of any kind, sell, buy, or both; there’s one question that matters more than rates, headlines, or whatever some podcast yelled this week: What challenge are you actually trying to solve? Not what your friends think. Not what I think. Not what the market thinks. What […]
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Seafoam green or slate? Uh, I don’t know.

Nobody hires me because: I’ve sold a lot of homes. (I have). I know whether your cabinets should be seafoam or slate (I don’t). I can send you a listing the minute it hits (before? Actually, yes, that part does matter). I can determine if a foundation crack is structural (not my job anyway). I […]
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Top agent vs. right agent

You’ve probably seen ads for new real estate sites promising that “top agents compete and pay you cash up front just for the right to list your home.” On paper, that sounds like free money and a dream come true. But on at least one review site, a seller described the experience as “a useless […]

Hey! Read this No big decisions right now Every year NAR surveys tens of thousands of buyers and sellers at the closing table. A few of those findings are worth using in this email, because they describe people like you, not the folks in the national headlines. As you know, Boulder and most of the front range is its own animal. But nationally, […]

Hey! Read this Do you really need to make a move? Before you decide to do a real estate transaction of any kind, sell, buy, or both; there’s one question that matters more than rates, headlines, or whatever some podcast yelled this week: What challenge are you actually trying to solve? Not what your friends think. Not what I think. Not what the market thinks. What […]

Hey! Read this Seafoam green or slate? Uh, I don’t know. Nobody hires me because: I’ve sold a lot of homes. (I have). I know whether your cabinets should be seafoam or slate (I don’t). I can send you a listing the minute it hits (before? Actually, yes, that part does matter). I can determine if a foundation crack is structural (not my job anyway). I […]

Hey! Read this Top agent vs. right agent You’ve probably seen ads for new real estate sites promising that “top agents compete and pay you cash up front just for the right to list your home.” On paper, that sounds like free money and a dream come true. But on at least one review site, a seller described the experience as “a useless […]

Hey! Read this Spring Does Not Bring Leverage. Strategy Does Preview: No crash, no fire sale, just a normal Boulder County market where money is made in the gap between what buyers offer and what sellers expect. Right now, the same two stories keep getting repeated. Buyers are waiting for a crash that is not coming. Postscript from outside Boulder County: economist Bill McBride at […]

Hey! Read this What an expired listing really means In the city of Boulder last month, 871 homes were listed for sale and 210 actually sold. That means roughly three‑quarters of the people who thought they were “on the market” were really just waiting for something that didn’t happen. And worse, most of them spent real money cleaning, fixing, staging, and preparing, plus a […]