by Shannon O'Brien | Sep 16, 2013 | Agent Spotlight, Real Estate Discussion
Native Coloradan Adam King grew up dreaming of being a chiropractor. Instead, right out of college he began flipping houses. From there he moved right into residential sales, so real estate is all he’s ever known. The flipping occurred in Dallas. When he moved back to...
by Shannon O'Brien | Sep 2, 2013 | Agent Spotlight, Real Estate Discussion
All real estate is local. So, when an agent tells you that her favorite aspect of her career is “the travel,” it might just make you scratch your head. Laurie Weston Davis, of Keller Williams Realty in Pinehurst, N.C. isn’t just any real estate agent. First, she has...
by Shannon O'Brien | Aug 28, 2013 | Real Estate Discussion
“My Realtor® has stopped communicating with me,” blasts the headline over at Trulia’s message boards. The author goes on to ask for advice on how to terminate his listing agreement. Some of the responses by agents to sellers who complain about a lack of communication...
by Shannon O'Brien | Aug 21, 2013 | Real Estate Discussion
When I was a real estate agent I stowed a pair of muck boots in the trunk of my car. When you sell real estate in a rural area and carry vacant land and ranches in your listing inventory, it’s best to always be prepared – unless, of course, you don’t mind...
by Shannon O'Brien | Aug 19, 2013 | Agent Spotlight, Real Estate Discussion
At the end of these “Agent Spotlight” interviews, I always ask the agent to give me a one-word description of themselves. I’ll tell you how Brian Bendily answered that request later on. After getting to know him myself, though, I would say there are two...
by Shannon O'Brien | Aug 12, 2013 | Agent Spotlight, Real Estate Discussion
Some real estate agents just seem to be born to do real estate. And Amy Summers of Gold Country Realty in Auburn, Calif. is one of those agents. I asked her to explain a little bit about her background. “I grew up in Northern California, in Oroville. It’s a little...