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When you’re selling your own property in a red-hot seller’s market, and the comps are all over the place, where do you price your listing to obtain the highest possible price?  I’m currently helping my brother buy a new condo here in Austin and sell our family home in California. As I look at the comparable sales on realtor.com and Zillow, however, I’m in a real quandary about where to price the property, especially because I don’t have access to the Los Angeles MLS.   When you are...

Home staging often plays a critical role in helping sellers achieve the highest possible price for their property. However, if you are in a super red-hot seller’s market, should sellers even bother with staging?  Before Christmas, my brother decided he was ready to sell our family home in California and move to Austin. I got an extraordinary deal from the developer on the last new unit in our subdivision, including a 4 percent commission, a complete appliance package, plus no HOA dues for th...

1. Never barge in  When McDaniel did his first showing, he didn’t know anything about showing etiquette. When he entered his first showing using the key in the lockbox, there was a woman in her late 80s with a blanket on her lap watching TV. She was so terrified she started hyperventilating. McDaniel was afraid she was having a heart attack.  I had a similar situation when I was new as well. My buyer and I were both women in our 20s. I opened the door using the key from the lockbox. Once we...

the developed countries. putting further rate cuts in doubt. hello, kelly. >> hello and good morning. >> good morning. what a morning. my goodness. >> long day in store. >> its a really interesting week because theres a lot going on and yes were double-shifting. were sending a whole bunch of people out all over the place to cover all these events. ecb, so people all over the place. its interesting being here in the studio and getting all the feeds in. >> people are forgetting that we...