The Hawaii Team Real Estate Blog
So, you want me to spend your money?
What's your advice? In this job, people always ask for our advice, our counsel, and our recommendations on how to spend their money. “What do you think Dan, should I take the offer?” “Do you think this is a good buy/investment?" "Do you think I should lower the...
How to Stay In Your Home After You Sell It
Yes, the title is correct. You can stay in your house after your sell it. It’s called a post-occupancy agreement. In Colorado, this agreement is signed at contract and basically says that you, as the seller, can stay in your home for up to 60 days after you sold it...
Multiple Offers On Your Home May Be The Hardest To Handle
If you have been around the Big Island market in the last 30 days, you know it’s a seller’s market in the lower price range. This may be music to your ears if you are selling your home, say for around $900,000 in Hawi. You may also be thinking that all you need...
March Madness
As of this writing, we are approximately 54 minutes from tip-off between the Princeton Tigers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first game of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. This is my favorite sports week of the year. There are so many wonderful moments;...
What Will The Election of A New President Mean For the Real Estate Industry?
We have had this question more than any other in the last ten months and a few weeks ago on our radio show we addressed this very topic. What will a new President mean for real estate in this country and the industry as a whole? So let's take a look at what could...
The Cost of Sanity
Have you ever had a housing project where you thought you could save money by doing it yourself? I know I have. In fact, I built a house in Southwestern Colorado almost single-handedly for that very reason. One thing I learned during that season of my life was the...
Our Top 10 List of Do’s and Don’ts When Buying and Selling a Home. Part Two
Last week, I began a two-part series on our Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts of Buying and Selling Real Estate. The first five were all dedicated to sellers and today we want to speak to buyers. Ok, let’s kick off our final five tips of the series and remember that some...
Our Top 10 List of Do’s and Don’ts When Buying and Selling A Home. Part One
Top 10 lists are immensely popular blogs because they give people a bullet point list of things they need to know right away. Some of these seem like logical do’s and don’ts, but think again. We would not be writing about them if they did not occur day in and day out....
Pricing Your Home Can Be Tricky, Part Two
Last week, we started to look at the complicated and tricky process of pricing a home. In that post, we talked about three prices – the price you want for the house, the price the buyer will pay, and the price the home will appraise at. Out of those three, only the...
Pricing Your Home Can Be Very Tricky, Part One
The first thing you need to know about pricing a home for sale, is that it is a very closely analyzed and thoroughly researched GUESS! That’s the truth, and if anyone tells you otherwise, they are just not being truthful. When it comes to pricing a home, there are...
I Am Hiring The Neighborhood Expert To Be My Realtor
Over the years, you have heard people say, “I am hiring the neighborhood expert to sell my home because he or she sells more homes in this neighborhood.” Let’s explore that for a second and find out if, in fact, that’s true. Are there any real neighborhood experts...
All Real Estate Marketing Is Not Created Equal
Quite often, I hear from clients who have interviewed multiple agents that the marketing presented was all very similar. I always scratch my head on this, because in most instances, that’s not the case. So I invite clients to really drill down the various marketing...