Too often, homes go up on the MLS with no photos, or with really bad photos. I wonder why? Read the rest of this entry »
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We just reduced the price to $365,000 for this lovely home. Read the rest of this entry »
Some agents avoid land and lot sales. They don’t understand it.
Some agents pursue land and lot sales, because they think it should be “easier.” Dangerous thinking. It isn’t “easier.” Read the rest of this entry »
It’s hard to beat.
Forbe’s ranking of the Raleigh/Cary metro area as #1 in the USA for Business and Careers was just the ticket. It comes on the heels of last May’s BusinessWeek.com mention of Cary as one of the Best Affordable Suburbs in the South. Read the rest of this entry »
That’s what Forbes magazine says.
We are #1 in the USA in Best Places for Business and Careers. Read the rest of this entry »
With over 3,000 photos posted, and over 8,000 views of photos, I have to say I really have enjoyed my first year using Flickr. I have the Flickr Pro account, that offers me unlimited monthly photo posting for only $24.95/year. A bargain, I think.
Flickr has served me many ways: Read the rest of this entry »
People are increasingly wary of web sites that require registration, particularly real estate sites that want their personal information as the ticket to searching for homes.
That wariness is warranted. Agents are taught to “capture” visitors; that it is good business to “capture” them to be able to stalk them for business. Read the rest of this entry »
Mr. and Mrs. Buyer:
That Mortgage Preapproval is good for YOU! To protect YOU! To keep YOU from being hurt.
Too many folks hurt themselves by getting under contract on a home purchase when they can’t actually buy a house. And then the problems start… Read the rest of this entry »
I confess: This website is driven by my Cary, NC real estate business. If you are buying or selling a property in “Wake County and Beyond,” I hope my site will encourage you to consider talking to me. And if I starve to death, the site goes with me. That’s a cold fact of life.
There. I feel better that we have dealt with THAT.
Here’s my approach to avert starvation: Read the rest of this entry »
Blog fodder:
Home built in 1979.
In the structural real estate realm, that means:
Copper water lines, not the celcon-fitting class-action polybutylene that came along a couple of years later.
Solid hardboard siding, not evil class-action hardboard.
Copper wiring, not the aluminum branch circuits from the mid-’70’s.
No lead-based paint disclosure or tangible concerns, as in 1978 homes and earlier.
And this home was very affordable!
All in all, pretty cool, we thought!
It’s a little bit of a nuisance. My automatic MLS property search emails that go out every morning are anticipated by several of my motivated Buyers in Cary, NC.
And as of last week, Yahoo! is refusing to deliver them to folks who use Yahoo! email. Seems too many Yahoo! clients have called agents’ MLS emails SPAM, and Yahoo! has blacklisted the Triangle MLS server.
Our good folks at the TMLS tell me they have contacted Yahoo! looking for help. And they have received no response. So now, as well as trying to help nice folks find housing, I’m also promoting Hotmail, Gmail, or other providers. Not exactly the business niche I seek, selling email services…
Of course, folks can also use my site to search for homes, and set it to alert them to new listings. That would be: www.MikeJaquish.com
But I would be just as delighted if the TMLS folks could make peace with Yahoo! That would give me a great blog to write!