Multiple Offers? In This Market???

Lisa and I experienced every agent's dream this week -- multiple offers on the same property. It was priced aggressively and in show ready condition. Ironically, showing activity had been very slow on it, and then BOOM -- 2 offers at once! This business is truly feast or famine in so many ways. This seller handled the offers very well -- she asked for highest and best, received them, and still countered the best one. I admit I felt she was pushing her luck, but it paid off. Way to go L.K.!

Is Your Agent a Listing "Specialist"?

I have seen several ads lately emphasizing that this agent or that agent is a listing "specialist". While I agree it is important for your agent to have expertience listing properties, especially in a market like we are facing, I can't help but think a listing "specialist" is missing a key ingredient. If you don't regularly have buyers in your car, on the phone, texting you, etc. can you REALLY, as an agent, have a true understanding of what is important to today's buyer? How will you know that a QR code on a property flyer is a really good thing unless you see firsthand your own buyers utilizing this tool? With all the tools we have available today to advertise our listings, I need to interact with buyers regularly so that I can see what is most relevant to them, and therefore most likely to get your home shown. Just a thought...