Sometimes conditional offers have within their conditions an ‘escape clause’. An escape clause is commonly found when there are conditions within an offer that will take longer than the typical 7-10 day time frame for the Buyer to meet. A good example of this type of situation would be an offer conditional on the sale […]
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The Escape Clause, AKA ‘The Bump Clause’
Change your Exterior Listing Photographs in June
Here is an important tip for those Sellers who may have listed their homes in April or May, or even earlier. Typically exterior listing photographs taken in the early Spring will have snow in them. However, now that the snow is finally all gone, it’s time to update your exterior photographs. Pictures are worth more […]
Showing Feedback for Sellers Please
Showing feedback is extremely important, and is generally expected by both Listing Agents and their Seller Clients. The purpose of providing showing feedback is so that Sellers have an accurate picture of how their home is being perceived by potential Buyers as well as their Agents. Positive feedback is always great, but of course we […]
Negotiations- Tactic VRS Real Skill
There is a new tactic emerging amid real estate negotiations in Thunder Bay, and I’ll refer to it as the ‘The Ransom Demand’, as that is the most interesting way that I’ve heard my colleagues refer to it. While I can’t speak for the Agents that are utilizing this tactic as a means to an end, what I […]
Win Some, Lose Some, Learn
Win some, lose some. I’ve been thinking about this a lot these days. Spring always brings new Real Estate Agents to the Business, and it wasn’t all that long ago that I was a new Agent as well. I was chatting with a friend the other day, whose friend had just joined the business. New […]