Real Estate Blog & Advice

It all started with a fake Gucci watch in New York City's Chinatown ⌚ I was about 15 or 16 years old and in New York with some classmates for a school theater trip. 🗽 I had been to NYC previously and I was mesmerized by the haggling of knock-off goods on the street....

Why do I keep saying Realtors suck? Here's the perfect example.  I was out with a Buyer and saw a few homes. 🏡 The Listing Agent of one of the homes we saw reached out to me after I sent feedback. He thanked me for the feedback and asked a few questions about my...

And this whole time I thought they loved candy corn in Utah! 🤣

Multiple offers!?  At this time of year? In this part of the country? Localized in Salt Lake City? I'm borrowing from The Simpsons in case you aren't a die-hard Simpsons fan.  Yes, it actually happened that this property had multiple offers after being listed for 2...

More stories from my series of "Why Realtors Suck"  I was with my new Buyer the other day touring some homes he had wanted to see. This Buyer likes to work on his cars and wants to make sure he is in a neighborhood that won't have an issue with this.  One of the homes...

It's about little surprises and creating great relationships!  I received this text from my Buyer who is currently under contract on a home.  These Buyers are in their due diligence period and they had a few home inspectors they were reviewing. After contacting a few...

The time has come! Your home no longer fits your needs, or a life event happened and you need to move. Whether you're moving down the street, across town, or across the country there is probably something that needs to be done to have your house ready to sell.  I'm...

I heard from my friend, Ben, yesterday. 📱 Ben lives outside of Utah and had a real estate question. 🏡 By the way, thank you to everyone from around the country that trust's me with your real estate questions! I get questions from all corners of the country and have...

It's probably no surprise that clients often ask me about using Opendoor. It can sound like a dream, right? Here's an easy way to receive an offer to purchase your home without having to go through the hassle of listing with a Realtor.  I was referred to a couple who...

Sometimes it's all about the small things that help sell your house.  I was out with a new Buyer on a Saturday as we were touring our first homes.  It was cold and rainy that day. I felt like a mail delivery person! Neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night shall keep...

I'm ashamed to admit this.  Living in Utah for over 20 years and this was the first time I vacationed in Moab. Now, to be fair, or maybe to just excuse my laziness, I had been told that Moab is really for Jeepin'. As a Jeep owner that does sound fun, but I made...

I met Caryn through my dear friend Lauren. Caryn needed to sell her house because she was retiring and was looking to downsize. We had some time before we were set to list Caryn's home. She had a lot of life events happening and we planned about a month and a half...

Lately I've been meeting with a lot of Seller's who had their homes listed with other Realtors and they didn't get it sold. I've also been meeting with potential Seller's who have a lot of reasonable questions in today's market.  About a week ago I met with Victor at...

I've been working with a new set of Buyers and we were viewing properties on a Monday afternoon. They liked one of the homes we saw, and we all had opinions of the color choice of one of the bedrooms.  The color wasn't quite brown.  But it wasn't quite yellow either. ...

I received a call from a friend who runs an Estate Planning company, and my friend sent me a text as I was listening to her voice message.  The call came to me because this Estate Planning company knows that I specialize with Seniors (55+) Real Estate needs. Many...

Yesterday was a blast!  This is almost one of those "adult" stories. You know the kind. You get a text message to do something with a friend you haven't seen in a long time. Everyone agrees to getting together, but a date isn't set and nothing ever happens.  It all...

You may have seen talk online that new home inventory is at its highest level since the crash. And if you lived through the crash back in 2008, seeing new construction is up again may feel a little scary.But here’s what you need to remember: a lot of what you see...

There is a simple key to better negotiating. The key is communication!  Whether you are looking to get a raise, change jobs, buy a car, or buy or sell a house there is one tool that you are missing that is keeping you from getting what you want.  You go into...

Now that the market is slowing down, homeowners who haven’t sold at the price they were hoping for are increasingly pulling their homes off the market. According to the latest data from Realtor.com, the number of homeowners taking their homes off the market is up 38%...

6.4 miles 3,093 feet elevation gained 📈 I went on a hike last Friday and it was brutal. The photo doesn't really show how steep the trail really is, and the trail almost looks flat in this picture. I probably should have taken a photo going uphill. ⛰️ The hike gave me...

If you’re still worried about having to deal with a bidding war when you buy a home, you may be able to let some of that fear go.While multiple-offer situations haven’t disappeared entirely, they’re not nearly as common as they used to be. In fact, a recent survey...