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In order to serve my clients better I have changed Cedar Rapids Real Estate companies.  I am now affiliated with Frazier Realty out of Marion Iowa.

New start but same outstanding service.  Please feel free to send me an email at rick@bestiowahomes.com with any questions.

Rick Hernandez

Your Cedar Rapids Real Estate Agent for Life

This can be a crazy business sometimes.  Just before the holidays I was doing what most of us do in preparations for Christmas such as shopping, wrapping and preparing for our trip out of town.  I had been working on a larger Cedar Rapids Real Estate deal over the last few days and I was sure it was going to fall apart but than a funny thing happened...

Each party was holding to their guns and each party had walked away from each other twice.  It was New Years eve when I got the call for the buyers final offer.  I told the selling agent that I just didn't think it was going to work but I would try.  I called my clients and explained the offer, they simply said thanks, have a Merry Christmas and we will see you in Jan, 09.  The deal had crashed and… Read Full Post

Cedar Rapids Real Estate FSBO's

I recently contacted a Cedar Rapids for sale by owner seller to discuss if she would cooperate with me and pay a fee if I brought her a qualified buyer.  She agreed to my fee of 3.5%.  That wasn't so hard...

I set up an appointment and walked my Cedar Rapids buyer through the home.  She was very interested so we set up a second showing and than we wrote up an offer.  This is where it gets sticky...

Before presenting the offer I handed her a fee agreement for the agreed fee and asked her to sign it.  This is where things got sticky.  She said she was not sure she could agree to the fee as it depended on what the offer was.

I spent about 20 minutes or so explaining that my fee was not negotiable, why I charged what I…

The Cedar Rapis Real Estate market has begun to slow down.  For many Cedar Rapids buyers this may be one of the best times to put in an offer.  Many homes continue to sit on the market and Cedar Rapids sellers may be feeling motivated to sell.

This doesn't mean they are going to give their homes away...but the opportunity to save thousands is certainly in play.

If you are ready to buy or know someone in Cedar Rapids who is, give me a call or visit my website to learn how I can help you save on your next purchase.

I will usually start my listing presentation by letting clients know that as a professional my job is to give them my professional opinion.  Sometimes that means that what they hear from me may not be what they want to hear.  I let her know that I focus on Cedar Rapids IA Homes and am very comfortable with the market.

So, I go on a listing presentation on a home that has expired twice.  I show my comparables and my numbers are quite a bit lower than the listed price.  I ask how many groups have come through the home and she tells me about 25.  Yipes!  And it hasn't sold yet.

So I complete my presentation and her son is digging everything I have to say.  He even asks my opinion on some of the challenges with this listing so I share some things like it's…