I recently wrote this post on my Atlanta Real Estate blog on why now just might be the time to "get your greed on".  Let's face it - with the stock market down nearly 40% so far this year and real estate prices (in some market areas) down about the same - there is a ton of money to be made in the next 5 to 7 years.

Who doesn't want to be the next Warren Buffet?

It's A Numbers Game

It's true.  Real Estate is a numbers game.  

Come to think of it, almost every single activity I perform as a real estate agent can be explained mathmatically.  From the work I do to marketing my services to the public to the work I do for my clients in helping them negotiate the best possible outcome on the sales price of their homes - it's all about numbers.

And in these numbers I've found some very powerful distinctions that can help folks who are trying to sell their homes in this tough market.  Straight forward, logical ways to boil down the complexity of the market into simple numerical truths.

3 Secrets Sellers Should Know...

In years of selling real estate and compiling statistics both locally and Nationally I’ve found the…

The Brutal Truth About Atlanta Real Estate

Here's the brutal truth about the real estate market in the Metro Atlanta area: There are fourteen (14) homes for sale for every one (1) motivated, qualified buyer.

That means that you are directly competing with 14 homes for your buyer. 

So what should you do to make sure that your home is the one in eleven that will sell this month? Everything you can.

For our listings, we're pushing our way up the technology ladder best we know how.  We're pushing online classified advertising, full color - high gloss brochures, Open Houses, call capture talking ads, professional photography and aggressive, daily telephone marketing to top agents and our database of buyers.

It goes without saying that the homes…

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