In A Realtor’s Week
Every Real Estate Team Needs a Calmer
Every Real Estate Team Needs a Calmer: Earlier this year, I had a nightmare experience with an uncooperative Realtor. There are nutballs in every profession, and real estate is no exception. It can take a bit to irk me, but once it does, it'...
It Takes A Real Estate Village
I don’t know how solo real estate agents do it…. I really don’t. My mother was a very successful real estate agent. Once I grew weary of my mortgage banking career, I joined my mom, and she taught me the real estate ropes. I h...
The Evolution of Real Estate Sales
When I tired of mortgage banking and began selling real estate, Realtors worked from the MLS book which was published biweekly. It was our real estate bible; all of the “new” and “active” listings were in the book. Of course because...
What’s going on with Phyllis and Harb & Co?
Sometimes, writing my real estate blog is simple and completed in a few minutes. Other times it takes hours to compile the real estate market value statistics. But now and again, I don’t have much to say. So here’s what’s going on...
The Harb and Co Real Estate Wrap Up Mid April 2014
We have been busy, busy, busy. The Harb and Co Real Estate Wrap Up On Friday, I closed my Pasadena listing on Allen. This home sold over the asking price in multiple offers, and the buyer waived their appraisal contingency. The lender was ...
A Quick Real Estate Break
A Quick Real Estate Break: My mom has been in town for a short visit, and my aunt, who was also visiting from out of town, came and spent a couple of days at our home. Now that both my girls are out of the house (one a college grad...
Where is this Realtor’s next vacation?
I am too busy to vacation, BUT not too busy to dream about my next trip. Here’s a sneak peek: 1) Adults only (16+ years) Casa Velas, a small boutique 5-star hotel all-inclusive the last time I was there, I didn’t leave thei...
Toluca Lake Storybook Tudor Closed
I just closed the Toluca Lake storybook, Tudor. It had previously been on and off the market for 760 days (more than two years) with various real estate agents. When I first met the seller, I was concerned that he really enjoyed the exc...
