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The number of homes labeled as “Distressed Property” continues to grow in the Tallahassee real estate market. A quick search of the Tallahassee MLS for homes that are short sales, foreclosures, bank owned or relocation shows that 22% of the active listings for condos, townhouses, and single family homes are in this category!

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CENTURY 21 topped all real estate companies again as it was recognized as the top training company in the real estate brokerage industry. For home buyers and home sellers, it means that the agents and staff that they work with at CENTURY 21 are better prepared to assist them during these difficult times in the [...]

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Most home owners who interview real estate agents for the job of selling their home are not prepared for this most important task in getting the home sold. More often than not, the homeowner is most curious about what the agent thinks the home is worth, rather than the more important issues on which they [...]

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I was having a discussion yesterday with a great real estate agent (Bill Peck) who was lamenting to me that his home buyers had received three Good Faith Estimates (GFE) from different mortgage companies and they were much more scattered in their estimates than we have traditionally seen.
For those of you who did not read [...]

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I was having a conversation yesterday with a very intelligent person about the value of their home. It was during this conversation that I was reminded that while I think about the home valuation process quite often, most people do not. There are many homes for sale in Tallahassee, and determining value is critical right [...]

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I first learned of a Japanese term “Kaizen” from Coach Jim Young at West Point, where I was a lowly offensive lineman for the Army Football Team. Coach Young explained Kaizen to us as the concept of continuous improvement.
Jim Young taught that the way to move from a losing program to a winning program was [...]

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One of my agents relayed a story to me yesterday that I felt would make for a great post on the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog. He told me that he is helping a buyer buy a short sale in Tallahassee, and he shared with me the conversation  he had with the listing agent.
The listing agent [...]

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Every so often, I like to delve into my web site analytics package to see how many people have been visiting our Real Estate Blog and from where these people are coming. While the top origination points are not so surprising, I am always amazed that many of our visitors come from all over the [...]

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Recently, a reader asked a question about some of the different nomenclatures that we use in the real estate industry. With so many apparent real estate professionals for people to choose from, it can get very confusing. This is the case with one of our readers “Jeremy,” who asked the following question:

I am a relatively [...]

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Today we are fortunate to have a “guest” who is currently working on his Ph.D. at Florida State University. Tim Munyon is doing research on the relationship between real estate clients and their agent during a real estate transaction. You might have noticed the “survey” button on our sidebar, which takes you to Tim’s survey.
Here [...]

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