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Persistence And Patience Can Be Your Best Friends

It took Thomas Edison 10,000 attempts before he had made a light bulb that finally worked the way he wanted it to. When asked about all of his failures he said "I have not failed. I just figured out 9,999 ways that do not work." Michael Jordan is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time, yet he missed the hoop over 9,000 times including 26 that would have been game winners. Jordan also lost over 300 games, which is more games than many players get to play in the NBA. Instead of focusing on these failures he used them to motivate him to do better. Persistence is something that does pay off in Real Estate like it does in many other fields. Real Estate is not easy or everyone would be doing it, one of the problems is that too many people "try" at it and never get better. I've learned a lot from having had deals fall apart, many times because of no fault of my own or my clients, sometimes stuff just happens. An appraisal may not get the ...

Buyers Tip #1 - Get Prequalified

I would be Mrs. Captain Obvious if I repeated the fact that buying a house is a major financial decision. Because of that no one should go into it without doing their homework. One of the most important things a realtor can do for their client is to get them the information and opinion that helps them come to a decision. If a deal has everything you want at the price, that's great. Go for it. If it's got some of what you want and it's more than you want to pay, you may need to keep looking. The good news is that if you're at this stage of the game where at least you know what you think you want, you need to do yourself (and your realtor) a solid and get prequalified for your mortgage loan. If you don't know where to go then sometimes your realtor can help with that too. It helps everyone out having a good mortgage broker at the table so many seasoned real estate veterans will have at least a few "go to" realtors that they don't mind giving the referr...