Secretly Recorded: While Showing A For Sale By Owner Listing
Posted on Mar 05, 2012 in Susan Rochefort
I recently showed a for sale by owner property to some buyers I have been working with for a good 8 months now. About 10 minutes after I finished the showing, I received a call from the home owner, asking me if I had seen his security system in his house. I thought this was an odd question but indicated that I had not seen the equipment. The home o...
Hiring an Agent
Posted on Feb 23, 2012 in Susan Rochefort
If there is one piece of advice that I could give to anyone looking to hire a real estate agent to list their home, it would be to NEVER choose the agent based on the price they give you, NEVER. I realize you need to get an opinion on price in order to make decisions so do your homework and interview 3 agents and see what they give you for numbers...
Kindergarten & Real Estate
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 in Susan Rochefort
I bet you are thinking to yourself, "What does Kindergarten have to do with real estate?" Believe it or not a lesson I learned in Kindergarten was put to use in my real estate business.
When we launched Lime Green Realty in May 2009, we became controversial because of our new commission models. Our models are designed to reduce the cost of the listi...
Transparency & Accountability (Part 2)
Posted on Jan 22, 2012 in Susan Rochefort
I was having a conversation with a colleague of mine just a few days ago regarding final signing of a contract and I was surprised in what she said to me. She implied that in her experience, 90% of agents representing sellers did not follow their legally binding fiduciary responsibilities when it came to final signing of a contract and the potentia...
Transparency and Accountability in Real Estate (Part1)
Posted on Jan 11, 2012 in Susan Rochefort
Did you know in the MLS Rules & Regulations of the Central Alberta Real Estate Association, there is a rule that allows the buyer's agent to contact the seller directly if the seller's agent does not respond within a reasonable amount of time? The rule states:
The Member must make appointments for other Members without delay, (subject to Sub-Section...
Punishing the Wrong Consumer
Posted on Dec 16, 2011 in Susan Rochefort
I read an article today titled "Is it Time to Pop the Hood on Real Estate" posted on www.propertywire.ca. It discussed the controversy over commission amounts and the public's perception with regards to those commissions. It asked the question of whether or not consumers would understand the business if they could have a look from the inside out.
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