The Real Estate Oscars
Last night was the annual, very festive Oscar celebration honoring the top people in the motion picture industry. I think it’s only fair to honor the best advice for buyers and sellers with our own Oscar awards!
Best Costume Design - For the seller who heeds the advice of staging a home - remove personal belongings and make it a house where someone feels like they can make it their own rather than moving into someone else’s dirt.
Runner Up: Clean the house, Landscape entryway
Best Actress -Becky Hill, President of the Women’s Council of Realtors. Becky has been a Realtor for 25 years and offers some advise to agents in a slow market,
When you’re working with clients, you want to communicate more frequently than you might otherwise. Let sellers know what you’re doing, because it might not be evident to them. You also want to think outside the box when it comes to marketing. We’re starting to see more listings appear on social networking sites and YouTube. Many young consumers are involved here, and it’s a great way to increase exposure.
Best Actor -Ty Pennington of Extreme Home Makeover. I mean, come on! His enthusiasm is fantastic, he has a generous heart, and who wouldn’t be thrilled to either have him roll into your yard in his camper to re-do your home or to go and help him with someone else’s home?! Ty is great!
Best Director - Josh Dorkin of BiggerPockets.com. This is a great site that features writers from different industries related to real estate: mortgages, investors, marketing, rehab specialist, and more. Bigger Pockets also has a forum for open discussions that looks to be pretty lively. In addition, it serves as a portal for real estate agents ot write their own blogs, features listings, and much more.
Best of Show - President Barack Obama for signing housing stimulus plan to help us cast aside the real estate blues!
Congratulations to our winners - and by “our” I mean “my picks.”
