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Real Estate Ramblings: Realtor Tours - vrrrroooooom
Let me set the scene.
If you think that the next door neighbor is getting busted because a dozen cars just pulled up in front of the house and people are streaming towards the house like a swat team. Look at the cars and the clothes being worn If most of the cars have signs that say "Real Estate" or "Realty" instead of Police, DEA, or "Sheriff", and if you don't see bullet proof vests, well...
......You know, it might just be Wednesday.
...And it might be Realtor Tour
It's Wednesday morning and about 15 minutes or so before 9:00 AM. I look around to see some of the same faces with other familiar faces arriving in irregular intervals. Nod head, smile, good morning.. repeat. repeat again. repeat again. (Remember Monty Python's Meaning of Life?)
Smile is best for me. It makes me feel good to smile, and it allows me to better concentrate on the task at hand. Fare (food) Review is on the agenda and takes highest priority. The Real Estate offices take turn hosting the weekly tour, and in turn serve as the caravan's starting location. Our host (I hope it's Hacienda Realty cause they always have Don Juan's burritos, pastry, as well as rabbit food, fruit and juice) has laid out food and drink which we happily eat and drink before we roll out (caravan style) to look at other folks dream home listings. By ten of nine, a thorough testing, sampling, and oral review of the morning's fare which usually also includes coffee, juice, and water has started. The spread will set the tone for the ride..
You hear lots of chat between chews about current events and such, with most conversations moving naturally towards real estate in some manner, shape or form. For folks working in such a tough business and in what are certainly tougher than normal times for an industry, it is always good to see sincere smiles and hear genuine laughter at these informal formal Realtor gatherings.
At precisely 9:00 AM (ok, close to precise by New Mexico time standards), the dozen to two dozen active Realtors that will be touring that day, leave talk and grub behind like it was the plague, and move quickly outside. It's not too far fetched to say it's a bit like "gentlepersons start your engines" and with virtually no dallying or delay, everyone approaches the starting line.. Vrrrroooooom. Each vehicle pulls out when ready, and each driver willingly accepts their position in the caravan. (Yep. Some carpool - Go Green - Some prefer or need to drive solo as circumstances and productivity dictate)
The Tours are scheduled by general area, making it easier to see more homes in a short period of time than would be possible if they were scheduled by order of listing date. We have tours labeled like "WEST" EAST" "SOUTH" "MINING" "MIMBRES" or such.
Many of us carry a print out of today's tour to be kept close at hand for EZ reference. It's a navigation aid, which provides addresses and directions to the homes featured on tour plus provides the order we will be seeing each property. I use a clipboard to hold my "tour map" and find it useful in making notes before heading to the next stop. When there are 5-8 homes to view, making notes about the property before leaving while the information is fresh in the mind's eye is an effective and useful technique.
Disclosure: I have KISS Navigation onboard
To be honest, if it's not my listing that's getting shown at the next stop (in which case I make a concerted effort to be waaaay out front of everyone else), I prefer to hang in the middle of the pack I just move along Lemming style, and turn where everyone else turns. KISS navigation means Keep It Simple Stupid.
So here we are... There may be 5 to maybe a dozen vehicles, most with magnetic or other real estate signs clinging to their sides, and each occupant participant is hoping to get through a half dozen houses in an hour and a half or so. (The Mimbres and Gila / Glenwood property tours generally require lots of "travel time" and these out of town tours see noticeably fewer participants on those tours because of time needed to complete.)
The real estate organism snakes out and joins the town's stream of traffic. The caravan heads for today's #1 stop.
Warning to Sellers with a house on tour. Just get out of the way if your house is scheduled to be on tour - You run risks of being bowled over or run down if you decide to be home when "it" arrives. Here's what you might see at a typical stop. The first car arrives, usually with a broker who carries keys and the "paper" (listing information handouts and feedback sheets). By the time the door is opened, a few are already pressing behind and are waiting on line patiently (impatiently if the door doesn't unlock smoothly or if the listing broker forget where the house was located). More of the caravan trickles in with most now onsite. Late arrivals struggle to find parking, and passengers and drivers from recently parked vehicles spill out onto the turf.
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>> Tour continued>>
Once inside, a seeming disorganized madness is taking place. It's an "excuse me, excuse me" and "comment, comment in passing, comment" Grand Central Station, and we turn sideways, stop / go, and let someone else go by from the other direction. Nod, wink, nod, wink, smile as we tour the house and squeeze by each human obstruction we meet. For a few brief moments, the process must appear unorganized and scattered, and without rhyme or reason. But just as it started, it crescendos and then.. well it's over as quickly as it started. The listing agent usually solicits feedback as we dash back to the starting line to get position for the next leg. Hope a strategically placed business card gets noticed there amid the other cards scattered about the house today..
A word about the quick viewing of a house. Ok. I can hear still hear one of my Seller's ask "What the Hxxl was that? What do you guys get out of seeing a home in only 5 minutes?"
Well. That's the beauty of it. And I wish I could tell you how much seeing the home can help rule in or rule out a property based upon some very specific desires, needs, or wants of a customer or client. I feel I know what is important and of value to the customers that I work with. I also know how to effectively scan a house even briefly and still have good focus on those features and differences (that in my professional eye) are most important to customers. I believe the tour is far from the unorchestrated madness it might first appear to be, and is an efficient method of getting large numbers of real estate professionals up to speed and personally involved in the inventory of local properties for sale..
Realtor Tours are services (considered Seller optional) that most savvy Listing agents will use to get a property in the eyes and minds of the local Realtor population. I encourage most of my customers to have me put their home on tour for the world to see (so to speak). Photos will rarely substitute adequately in generating a feeling for a feature or point out something that could be significantly important in the selling of your home. I like to feature the home when we first list it, and a second time if substantial changes to the home warrant a second tour viewing (a major remodel would probably rate a re visit tour).
4th of July Celebration - It Starts with a Parade
Decent crowds. Good Weather. It was especially nice this year with fans and friends highly supportive of the participants who worked so hard to put together their "floats". Ok, I agree there were few floats in the traditional sense, but it's hard for me to change to entry at such a mature age ( after using the former term since the dark ages)..
View BEST FLOAT AWARD
Video Note: This is not an official entry and not a float in the traditional sense either, but it seemed to be the hands down, crowd favorite, where we were sitting. An unbiased group of judges verbally announced this the winning entry. Numerous unhuhs and you bets confirmed our choice of winner.
Several other videos and photos are available for your enjoyment. Who do you see that you know? Many familiar faces in the crowd.
TRIVIA Contest: “EVIL SPELLED BACKWARDS IS LIVE?” THIS IS MONTH 3 - CLUE #3, - STILL NO WINNER!!!
A prize if you know what establishment in Ft Worth Texas used this phrase as their unofficial slogan… They was a “branch” in Houston and one in Big “D”… 1. These long established businesses “coffee shop type clients” started late 50’s and were pretty much dead by mid 70s… 2. All branches have been closed for many years, but musicians who frequented the establishment still talk about the quality of player that walked through the doors there. 3. Johnny Winters was not allowed in to play as he did not fit the appropriate character standard as enforced
Remember It Is Fire Season. Smoke from fires is visible from Silver City, Winston, and Chloride. Always be careful with fire when in the great outdoors. It's important for home owners living near forests and heavily wooded areas to leave defensible space around your structure. A lack of defensible space may be enough to "red x" your property and mark it as "not to be defended against advancing fires. Contact your local fire department (probably a volunteer department will serve the most forested and most impacted areas) for steps to defend your place.
I was able to learn the basics of defensible space when serving as an officer for the Sapillo Creek Volunteer Fire Department in Lake Roberts (north of Silver City about an hours drive on hwy 35) I can help you understand the basics of DS if you have questions about fire dangers and your mountain or forest home..
Health Food for The Brain — You can quote me on that!
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) July's QUOTE submitted by: gilaranchhand
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June's Trivia question and Answer: One Winner! There is a famous black and white pottery made by one of the pre historic people that inhabited the upper Gila regions of new Mexico. What is the group accredited as the creators / potters of this very collectible, highly decorated black and white pottery? .
What is the name given to the group? ANSWER! People of the Mimbres culture.
Congratulations - gilaranchhand
July's Trivia Question:
What method of property survey system uses Benchmarks, Landmarks, and where the survey starts and ends at the Point of Beginning)?
Silver City NM Market Statistics from MLS database:
30 Days (through 7-15-2009)
¨ New Residential Listings — 43 *Average Selling Price — $141846.00
¨ Residential Listings Sold* — 16 *Average New Listing Price — $161237.00
¨ Residential Under Contract — 20 NOTE: Market Soft — 30 days down trend
¨ Withdrawn / Expired — 24 Price Reductions — Uncharted (but there were many)
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Spanish Phrases For July:
Me entiende/entiendes? Can you understand me?.
Entiendo. I understand.
Me voy manana a las ocho. I'll be leaving tomorrow morning at eight..
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