As Realtors, we tell sellers all the time to look at their homes with buyer’s eyes. What does that mean exactly? When you are selling your home, walk through it with a critical eye. Pick out and point out every flaw, imperfection, or anything that does not show well in your home. Sellers should also be honest with themselves about other critical factors that influence a buyer’s decision like location, size, features, and price.

I was talking with the good people from Shea homes the other day and they find themselves in an interesting predicament. I am sure a lot of home builders find themselves in the exact same situation these days. You see, Shea has people walking through their models in Back Country everyday that would love to buy a new home there BUT…they have a home to sell.

I carved out this one paragraph Marc Davison wrote on his 1000watt consulting blog on real estate. Marc was scribbling thoughts of what could be and should be in real estate. As I read the last paragraph I realized what Marc was talking about could be anything. It could be a printing business, it could [...]