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Electric chair was invented by a dentist.

I had my teeth cleaned last week. My dentist, who is great, suggested some items that I really don’t need. We’re talking $4,500. It’s not that his intentions are to sell me something I don’t need. He just wants the best and do things to the Nth degree. Real estate can be like that. Mims ...

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Ahhhh….Harmonic Mean; What’s Going On?

Measures of Central Tendencies Buyers and sellers are most familiar with unit of comparisons (pwf, psf, pff, etc.) The “averages” are an indicator of centralizing tendency of data. There is a ranking of these: Median and mean are usually the highest; geometric mean (used for yield rates) is next lowest; and harmonic mean is the ...

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Give Your Real Estate Clients “The Look”

Some say the eyes are the windows to the soul. If true, what do your clients see in your eyes? Respect? Dignity? Authentic desire to help? Treating your customers with respect on both a professional and a personal level will communicate that you appreciate their business. Remember the personal details; upcoming birthday, pet names, or ...

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Celestial Dreaming…Top 10 feature buyers really want for upscale homes

The survey comes to us from Paul Emrath, Ph.D. The survey asked buyers to rate each feature on the list as “essential/must have,” “desirable,” “indifferent,” or “do not want.” And the survey says! #10 – Game room #9 – Home in golf course community #8 – Exercise room #7 – Wet bar #6 – Elevator ...

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Buy-to-Rent Market Predicted to Expand

According to a report by Morgan Stanley, the buy-to-rent market is only a fraction of where it could be, and the market is ready for major growth in the coming years. Morgan Stanley analysts predict that the buy-to-rent market will grow from $17 billion today to more than $100 billion in the next several years. ...

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