Rotten Neighbors In Colts Neck???
April 30th, 2008 Categories: Buying Advice, My Favorites, Seller Secrets
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In today’s age, there are web-sites dedicated to everything from finding love to confessing your biggest regrets. So it should come as little surprise that there is a web-site especially designed to warn potential home buyers of less than stellar neighbors in a particular neighborhood .
Perri K. Feldman, author of the NJRealEstateWire blog and fellow Keller Williams agent for the Summit New Jersey office wrote a post highlighting this particular site.
Rotten Neighbor.com reveals the quality of neighbors in towns across America.
Does the quality of neighbors affect todays home prices? Absolutely, suggest June Fletcher.
I have to admit that at first I found it quite comical but soon found myself addicted to the site.
The site contained comments on homes with just a few of the following Neighbors:
- Crazy Woman
- Junk Yard
- Hillbilly’s
- Puff puff…pills berry dough boy
In all fairness, there was a headline entitled AWESOME HOUSE, so it wasn’t all bad.
Check it out! See who is being a bad boy/girl in your backyard. Oh and by the way, I did check out my neighbors in Colts Neck. The coast is clear.
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After reading about “Conan” the praying dog, I wondered if I could teach Tyler to sell real estate?
After barely mastering the art of off leash training, I decided to instead write to the doggy lama himself and ask for spiritual enlightenment in the real estate field.
Any real estate prayer requests can be forwarded to The Bandy Group……..I mean Conan.
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I feel it a privilege to be a Realtor and honestly I feel honored to be part of a company such as Keller Williams Realty.
Aside from the fact that Keller Williams is the fourth largest real estate company and setting aside all the educational advantages we receive through Keller Williams University, the culture that is set in place and almost mandatory to abide by is what makes us different. We are culturally instilled to not only do right by our clients but also never feel the need to have to put down other realtors.
So where am I going with this you might ask?
My question is, “How far do we as realtors go to get a listing”?
I recently came across an agent from another agency who was asked 
straight forward from a potential client about how they handle canceling a listing agreement. The potential client wanted to know about an unconditional withdrawal.
Prior to this conversation I had explained about my “Easy Exit Listing Agreement” which sates that with The Bandy Group you may cancel your listing at any point and not be responsible to pay a commission to my agency. This also means that you may relist your property with another agency and we still would not receive any compensation for time invested or advertising dollars that may have been spent. Basically you can cancel your listing at anytime for any reason.
So back to the other realtor, he stated to this potential client that my Easy Exit Listing Agreement was nothing new and that it was the clients right under real estate law to be able to cancel your contract at any point in time so they should just list with that agency. This agent was trying to double talk to try to confuse a potential client.
By law you can cancel your listing at any point if you are not happy with your agent or agency but you may still be liable to pay a commission to that agent. The difference will be if you have a Conditional or Unconditional Withdrawal.
The Bandy Group will always give our clients an UNCONDITIONAL WITHDRAWAL because we stand behind our services. If you are not happy for any reason, we will never hold you hostage to your contract.
If you would like more information in regards to this topic, please feel free to contact me directly. I am always available to answer any questions you may have.
Please remember the following:
Win – Win Or no deal
Integrity Do the right thing
Customers Always come first
Commitment In all things
Communication Seek first to understand
Creativity Ideas before results
Teamwork Together Everyone
Achieves More
Trust Starts with honesty
Success Results through people
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What is the solution when you want to sell your New Jersey home and you want to sell now?
Let me share my top 4 with you so that you not only become an informed client but a happy one as well. I want you to see the ins and outs of the real estate business as I see it.
My Top
1. Pricing
We are past the days of bidding wars. There are fewer buyers out in the market place right now. Pricing your home appropriately is crucial to your success. If you are priced too high you may just miss that serious buyer that is willing to purchase NOW.
2. Curb Appeal
It’s time to get to work and make that home look beautiful starting with the outside. Try placing seasonal flower pots on the front porch. Pick up debris that may have formed around your bushes or underneath window panes. Paint touch ups are always helpful. Loose railing or broken windows are a must to fix. Try standing outside for a moment to get an objective view of your home. Would you want to buy that house?
3. Terms
Your realtor gives you good new and bad news: Good news you got your asking price, bad news they want you to move out in 30 days or they love the home and your pool table and your exercise equipment too and the offer is contingent upon those two items being included in the sale. It is always bitter sweet when you hear what you want but you can’t make it happen. Be flexible. Look at the terms and analyze what you can and can’t live with.
4. Hire a Great Realtor
It is extremely critical to hire someone who understands your needs. Someone you feel comfortable with so that the selling process runs as smooth as possible. Make sure that your realtor has a marketing plan in place. The sale of your home should be more than just placing a for sale sign outside and hope that someone will call. Talk to your agent about advertising, Internet exposure, Multi-Media, flyers, brochures and open houses just to name a few.
I hope you sell your home at the best price with the least amount of headaches. Good Luck!
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So you are thinking of selling in today’s market? How do you make your home stand out from the rest?
You need a Realtor who will give you a distinct marketing advantage by either having the artistic ability to redesign the interior of your home or employ the creative services of a Certified Home Stager.
Home staging is more than the art of preparing a home for sale. It is about illusion. It is how magician Criss Angel would sell a house. It’s beyond cleaning and moving furniture around. The key word is AMBIANCE. Creating a mood and perfecting it so that the home feels bigger, warmer, brighter and most of all that it evokes a feeling of “Buy Me” to a potential home buyer.
To survive in today’s challenging real estate market, this valuable trend is almost a must. According to the National Association of Realtors, the average time on the market for stages homes is 13.9 days as opposed to 31 days for non-staged homes. Staged homes also sell for an average of 6.9% to 10% over listing price according to NAR.
The problem with selling a home is that very few buyers can visualize the potential that is hidden in the house. Home buyers are reluctant to see pass the current home owners own decorating taste or are reluctant to buy a vacant home.
Make sure to ask your realtor how they can help you leave a lasting impression on prospective buyers.
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Lately we have been having some beautiful weather so I decided to tag along as Sarah went on a listing appointment in the Monmouth County area. It was a sunny day and I could roam free in the front yard, no big deal, right?….WRONG!
A small stick poking through the earth in the front yard of the house caught my attention. Was there a Bone buried under there? How lucky can a dog be? I vigorously began to dig deeper when I felt a tug on my leash. I had been caught in the act! Sarah and the homeowner chuckled at my dirt filled snout. The bone in mouth had obviously given me away.
The homeowner proceeded to tell Sarah that what I had unearthed was not a bone which I kind of knew after the first bite but anyway, what I had 
uncovered was a statue of St. Joseph.
The homeowner was preparing her home to sell by seeking help from some divine intervention.
The homeowner had been told by a friend that burying St. Joseph upside down in the yard would help bring a quick offer.
This is not such a far-fetched idea as some may think, although the act of burying a statue of a saint for a home sale would most likely be viewed as superstitious to most, the idea began hundreds of years ago in Europe when Nuns prayed to St. Joseph when land to build convents was scarce. They would bury their St. Joseph medals in the ground which in today’s age have turned into statue’s.
Real Estate agents often hear of this tradition but whether it works or doesn’t only home sellers can say. As for this client, she has a spot of honor waiting for St. Joseph in her new home.
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Five Tips To Feng Shui Your Monmouth County Home to Sold
September 7th, 2007 Categories: Seller Secrets
By a show of paws who knows what Feng Shui is?
Feng Shui literally translates from the Chinese to “Wind and Water”. It is part of an ancient Chinese philosophy of nature. 
In the art of Feng Shui, people live in harmony with the environment rather than against.
The flow of ch’i (good energy) is what you humans must try to give proper direction to for optimal health, prosperity, love, etc…
With Feng Shui becoming popular with many, including such famous names as Donald Trump, Sarah decided to go in search of the truth vs. superstition.
Could Feng Shui be used to sell a doggie house? I tagged along as Sarah interviewed Kitty a feng shui consultant located in East Brunswick, NJ.
Kitty informed us that Feng Shui is not a a religion and that it has nothing to do with superstition. Feng Shui is the study of ENERGY and how that energy impacts our lives, good or bad.
Good Ch’i will help improve relationships, finances, health, careers and yes even help sell a home. In real estate, low Ch’i equals = NO SALE!
A feng shui expert can show a homeowner step by step how to increase the visual appeal of a property to attract buyers. With proper placement of items a good flow of energy(ch’i) will increase contract activity.
Here are some quick Feng Shui tips:
1. Get Rid of Clutter:
Clutter is a sign of stagnant energy. Put things away in their proper place.
2. Keep Toilet Seats Down and Bathroom Doors Closed
You are preventing ch’i and your money from going down the drain
3. Paint Your Front Door.
Red is a Ch’i enhancing color.
4. Trim Bushes and Shrubs
Keep your home looking neat.
5. Turn On Lights
Illuminate an unused room for at least ten minutes each day to activate ch’i
Bottom Line Pup and Puppettes, if your looking to sell your dog house then out smart the competition by Feng Shuiing your way to SOLD!
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Hi! I'm Tyler.
I'm always sitting under my Mom's desk as she does her Real Estate work.
No one knows who I am so I thought I'd create this blog and introduce myself.
I am a 4 year old Pomeranian. I share my home with my sister Tinkerbell, who happens to be a 3 year old T.Cup Pomeranian.
T.Cup is just a fancy term for “midget”. Tinkerbell is 3lbs; full grown; I know, I know, how cute, right?
I live in Colts Neck New Jersey and my mom is Sarah Bandy, a Real Estate agent who works for Better Homes Realty, the Colts Neck office.
Please check in often as I will be blogging all about the upcoming news and life underneath my Mom's desk! Plus Sarah herself and some contributing writers will also be hanging around to talk Real Estate. Hope to hear from you soon.
BARK BARK!
