{"id":7531,"date":"2009-03-20T13:33:44","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T20:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=7531"},"modified":"2009-03-20T13:33:44","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T20:33:44","slug":"priced-well-no-offers-not-even-insulting-offers-my-2%c2%a2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7531\/priced-well-no-offers-not-even-insulting-offers-my-2%c2%a2\/","title":{"rendered":"Priced Well? No Offers — Not Even Insulting Offers? My 2\u00a2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greg Swann just published a post<\/a> lookin’ for help from the professional community for one of our own. Barry Bevis, a Realtor in Tallahassee, has a listing that’s been giving him fits. He and several knowledgeable agents around town are in agreement — the current listing price is where it should be. The house is well kept. The lot is over a third of an acre. Very nice yard, and a hot tub. He’s done just about everything right to get this puppy into escrow. Its own site. Buncha cool pictures. Even had a custom sign made. Still, no sale. <\/p>\n

No sale? Not even an insultingly low offer. <\/p>\n

I went to the listing’s site. Plenty of info, and many photos, easy to navigate, and easy to get ahold of Barry. He obviously cares, and has clearly gone the extra mile as he markets this home. So what’s the problem? What might be going unaddressed?<\/p>\n

Before continuing, let’s be real here. We’ve all been where Barry is with this listing. How many of us have scratched our heads, totally mystified by a listing that simply seems to defy a mountain of empirical evidence dictating it should’ve sold a dozen times by now? I have, many times. It’s maddening. Shortly after studying what Greg Swann does<\/a> to market his listings, I had an epiphany — well, actually two. For me it was a good news\/bad news joke. On one hand I was elated to have stumbled onto such a gold mine — which is surely what it is. On the other hand, I felt like such a doofus as I mentally compared his method to mine. But as often admitted, I’m ‘Japan’. I’ll steal anything cool and make it mine — screw my ego. Thanks Greg<\/p>\n

First, I realized as experienced as I am, and as many properties as I’ve sold in the nearly 40 years of my career, I still couldn’t carry Greg’s jock when it came to the nuts and bolts of marketing listings from A to Z. The guy is head and shoulders above anyone else I’d studied.<\/p>\n

Then the second epiphany hit Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greg Swann just published a post lookin’ for help from the professional community for one of our own. Barry Bevis, a Realtor in Tallahassee, has a listing that’s been giving him fits. He and several knowledgeable agents around town are in agreement — the current listing price is where it should be. 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