Selling a Listing is like falling in love

Sometimes you can have a listing that has all the elements, it is beautiful, available and you think “why does it not sell”. As a listing broker you do all the right things, hold open houses, advertise, take photos and place ads on the internet and hold more open houses for brokers and for the public. You have plenty of elegible lookers and sometimes even a proposal but it’s just not right.
And then, just like love, when you least expect it to happen there it is. Someone comes along and they can’t resist. They want this house and it is destiny. They have looked and looked and the house has waited and waited and then there is marriage.
Almost every house that is for sale has a happy ending and sells eventually. There are one or two “old maids” but not too many. Patience and Faith.

Great Winter Weekend

This was a good weekend for me. My daughter came to visit from California so she needed to get a lot of things done while here. Even thought there are lots of things to do in California she still has some favorite things that she has to cover when she is here.

First we have to get her hair cut and colored, our favorite person for that is Jan Klein at Bastile in Sag Harbor. She is only there on Fri and Sat, and they were great about getting her in. Bastile is located on main street in Sag Harbor, phone # is 631 725 9494.

Next day we were on way to Southampton for a facial but, not just any facial – it was with Veronica Taylor who works with dermatoligist Dr. Kenneth Mark. She got a diamond peel, a wonderful relaxing facial. Veronica did her eyebrows and they looked great.
You can reach Veronica on her cell at 631 332 7058 or the office at 631 324 4161. She is also located in the medical building in East Hampton on Tuesdays.

After all that pampering it was time for a bagel at Goldbergs located at Pantigo Road in East Hampton, best bagels around.
Where to go for dinner? We decided to go back to Sag Harbor and have healthy delious dinner at Sen, which is Japanese food, located at 23 main street 631 725 1774. Open year round and a great way to end the weekend.

Big Company Advantage

Many times I have thought it would be a better choice to join or begin a small company instead of staying at a large one. However, I have changed my mind. After much thought I have come to the conclusion that a large, active company has a great advantage over a small boutique company in many ways.

This advantage is for the buyer, seller and broker. For the buyer there is the greatest access to the listings at a large company because the small independents just don’t get all the listings. If there is, as they say, safety in numbers, well, there is also advantage in numbers.
For the Seller, there is a great advantage because they have the support of a huge organization behind them that has advertising dollars to spend, public relations firms to get out the name, web sites that are amazing and constantly updated and advertised. The small independents cannot afford to do this.

For the broker the advantages are all of the above. For the broker there may be some extra rules and paperwork that is not so appealing but there is information and support. When you are trying to find a customer a home, or trying to sell a client’s home – what could be more important than information, access and support?