Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
I was finalizing a market analysis today for a homeowner that is thinking about selling their home. I always look at Active properties (homes currently for sale), as well as what’s currently Under Contract and recent Closed sales to give a complete picture of the market. As I was reviewing the 12 properties I selected as comparison homes, I noticed that the recorded Days on Market (DOM) for some of the properties seemed suspiciously low.
I’ve been getting this question a lot lately. People explain a situation related to a real estate agent acting in a certain way, saying something, or specifically doing something and they say “Why’d the agent do that?” This doesn’t usually come across as a positive question. The inquirer is asking because they are miffed, annoyed, or exasperated with something that’s happened. I think I’m seeing this question asked more recently because the market is getting
Autumn is my favorite time of year, as I really enjoy the fall colors on the trees. I don’t enjoy the leaves quite so much once they’ve fallen on the ground. We have 4 ginormous maple trees that hover over our postage stamp sized lot in Hartford. Our yard is also fenced, which causes challenges in getting our leaves to the street for vacuum pickup. But somehow we manage. Each year rakes, tarps, and an
Trek #3 out to New Milford for appraisal class. At least I only paid $2.99 a gallon for gas this week. Today I learned about 2 of the 3 different approaches to appraise different types of properties; the Sales Comparison Approach and the Cost Approach. Next week we’ll learn about the third approach, the Income Approach. Really fascinating stuff to the lay person, I know. But now I know that if I want to appraise
Kyle and I have an annual tradition, a “game” of sorts. We try to see how long we can go without turning on the heat in our living quarters. This all started back in the ’90s when we lived outside of Boston. We were young and foolish, living on the top floor of a 4-family. We lived the high life with minimal wall insulation but newer windows, mooching heat off of the unit below us.