Yes, it was an older lady who had tons of clothes. Her basement was not up to code.

Brings up a good question, do you want to be the first agent or the second one. I have been both and not sure yet. Maybe the second agent has more leverage, and either could have refused her listing terms.

I believe that show was called "Bite me", no wait "Buy Me".

OK - Mary that was funny "Bite Me"

When someone wants to list their home at a too high of price I have stood up and told them I wanted to be their second agent. It feels pretty good when it does it expire. To this date, I've been right everytime. 3 turned down listings 3 expired listings. Not one has re-listed with an agent yet, but I continue mailing them just listed and just sold cards. We will see if they call!

If I were the agent and I knew they were not going to relist with me...I would have referred it to another agent as the owner requested. Then at least I could have gotten a referral fee.

The agent was real nice. Of course, it is being filmed, he didn't want to tell the lady to take a hike. Should have. There are nice ways to say take a hike. Like, may I help you pack a backpack? Or, be sure to send me a pic of you at the edge of a cliff, or, ok, I better stop I am sounding like I have an attitude...lol

I was once told to use a time management software to monitor my expenses. It was suggested that I send each client a copy just as if it were an invoice and stamped "no charge". Maybe this is something we all should be doing. Gary mentioned our time management as a direct result of our success. Maybe he already does this and will recommend the correct software?

I watch the show last night as well. A neighbor also had their home up for sell and dropped the price 3 times before it finally sold. After the first agent lost the listing, the new agent finally talked her into getting permits for the remodeled basement and found out most of it was not up to code and she had to redo a lot of it. The new agent was also having trouble selling it which proves to me that the listing wasn't worth the time and effort for an agent since the homeowner was unwilling to listen to his expert advice.

I haven't watched many of the episodes for this show but I have had the impression that it usually puts the agents under the microscope. Those that I have seen, they have made the agent look as if they are not doing their job well.

My husband accuses me of doing real estate 24/7. He says if I am not showing a house, I am watching other agents on tv. Well, yes I am. Glad to know I am not the only one.

But he manufactures aircraft parts and then watches the History channel about aircraft so what's the difference?

i love the HGTV shows and usually watch them as much as possible.  but last night my husband (after watching his ballgame) offered to switch the channel to HGTV, we looked and it was house hunters.  I said, No Thanks... thats like a busmans holiday!!!

Shelly

too many of these shows are re-runs nowadays. I am constantly flipping between TLC, HGTV and Saturday's Flipt This House on A&E ... my husband can't quite understand but I am addicted.

So, Bill. Now that you are a realtor do you use a time management system that will print out a bill? If there were a software for that, I would bet there would be less turn over by expiration date on a listing.

Bill, that's right, Trademark Properties are the best! there's nothing like watching Ginger fight termites and rats!

in her high heels, what's up with that?

yeah, her "gut feeling".

"gut feeling" and "at the end of the day" are the two favorite sayings in that show.

but they made the grits and shrimp look good.

Yes, I'm a fan. What I like is he hires out all the work and still makes money. Got to admire a guy like that.

Bill I do use my contact management program with my listings. I recently had a listing that was about to expire. The home was new and never been lived in and had been on the market for 180 days. The seller is an investor client of mine and I got the feeling that he felt I was not doing my best to market the home. This home was contracted two years ago and completed about a year ago. He was originally going to use it as his Florida residence for tax purposes. He purchased two other homes and about 8 months ago decided to sell this one. We lowered the price each month until we were at his cost plus commissions. There were still no offers on the home and we had the lowest price in the community. Two weeks before the expiration I set up a meeting with him. He lives in Hilton Head and was coming down. I felt he was probably coming with the intentions of looking for my replacement. In my contact management program I have got in the habit of doing several things. I post all showings with any comments I receive, all conversations with the client, all expenses involved with the sale, when I visit the property, when I did an email campaign, discussion I had with other realtors in the community, comments my seller made in out conversation. I also post cost I incur so I have something to go back on come tax time. On his property the list was four pages long during the 170 or so days, I had it listed. Now all of this information sound like it takes a long time to do, however it is just a copy of my schedule as I do it on a daily basis. If I fill the flyer box, I post a date to go check it. If I talk to someone, I bring up the file and make a note. Mainly so I remember, since the mind is the second thing to go when you get old.

When I met with him I had copied his contact list into word. That allowed me to edit out any notes that I didn’t feel were pertinent to my cause. I then presented him with what I had done to market the property, which also showed cost, where costs were involved. I had spent over $800 on his property. I also had our conversations, conversations with the other realtors, clients and everything I had done to market the property.  When I met with him, I said one of the things I would like to do with you today is review what I have done to sell this home and see if there is anything you feel I could do different since I feel that I have done all I could. As we went through the four pages of text and numbers, he had a change of attitude. It was there in black and white and if he did decide to interview another agent, they would have to come up with something I had missed to steal the listing. He accepted my reason for the failure of the property to move and understands more clearly now what I had done to market it. I still have the listing for another 6 months and perhaps by the end of this year we will start to see some activity in this community. We could sell it at a loss and move it now but he doesn’t need to and the market is only about $20,000 away from us now. This is a $369,000 home. So, I use my contact management program top both schedule my daily routine and support my cause when it is needed. It sounds like a lot of extra work but it actually is less work, than trying to fly by the seat of your pants and plan a weekly schedule.

Actually, Richard and Trademark are not that highly regarded in the Charleston real estate market by reputation. The show is cute nonetheless.

Howard, I wondered about that, there have been several times they do not bother to get permits and act like they don't need them and then they get shut down until they conform. You never see them working with other agents but if they buy at sheriff sale or auction I guess they wouldn't.

There are other flippers that have a show, the Montelagos or whatever, now he seems like he wrote the book on arrogance.

I think I read the flipper from Atlanta on the other show was in trouble recently for mortgage fraud, practicing real estate without a license and a few other things, the network did not renew his show.

And my wife thinks that I'm the only one that watches these shows.

You guys really watch these shows in your free time?  Watching them fill up dumpsters and paint is painful.  I'm on the Food Network or ESPN if anybody needs me !  

Radley / Atlanta

Ginger and the rats last week was to funny. I love Trademark Prop show. I also watch all the r.e. shows on all channels. I laugh at how stupid some are.

“It’s kind of like a divorce isn’t it. Oh well…”

Would you ask someone to recommend a new husband?  Think they should get better scrip writers :)

Jana

I LOVE Armando and the whole San Antonio crew.  Arrogance and real estate - who thought they would mix??!!  It is like he has taken it to a whole new level.  Love when he put the dog in the abandoned house for security.  Try that in Canada!

Nice to see I am not the only one watching this stuff.  You can keep your British House Hunters though. Ughh.

Thanks for the organizing tip. Really need to work on my relist ratio :(  

I'm glad Richard, Ginger and the gang are back. I like them the best.