When selling a property, the process of transferring title to the buyer is usually pretty straightforward. But what happens when it’s not? How is title transferred, for example, if the title-holder died more than one year ago? Understanding how to proactively and accurately navigate this situation can mean the difference between impressing your client or […]
Immigration and the St. Louis Housing Market
In a city where residents can’t seem to resist asking where you went to high school, it can be easy to assume that most of your clients have lived here for multiple generations. Not so for many St. Louisans! Immigrants have been relocating to St. Louis from around the world in recent years, and they’re […]
Five Tips for Dealing with Angry Clients
We’ve all been there. A client calls, and what you thought was going to be a simple conversation to discuss details of a listing or showing quickly turns into something else entirely. When a client isn’t happy, you’re not happy, and we know you want to do everything in your power to fix it. Here […]
April Fools Roundup
With April 1st right around the corner – “April Fools Day” – you may be thinking of ways to pull a fast-one on friends, family or co-workers. We found several of the best real estate-related pranks posted on the internet over the last few years: Ryan Gheris, real estate broker and owner of the website […]
One Way to Stay Out of Disputes Between Sellers & Buyers
Disclose, Disclose, Disclose – To Stay Out of Disputes Between Sellers & Buyers on “Failure to Disclose Allegations” If a real estate agent fails to exercise appropriate judgment when working with a seller intent on “under-disclosing” pertinent facts about a listed property, or a buyer’s agent fails to properly address a buyer’s noted concern about […]