Posted in Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Homes For Sale, Real Estate Listings, audu real estate, tagged audu real estate, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Homes For Sale, Grand Rapids Real Estate, michigan, michigan retirement communities, west michigan real estate on July 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I recently picked up a book by media guru and real estate broker Barbara Corcoran entitled “Nextville” subtitle…Amazing Places to Live the Rest of Your Life. Corcoran mentions an interesting survey she conducted through a survey of visitors to the popular real estate portal Trulia.com.
In the survey, baby boomers were asked what were their top priorities in searching for their ideal retirment spot. They listed the following as highly desireable options:
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I don’t know about you, but most Open Houses that I’ve been to in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area recently are NOT standing room only events! So, you can imagine my surprise when I drove up to a model home this past week and couldn’t find a place to park.
The event was organized by Redstone Group, a company [...]
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Letting people know about your Grand Rapids, Michigan Real Estate Open House is probably the most important goal to accomplish if the event is going to be successful in marketing and selling your homes. This is a daunting task in a world where most people are trying to figure out how to NOT to read advertisements.
It [...]
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We continue our series “How Come No One Came to My Grand Rapids, Mi Open House?” Please read part 1….
We continue our exploration of some of the reasons why we observe diminished attendance at Open Houses and possible solutions to aid in Successfully marketing a home in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.
Another point to consider [...]
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“How Come No One Came to the Open House?” It’s a question that haunts the home owner who spent time preparing the house for surprise guests and the real estate agent who invested time and money in advertising and waiting for visitors who never showed up.
Open Houses have always had an element of risk associated [...]
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I’m not sure exactly how many MLS systems we have in Michigan…but there are a lot of them! I pay to have access to one local Board and fork out more money to have limited privileges on a second. I recently took a listing which caused me to investigate the possibility of listing privileges with a third board.
Our initial [...]
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