Valerie Barber, REALTOR®

Misconceptions Insurance Companies Have About Real Estate Agents

My auto insurance just recently went up because my insurance company rated my vehicle as a business use vehicle. The question I had to them is that I have been a real estate agent for 7 years and why the change NOW? I even wrote them a letter and put in my own statistics onContinue reading “Misconceptions Insurance Companies Have About Real Estate Agents”

Offerings for Home buyers

My belief is that you should not necessarily settle on a home to purchase. You want to be able to come home and say I love living here. This is what is meant to be. I can’t imagine home anywhere else. You do not want to come home and say things like: this place isContinue reading “Offerings for Home buyers”

13 Things Your Real Estate Agent Won’t Tell You

I’m writing this based on the Reader’s Digest article located at http://www.rd.com/slideshows/13-things-your-real-estate-agent-wont-tell-you/. As Real Estate agents, we aren’t trying to be secretive but there are just some things that are overlooked when we do our jobs. Here are the 13 things and my commentary on each of them. Please review the Reader’s Digest article as well.Continue reading “13 Things Your Real Estate Agent Won’t Tell You”

Referrals

The real estate industry is based off word of mouth advertising and referrals. There really isn’t any way to succeed in this business without them. That is why Realtors ask for you to refer them to someone you know- friends, family, enemies. It means the world to us when you remember to keep us inContinue reading “Referrals”

Equal Housing Rights

In the real estate industry, it is engrained in us that home ownership is for everyone alike. If you can afford to buy a home and want to, then you deserve to. In my office, we ran into this the other week when a man came in asking for us to sell his Central FloridaContinue reading “Equal Housing Rights”

Reputation in the Real Estate Business

In the world of real estate, reputation is everything. Our entire industry is based on referrals and what kind of job we do to please our customers. There is a lot we do that you see and don’t see that contribute to the overall customer satisfaction of any real estate agent; from keeping in touchContinue reading “Reputation in the Real Estate Business”

Lack of Communication

What is the biggest complaint that people have about real estate agents they are working with? It’s lack of communication. I hear this all the time. That is why I try very hard and pride myself on being in regular communication with my customers, either via phone, text or email. In today’s technological world, itContinue reading “Lack of Communication”