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Understanding the Law of Diminishing Returns in Pricing: A Guide for Real Estate Agents

Birmingham Appraisal

How Agents Can Use The Law of Diminishing Return When Pricing a Listing As a real estate appraiser with over 30 years of experience, I have witnessed firsthand the critical role that accurate pricing plays in the success of real estate transactions.

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5 Tax Tips for Real Estate Agents

McKissock

Tax season is in full swing and if you’re in real estate it’s useful to brush up on specific tax tips for real estate agents. Important tax tips for real estate agents to remember. We asked real estate and tax professionals across the country for their very best tax tips.

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As title insurance volume shrinks, workers take on more tasks

Housing Wire

The vast majority of respondents (82%) work at independent title companies or law firms and 67% have 25 or few employees at their organization. However, 67% of respondents are over the age of 45, with the largest age brackets being 45-54 and 55-64 at 28% each. The second largest age bracket was 35-44 at 19%.

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2024 Bidding Wars – How to Strike and Win

Lamacchia Realty

Keep in mind that if you are writing a letter, be sure it does not violate any Federal or State Fair Housing Laws. Real estate is a long game. DISCLAIMER – There are risks involved with these tactics, so be sure to consult your REALTOR® or real estate attorney.

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Appraising Fixer Uppers

Appraisal Today

The good news for appraisers is that most of these clauses are simply restatements of common law indemnification principles, i.e. that when one party (in this case the AMC) is harmed by the actions of another (the appraiser), there is an implied obligation on the part of the wrongdoer to reimburse the harmed party.

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Getting Appraisers to Reconsider Value—Do’s & Don’ts

Portland Appraisal Blog

You’re a real estate agent and after a lot of back-and-forth, give-and-take, offers and counteroffers, you’ve helped your client negotiate a sweet price for their home. If you are a real estate agent, has this ever happened to you? 4) “Bracketing” of most major features. (No What just happened?