It is often the case in New Orleans that the first viewing of a home is at the Broker's Inspection (the time scheduled for the agents in the community to come preview your home). This means that a buyer will walk through a property while all of the brokers and agents are also previewing the house. I am not sure this is in the best interest's of … [Read more...]
Real Estate is local. Very local. A few years ago I moved to the New Orleans area from New York and in New York buyer brokerage while originally rejected is now the norm, nothing new is readily accepted by the realtor community. In New York a buyer's broker represented their buyer and has a fiduciary responsibility to protect their buyer's … [Read more...]
If you are buying or selling residential real estate technology has become essential. Depending on which study you read or believe upwards of 90% of consumers at least start their buying and selling online. Buyers for the most part love to search for property, play with price ranges, areas, and research schools, shopping and other amenities … [Read more...]
Yesterday I attended a course on Advertising Laws and Rules both in print and on the internet. We are required by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission to take a mandatory course each year and the topic this year is Advertising. One of the things that the Real Estate Commission is concerned about is that consumers know who they are dealing … [Read more...]
An MLS is simply a sharing of information between brokerages. I'll let you show and sell my listings if you let me show and sell yours. For buyers this is a tremendous boon to the home buying process. Historically, 20 plus years ago brokerages would keep their listings "in house" and exclusive. They would not share and that meant that … [Read more...]
I don't often read the Real Estate Section of the local newspaper in New Orleans and I suppose I should but I don't. Today I happened to be home and had the opportunity to take a look. The article on the front page is "12 Open House Tips for 2012". There are inaccuracies and important points left out and I disagree with some of the advice … [Read more...]
Dual Agency is legal in the State of Louisiana. Dual agency means that the agent you are working with, the agent that you think is looking out for you is not working for you at all. Dual Agency means that the agent you are working with does not "represent" you and does not "represent" the seller in your transaction. Dual agency means that … [Read more...]
Miriam Bernstein, CRS
Associate Broker and REALTOR®
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