Pulse: What’s your top tip for weathering this hot seller’s market?

Bidding wars, high prices and low housing supply — navigating this red-hot seller’s market is no walk in the park. So, this week, we’re asking you to share your best tips on working through and dealing with the current situation. Continue reading

Pulse: The client objections you are hearing most this spring

With a red-hot market grappling with housing shortage and bidding wars, what are clients worried about the most today? Our readers weigh in with the most pressing concerns their clients are expressing this spring. Continue reading

Pulse: What client objections are you hearing most this spring?

This week, we want to explore some of the most pressing concerns clients are raising in this red-hot spring market. Just as importantly, we also want to know how you’re responding to them. Continue reading

Pulse: 12 responses to ‘I’m happy renting right now’

Readers offered a range of ways to overcome this objection mostly revolving around homeownership as a wealth-building mechanism, including by highlighting tax benefits and the folly of paying “someone else’s mortgage.” Continue reading

Pulse: How do you overcome ‘I’m happy renting right now’?

In our ongoing quest to find the best handlers, we ask that you take this one-question survey to share your top strategies with the masses in our weekly Tuesday column. This week’s situation: A potential buyer tells you he’s happy renting for now. How … Continue reading

Pulse: 12 responses to ‘You don’t hold open houses? Why?’

Last week, we asked for your best responses to sellers when they say: “You don’t hold open houses? Why?” Readers shared how they overcome this objection, noting security risks, unlikelihood of attracting serious buyers and the arguable obsolescence of … Continue reading

Pulse: How do you overcome ‘You don’t hold open houses? Why?’

In our ongoing quest to find the best handlers, we ask that you take this one-question survey to share your top strategies with the masses in our weekly Tuesday column. This week’s situation: Your sellers are taken aback by the idea of not having an op… Continue reading

Pulse: 14 responses to ‘I can’t afford an agent’

Last week, we asked for your best responses to sellers when they say: “I can’t afford an agent.” Readers shared how they overcome this objection with a range of ways to emphasize that, even though agents charge commission, sellers can still net more by… Continue reading

Pulse: How do you overcome ‘I can’t afford an agent’?

In our ongoing quest to find the best handlers, we ask that you take this one-question survey to share your top strategies with the masses in our weekly Tuesday column. This week’s situation: You’re prospecting FSBOs, and one tells you paying an agent … Continue reading

Pulse: ‘Will you cut your commission?’ 27 ways to respond

Last week, we asked for your best responses to buyers and sellers when they ask: “Will you cut your commission?” Readers shared how they respond to potential clients and also mentioned some creative workarounds. Continue reading