Kara Phadael's Discussions

Here in Ct, I've never seen rents go down.

I must've grown up in a home with lead paint, after all I am over 29 years old, and I am just fine. My parents did lots of painting, including scraping and sanding windows. I even did that in my teens. Since I've never lived in a house that was built after 1978, I'm guessing I should've had lead poisoning.Although, not all houses built before 1978 have lead paint, but, I've never lived in house built after 1955, so, I'd say every house I've lived in almost assuredly had lead paint. I'm not saying lead paint is safe or anything, just making a point that probably most people on these boards have lived in homes with lead paint, and probably very few of you have had any problems due to that. You just have to be careful about making sure that the lead paint is not peeling, etc.

If you go FSBO, make sure it gets on the mls. That's where most buyers come from. Most buyers work with an agent, because it doesn't cost them anything to get professional help. Most agents look primarily at the mls, and show fsbo's that aren't on the mls only if they happen to stumble across them or if their client stumbles across them. It's not that agents don't want to sell fsbo's, but there are too many different fsbo sites to search. We would spend way too much time searching for 3 or 4 houses on fsbo sites, when there are many that meet our buyers criteria right on the mls. And, by all means market your house with your marketing skills. Focus on the internet. But, I will tell you one thing that realtors know which the general public is not aware of. When we market your house, of course, we hope that our marketing efforts will bring a buyer for your home. But in reality, we know that buyers come from the mls. We do get new clients from marketing your home, but generally speaking, they buy something else. We continue to market homes aggressively, because yes, it may lead to a sale, but also because, we get new clients from aggressive marketing of your property. And most importantly, if we did not market your home agressively, we would not be doing our jobs.

No contact is inexcusable. However, if your agent recommended a 30% price cut, you may be overpriced. I don't know your area at all, but I do know that there is always somebody buying, and just like anything else. They will buy the home which is the best value to them. Get a new agent and visit some open houses in your area. Try to be objective. Sometimes we don't see our homes the same way a stranger does. And watch HGTV- designed to sell, etc. Everybody's taste is different, so make sure your home is as neutral as possible. Also, consider hiring a home stager.

I went on Zillow today to add a new listing and noticed that under my listings, I have listings that are not mine. The only listing that I currently have is 36 Wakefield Cir. 06118. I do not want to get into trouble for false advertising. I do regularly go into zillow and post for sale info for the town of South Windsor- 06074 and occassionally for East Hartford - 06108 & 06118, but I always enter them using other, not as the agent or the owner. I'm guessing that after I entered the for sale info, the listing agent attempted to take over the listing, and for some reason I am now listed as the listing agent. I don't see a way to contact Zillow, but these need to be fixed asap.

105 Whitehall drEast Hartford, ct 0611873 elm stEast Hartford, ct 0610885 bissell stEast Hartford, ct 0610831 heim rdEast Hartford, ct 06108

My listings which are coming in from syndication aren't connected to my profile, when I try to claim them, it wants me to register again. I already have a profile, and am logged in. I can't find any way to claim the listing and connect it to my profile, I don't want to add it again, although I did add it before, Zillow must have deleted the listing I added when it pulled the one from syndication. My only current listing is 105 Burnham St Ext, Manchester, CT. Is there anyway to fix this?

I love to work with buyers, particularly first time buyers, although it can be frustrating at times. As a realtor, I can give you a comparative market analysis for any property that you would like to buy, but, I cannot suggest a price to you or I will be in danger of a lawsuit. I have had buyers who found there home on the first day that we looked and other buyers who have spent a good portion of my weekends and my gas for over a year, some of them eventually buying, others deciding now is not the time. So, all of that gas and unpaid work for nothing. Of course I want to sell you a home and earn a commission, if I didn't, I wouldn't be working. Also, I will sell some of you homes in a neighborhood that I wouldn't live in, but, I am not allowed to steer you towards different neighborhoods (that's illegal). I can't tell you if the school system is good or not - If I tell you that it's good (in my opinion) and it doesn't live up to your standards, you may come back and sue me. I will tell you if I see defects in the home, although I can't see as much as a professional inspector can. I will tell you if the CMA shows that the house is priced appropriately, but I will also write up an offer which is lower and push for a lower price. If you repeatedly make lowball offers, I will let you know that your odds of getting an offer accepted is not that good. Educating my buyers is part of my job, and I will fight for your price, but I also need to let you know if you're being unrealistic.

FSBO's are very do-able in a sellers market. Right now though, even Agents are having a hard time selling homes. FSBO's are not as visible as MLS listings. You can do it yourself, but make sure you're listed on every site that you can find to list on.