Thinking Out Loud | Smart e Plans

When You Pay A Realtor 6% — What is That FOR?

1 December, 2016 by Judith at Home Sellers, Luxury Properties, Information For, SMARTePLANS, Thinking Out Loud

Do You Know How Much of That 6% Is Actually Spent On Marketing Your Home? Probably Not. Come along and crunch the numbers with us. You'll see why it is a very good idea to have that conversation with your proposed real estate agent before you sign the listing agreement. Not all agents spend the [...]

SOLD ? – Part III Marketing Lux House Before It’s Built

26 October, 2015 by Judith at Agents / Brokers, Luxury Properties, Builders, Thinking Out Loud, New Construction

SOLD? - Part III Marketing Luxury Home As Its Being Built. Is it sold? - It's pending -- so fingers are crossed for a seamless closing for this $2M+ home that is easily 6-8 months away from being completed. Once again, SMARTePLAN's with their interactive floor plan method of marketing helped sell this home [...]

One River Oaks House & 10 Sherle Wagner Bathrooms

15 October, 2015 by Judith at Features and Finishes, Property Listings, Luxury Properties, Peeking Inside Properties, Thinking Out Loud

Sherle Wagner's luxury bathrooms featuring hand-painted sinks with gold accents, gold-plated fixtures and semi-precious stones is legendary. Let's take a peek inside a home going onto the market in River Oaks with 10 baths/half-baths decorated with unmistakable Sherle Wagner basins and fixtures. One of his signature sinks is the over-the-edge porcelain sink hand painted in [...]

The Agent Had to Buy A New Corian Kitchen

12 October, 2015 by Judith at Agents / Brokers, Home Sellers, Builders, Thinking Out Loud

Why did the Judge make the agent buy a new Corian® kitchen? Because the listing agent advertised the home for sale as having Corian® countertops in the kitchen. Guess What? They weren't. This happened back around 2003 / 2004 in Houston when I was first starting out. A couple bought a home in WestU [...]

Failsafe Way To KNOW Which Side is YOUR Water Glass / Bread Plate

4 October, 2015 by Judith at Agents / Brokers, Home Sellers, Builders, Thinking Out Loud

So you're at an event and the place-settings are stacked end-to-end and you can see people trying to figure out which one is their bread plate or their water glass. The answer is literally at your fingertips! You no longer have to wait for someone "in-the-know" to select one and then you do the math [...]

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