25th Blog = SUCCESS!

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I have been in technology for a while now.  I was a Network Administrator, and Web Developer for 5 years and have always been fascinated by technology.  The internet being one of the greatest parts of that technology. 

Blogging has become a part of that wonderful technology.  I have made multiple attempts at blogging in the past and have never made it past a few blog posts.  I guess I was looking for a little more instant success but that just isn’t the case for most bloggers.  It takes time and dedication, plus a little bit of talent to write content people want to read.  Not only do you have to have all these great elements, but your content needs to be found or it doesn’t matter how good your content is if no one knows it is there.

Well in light of this being my 25th blog posted on this site I thought I would celebrate it by posting my new signature!  I was adding my signature to each post which was causing all kinds of issues and for one I just didn’t like how it looked before.  After a day working on it I came up with a very simple little signature and thought it looks good. 

Another goal with this blog and my web presence was to OWN my name!  I have bought my name as a domain and built a website on top of that.  also I Google searched my name and I only was 2 of the top 10 results, and that was because Twitter and Facebook.  Now I own 8 of the top 10 and well on my way to owning the top three pages!  That is my new goal for my Google search.  See for you self by following this link: Let me Google it for you!

Thanks for your support and for driving me to continue to blog and stick with it!  Not only am I starting to get addicted to it, but I also love reading and commenting on others post.  I just love dancing in the Rain

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Jimmy Gilley

Cell: 269-362-4841
Office: 269-683-5355

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Saw a Home on Zillow, it Still Available?

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This is one of those questions I get all the time.  I am a personal believer in Zillow as a great place to advertise as home buyers are using the web to find homes, and Zillow comes up on peoples searches. 

Though the biggest problem I run into is that homes are not as accurate on the site.  Most cases there is no problem and the home is as it says it is but there are plenty of them out there that are not accurate.

Clients contact me from Zillow and most of them have had some issue with a property not being available like Zillow says. 

My response if very simple to my clients and it is that Zillow is a great starting place to start a home search, but a Realtor is the person who should really help you find your new home.  A Realtor has the tools to help you complete your home search.  They should have a great website with accurate MLS data for you to look up the homes you want.  So pick a Realtor that has the tools and services to help you accomplish your goal, which is home ownership!

 

 

Jimmy Gilley
Cressy & Everett Real Estate
Niles, MI 49120
Mobile – 269-362-4841 (Primary)
JimmyGilley.com
jimmy.gilley@comcast.net

             

Get everything in writing

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This is a true story but no names will be used to protect the identity of the agents involved.  We will call one agent “seasoned agent” and the second agent “newer agent”.

We had a situation between a couple agents in our local MLS where both agents use to work for the same broker and were partners.  One partner was new in the business but on fire and doing great!  The other was a seasoned vet and doing well but always looking to do better.  They teamed up and started working short sales.  They were doing quite well but after a few years the “newer” agent had gotten their brokers license.

That agent had an offer to come be a managing broker at another office in the area so they left the partnership and went to the new company as a broker.  They made an arrangement in writing to split all the commission they had worked on together 50/50.  After a few months their inventory was getting lower on all the things they had worked on together.

The seasoned agent had complained to the newer agent that they didn’t feel it to be fair to have to work so hard on short sales and then split the commission.  The newer agent not having anything pending at the time said ok and the verbally released their agreement.  The seasoned agent closed two properties that would have been under the original agreement and took the whole commission. 

A month or so later the newer agent closed on a property that would have been under the agreement and collected the full commission.  The seasoned agent called the newer agent and said that they owed them a commission on that property because they were saying that it wasn’t released from the agreement.

Obviously the newer agent declined as they fully released their agreement.  The seasoned agent now is trying to go after the newer agent and taking them to the MLS board, and slandering them to other agents. 

This goes to show that you always have to get everything in writing!  Doesn’t matter how close of a friend you think a person is you still need it in writing because you might end up having to defend it. 

Hope this never happens to me, or you but if it does have it in writing so you can defend yourself.

Jimmy Gilley
Cressy & Everett Real Estate
Niles, MI 49120
Mobile – 269-362-4841 (Primary)
JimmyGilley.com
jimmy.gilley@comcast.net