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BEFORE CALLING ON ME, please take a moment to read this page. Get to know me a bit. The RELATIONSHIP between a Realtor and client is very important.
BASICS
I am a Columbus, Ohio native, a proud West High Cowboy (’83) and since 2003
I am a member of the Columbus Board of Realtors®, the Ohio Association of Realtors® and the National Association of Realtors®. I am also past-president of the West/Southwest Area Realty Association.
Ohio License number: 2003016205
My primary concentration is on residential real estate sales. Occasionally I will help a client with a small office space or other business-oriented property. While I do list some properties when I believe there is merit in doing so, just for the sheer pleasure of seeing the joy on their faces at the closing I have tended to lean more toward assisting buyers. This is a practice that left me dangling in the wind as the market quickly evolved in late 2020 and into 2021 as a STRONG sellers’ market.
I CAN’T BE THAT GUY
When the real estate market got really crazy in 2021, I had buyers but not listings and buying a listing was becoming a very frustrating process. Market conditions were raising prices…low inventory meant your house was more valuable because “pickins were slim”. A booming economy, record low unemployment, bullish stock market and low mortgage interest rates added fuel to the fire. While it was common a couple of years ago to find 5000-6000 active residential listings on any given day in the Columbus MLS, we found the market fighting to get out of the 2000-3000 range. It is STILL a challenge to find a home. As of this writing (August 22, 2021) there are 2645 active residential listings. Buyers were in a frenzy and they were paying premium prices because with low interest rates, payments were still affordable. Then it became fairly common to see buyers bringing thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars to the closing because they offered $X and the appraisal came back valuing the home at $X – $Y. If the mortgage company was only going to finance 80% of the offered amount, buyers were bringing the other 20% to the table to make up for the difference. I just could not be the guy to advise a client that this is a good idea. Other Realtors will surely disagree with me, but I believe this market must come to a close and I believe the arbitrary market value of the homes will be lower in a few years. If you paid $300,000 in the hyper-market and the bank valued the home at $270,000, and you brought $30,000 to the closing to make up the difference… in a few years when the economy is not as strong, unemployment is higher, interest rates have doubled and the arbitrary market value is $245,000, who would you want to yell at when you find out you can’t sell the house without losing money? I can’t be that guy.
WHAT I AM
I am absolutely honest, dependable and dedicated to MY FIDUCIARY DUTY to each and every client. It is also probably a good thing to let you know that I am pretty doggone good at the job! I welcome and appreciate my clients and I stand ready to be YOUR REALTOR!
