Real Estate Video’s by REMAX of Valencia’s Paris911 Team – Market Updates for Santa Clarita

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REMAX of Valencia California

The Market updates have been something we have been doing on a weekly basis for quite a while. In fact, if you want to see the Market Updates we have produced in the past, just head over to our Main Valencia CA real estate website and type into the MacBoX the words, “Market updates”.

Top Santa Clarita real estate blog

That is a “category” on our Top Real Estate sellers at REMAX of Valencia CA blog (that's a mouth full… :) )

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So, when you type the words market updates into the macBoX you are seeing everything that is within that category.

Median Prices in Valencia CA areas

Today on our Valencia Community real estate blog, blog.paris911.com, we wrote the Local Santa Clarita Median housing prices for Single Family residences as they had been recorded for last week as compared to this week.

We deduced that we, the Santa Clarita Valley cities, are still increasing in price with regard to home sales – for a majority of our cities. However, there were a few cities that had a “flat” price trend in place.

How about REMAX Relocation?

Last week, I received a call from a man that lives in Ohio. Apparently, while he was surfing the www for Relocation services, he came across our REMAX relocation website, at Relocation.Paris911.com.

While there, he discovered something about our systems. We have access to all of the listings that are within Southern California for search. In addition, it seemed that the data we provided was “cleaner” than the information he had been finding on the Real estate syndication websites.

I was excited and told Frank – I'd be writing about our conversation – so here it is. Apparently Frank is the head of their HR department (human relations), and is in charge of Relocation. While he had no one specifically to relocate, he was just making connections because apparently Valencia CA is the next on his Companies list, he seemed happy to have connected with me.

I love Happy Endings :)

What do you say to that – making people happy and being able to answer their questions. That's me 100%. That is also our real estate team 100%, I'm excited and please let us know when you are ready for our help or when you want to move…

 

The one thing that most agent’s don’t advice their Buyers of Real Estate

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No, it’s not that they are married, although I have heard stories.

Paris911 at REMAX of Valencia has you coveredIt is about an inspection.  Not the home inspection, where you are going to hire an expert and licensed home inspector.  It has to do with the Buyers Inspection.

It’s time to get out there into the neighborhood you are going to be living in and start knocking on some doors.

Who are the neighbors – how do they receive you.  According to National Association of Realtor Statistics – you are going to be living in that home you are about to buy for at least 4.9 years.

We are REMAX of Valencia’s Paris911 Team.  Talk with you soon and thanks for watching one of our lates YouTube Video’s about Santa Clarita real estate.

 

REMAX of Valencia CA presents the Home Intel Reports for Santa Clarita Valley Cities

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While it did not come easy – our real estate business was founded on a solid foundation of the “team effort” concept.

With three full time buyers representatives and a full time licensed assistant(short sale negotiator), in addition to Paris and myself, we have any buyer and sellers within our Real Estate “comfort zone” covered 100%.

Valencia real estate agentsThe first step starts with meeting of our buyers within our offices or via conference call, to discuss their own personal Real Estate game plan.

After that, we are pretty tuned in as to what types of real estate we need to be searching for.

If they are interested in Valencia CA – looking for a Single Family Residence that is within the Saugus Union School District, because they have elementary aged children, we can start that hunt easily.  We have our buyers agents connections and our own personal “real estate” connections to utilize.

We then have our systems that track specific properties and areas within the City of Valencia.  We can actually hone in with regard to specific real estate needs for each of our individual clients.

That is because our systems update with each push of the boards of realtors MLS listing data for Valencia California and the other cities in which we represent buyers and sellers of real estate.

Be safe – search well and let us know when you are ready for our help with your Valencia CA (or other areas in and around of Los Angeles CA), let me know and we will serve and protect you…

REMAX convention in Las Vegas equals Referrals for Remax’s Realtor Agents

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Our why of “Remax” is much more than the conventions that are at the Top of the real estate spectrum.

However, if we are going to talk about REMAX Conventions, there is something that has to be said – they are awesome.

REMAX of Valencia California Real Estate agentsYou have the Top of the Real Estate Sales force in attendance at the REMAX R4 conventions.  Most of the attendees have one thing in common. They will do whatever it takes to get the “job done” for their real estate clients.

So much to learn, so much being offered and supreme kudos to the Top Real Estate Company in the world – RE/MAX.

The last time we attended – we came away with a pocket full of other REMAX agent’s business cards and, have since then, developed much deeper relationships with them via our social media channels.

Google+ and Facebook being the two heavy hitters when it comes to keeping the flame alive.

To date, we have given over 20 referrals to REMAX agents since attending our First REMAX Conference only a few years ago.  We have also received (this one is key), over 15 referrals from the agents that Paris and I connected with during the conference.

Smoke and Mirrors – negative ghost rider.  REMAX is the real deal.  Just ask anyone of our Sellers or Buyers in our local Santa Clarita Valley real estate market.

Be safe – search well and enjoy the video by REMAX international.

If you are so inclined – check out one of the REMAX of Valencia Websites you get when you are a member of their organization – it rocks…

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner – REMAX of Valencia California

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When it comes to real estate brands – don’t forsake the “brand”.

REMAX of Valencia Real Estate agentsWe had our choices when teaming up with a real estate company in the beginning.  We were “unknown” in the beginning – no one knew who Paris or I was.  Sure, I was an LAPD motor cop and worked several assignments, community affairs, dui watch, training division – etc…  But as far as real estate, we were unknown.

However, most companies will take a chance on anyone – because most new licensees are worth about three deals – they will tell you, their family, friends and themselves.

I have never been accustomed to viewing people as if they are “worth” something tangible like a certain amount of “deals”.

To me and those that work for me, that is just plain ugly.  It was nice to have made our rounds when we first started – we had to work at other real estate companies, to prove ourselves, before being able to step up to REMAX of Valencia CA.

We worked at some “great” real estate brokerages – Paris and I had worked with the white and blue.  We worked with the gold jacket crowd and another, much smaller company, that was based in Encino California.

It’s nice having business and not knowing what to do with it than, not having business at all. But, looking back, it was tough until Paris got into the business with me.  I was still full time LAPD until 2007.  I was licensed in 1998 – Paris in 1999.  Paris was the full time end of our business, and to this day, I thank God for his insight in having her come aboard.

She has been a blessing in my life and with our local Santa Clarita and Los Angeles area Real Estate business.

Just another page out of the Paris911 History books – Be safe – let us know if you need our help with anything.  Not just real estate, we will try to do our best…  my BEST.

The Closing Table with REMAX of Valencia California Agents

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Santa Clarita Realtors present another REMAX International Video

Another great video from Remax international showing some of the differences between working at other brokerages and being saddled with REMAX of Valencia CA.

I remember when I was a small child – watching “One Adam Twelve” and “Dragnet” on the only California Station we received in the small town of New Mexico where I grew up.

I knew at a very young age I wanted to be a LAPD cop. It just Made Sense and in October 1990 – October 9th to be exact, I achieved my dream. I was running and getting yelled at in the Hills of Elysian Park as a brand new recruit with the LAPD.

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Over the next several years – I would have met my wife, had children and joined the “prestigious” LAPD motor squad.

During those years, I also had received some certifications to train LAPD recruits and in-service officers with regard to Drug Evaluation, ShotGun, Hand Gun, Glock, Impaired drivers, Radar and Laser.

The “buying a house” thing seemed to be one most traumatic events of those first few years with the LAPD.

In fact, both Paris and I were taken pretty good – vowing that we would never let that happen to anyone we knew, if we ever became Realtors.

1998 for me and 1999 for Paris – We became Realtors. We worked at various companies for the first several months. Never being able to quite find the best fit.

Until we discovered REMAX of Valencia California. That was what we had been looking for. The training, the excitement, the “aliveness” in the offices at REMAX of Valencia CA. Paris911.com/offices

This is what we had been looking for and what we found at REMAX of Valencia. Paris911.com/Directions

If you have been wanting to become licensed in real estate and if you have been contemplating a real estate company to work for – check out REMAX of Valencia…

Get your feet wet, make your rounds with other “local” real estate companies – then come see our Team at REMAX. We are known as Paris911 and are glad to be your guides. Paris911.com/company

 

It may just be time to leave REMAX of Valencia

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Ever feel like leaving?  How about leaving, and after you have left to find out that you may have been wrong in your decision?

Santa Clarita remax of ValenciaThat has to be the worst feeling in the world.  I left the LAPD after 17 years.  I remained a full line reserve office teaching Firearms and Tactics until 2013.  Me Resigning from a Career with the LAPD was the right thing to do.

Today, the past of me being a Big City Motor Cop, follows with me being in the business of representing buyers and sellers of real estate in the Santa Clarita valley cities and vicinities.

There is one thing I do miss.  Besides being one of the best Law Enforcement agencies in the world – I miss the Camaraderie.  The Brotherhood.  The hugs during roll call (kidding(jk)…).  Not may hugs were given in Roll Call (briefing). :)

I have actually found more hugs in Real Estate.  However, the competition is much higher.  I guess the only competition we had on the LaPD was who could get more “Franks”. That is police vernacular for “felony arrests”.  We also had competition over who could get more drunk drivers off of the streets when I was working the DUI squad on Motors.

My adjustment from full time cop to full time realtor was interesting to say the least.  I don’t think it’s over yet.  I hate when clients are lied to.  I don’t like when other agents are lying to me.  I don’t like high pressure and I think that everyone should be deal with as I want to be dealt with….

I’m sure that will never change.

How to make sure the leads on your recently listed home get to your Broker of Choice

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Funny when the shoes on the other foot isn’t it?  REMAX ensures all of your Realtor’s sign calls come directly to the specific REMAX agent you hired to sell your home, condo or town-home.  This is a HUGE benefit of our brand and can be expected to bring you HUGE results when it comes to selling real estate.

Santa Clarita home buyers Other brokerages some do not.  In fact, when it comes to “other brokerages”, MOST do not.  

REMAX of Valencia California is on the top when it comes to Buyer and Seller representation.  That is why we chose REMAX as a brokerage, after spending some time in the trenches with other real estate companies when both Paris and I were new to the Biz.

Today, REMAX has changed.  It’s not the same as it was in the beginning.  REMAX is not the same as it was in 1998 either.

The brand is becoming more established, and some have had issues using REMAX in the sale or procurement of their real estate.  I remember what dad used to say, “You cannot please all of the people all of the time, and you will die trying…”

However, when you look at consumer rating sites – you will find that REMAX and the REMAX Brand has been awarded some hefty achievements - one recently was awarded to REMAX by JD Power in overall customer satisfaction.

That’s not too shabby.  We are proud to call REMAX our home and are happy to be an extension of such a well known and top producing brand.

Side Note – We just completed our most recent market reports for the Santa Clarita Valley cities.  We talked about the current levels of real estate inventory and how buyers can have the best advantage when wanting to purchase real estate in the Santa Clarita Valley and in the other areas of Southern California.

Be safe – Search well and please look us up on Google Plus and Facebook.

Is REMAX of Valencia CA, Wack-ed?

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It is not an industry term, “Wack-ed”.  However, it makes a great title, and a better video brought to our Team by REMAX International.

This is another video that gets into some of the “talent” behind the scenes of the REMAX Brand.

California homes Housing HavenI know exactly how many people are searching for REMAX by Brand name.  How many people are typing in REMAX of Santa Clarita and REMAX of Valencia or variations there of, into Google. (it is more than substantial, proven by our listing times, days on market and list to sales price ratios)

A question that was posed recently is why a Seller should work with our Paris911 Team at REMAX of Valencia versus other agents that are within the local market?

The answer that we give is more of a “homework oriented” assignment.  I ask our potential clients to search the way in which buyers are going to be searching for homes for sale.  If we are doing a Real Estate listing demo in our offices, I remove the “personal results” from the search results when “showing off” our local brand on our Office Computers with clients. (that’s only fair).

The agents at the tops of those search results, as Paris911 is, are going to be contacted and asked for help when it comes to buying real estate.

Which real estate listings in the Santa Clarita Valley get talked about first?  Those that are listed with the Paris911 Team, of course.

Be safe – Housing Haven dot com is coming soon – I think you are going to really like it.  Be safe and we will talk soon.

REMAX of Valencia helping clients find the “perfect” home

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Have a look at our Main REMAX Website of the Paris911 team – I think you will agree it has everything.

If you have been wanting to buy a home in the Santa Clarita Valley or within our REMAX Comfort Zone - then you can have The Paris911 Team of Realtors represent you.

Why are we branded - Paris911

There is nothing quite like the pleasure of helping one of our clients get what they want from real estate.

That is also important as a real estate seller, having the home team advantage and having your home placed where buyers are searching for real estate (93% online) – More in City centers of influence.

When the listing agent you are hiring is not on those pages – for Example – Searching for the phrase: Santa Clarita real estate agents, you are not getting the best bang for your buck (commission).

We see this happen time and time again. When this current market slows down, and it will, it is going to be imparative that your real estate professional has themselves positioned where the buyers are looking to buy homes on-line.

Before you hire and during your interview – ask, “Is your website positioned where buyers are going to be searching for my home?

With all of our local Santa Clarita internet exposure – We have over 1 million pages that Google has indexed and is watching. Those pages equate to the way buyers are searching for homes.

Additionally, make sure your agent knows what you are looking for when it comes to buying a home, condo or town-home. Most of the mistakes that are made by agents have to do with Buyers not knowing what they want. That is going to be the difference between you hiring a professional Realtor or Team versus not. Questions – inquies by your realtor with regard to what you want to buy.

That way – it is much easier. However, if you have informed your real estate agent what you want to buy – and they take you to places, like the agent in this video takes his clients, it maybe time for a re-evaluation.

Be safe – here is a great article on how to fire your Santa Clarita real estate agent.