Valerie Reynolds

Being an agent with an office in Parsippany, Parsippany is a popular town. It's contains all the major routes: I-80, 287, 10 and 46. People who want bus service to NYC ask for Parsippany and train service is not that far away. You are on the edge of the more heavily populated areas going east and the more suburban towns going west. You have stores and restaurants and good schools. Like a colleague stated it is a highly rated town by national standards. You have a variety of housing from condos, townhouses, older and newer homes.

It all depends on what you want from the town you live in- you just don't buy a house hoping that it will go up in value unless you are buying a rental. You still have to live in the house, neighborhood etc and you don't want to keep saying to yourself "this house will go up in value" to keep yourself sane.

I too offer my buyers services to you- 973-876-8645. - Sat May 24 2008, 06:35

Can't add much to what was said:

If you go with vinyl, I would add extra insulation. After all, you are living there until you decide to sell and there are people who have told me they cut their heating bills in 1/2.

If carpenter bees are a problem where you are, vinyl would be good too. - Mon May 19 2008, 20:54

Signing the dual agency form is in your best interest for selling. If you don't sign it, your broker and all his agents can't show your house. If you listed with Weichert no Weichert agent could show your home. Sign with Coldwell Banker? No Coldwell Banker agent could show your house. All because you said no to dual agency.

Dual agency is not with your individual agent but all agents under the company umbrella. For example, I work under Coldwell Banker, the president of NRT (who owns the Coldwell Bankers in NJ that aren't franchises,) Ronnis Laiken is my broker. If you signed a CB contract, your broker is Ronnie. Now you get 2 offers, both are Coldwell Banker offers- Ronnie is their broker thus dual agency. One offer could be from one office and the other from another- neither your listing agent. In the case of Weichert, Jim Weichert is the broker. It's like all the offers were his. The agent is just Ronnie or Jim's "agent" in the transaction.

As the others mentioned the rules change. If my buyer is buying a coldwell Banker listing, I can't give him a compartive market analysis to help him figure a price. I can only give him the actives, solds and under contracts and say "figure it out". Also, if 2 offers are from the same broker and the listing- those 2 people's offers must actually be revealed to each other unless the buyer signs the dual agency form that says they want confidentiality. I had another CB agent sell my listing. She wanted us to negotiate the home inspection issues with her fighting for her buyer. She couldn't because my seller was her client too though she never met him.

Does that help? . - Thu May 1 2008, 22:42

After you find an office, let the top agents know that you are willing to do open houses. Not only is there a chance you can sell that listing (we have a guy in our office who always seems to sell at open houses), you will get new buyers and sellers. Let those top agents know too that you will pay them a referral fee to take out their buyer leads. Many top agents, unless they have a team, don't always have time for all their buyers.

If you are in an office with good "floor" time, ok. That means, people call in and ask about listings or want to list. That is passive and I have seen the passive agents not make it. You need to not be shy about asking for referrals from friends or to wear your name tag. The mgr of my Mc Donald's saw my name tag and we just signed a contract today. Another time, the UPS guy talked me when I was taking the photo of a listing. He will be a buyer and seller.

If you are really brave, knock on the FSBO's doors and call expired listings.

Good luck, it's hard work but fun. - Wed Apr 30 2008, 14:11

Is this home owned by a bank? Usually, the bank does not do concessions but sells the home "as is". That means if you do a home inspection and there are major problems like a mold, leaking in-ground oil tank or a bad roof; too bad. You still have a contract.

Do you have an agent negotiating for you? - Sun Apr 27 2008, 17:22