Mr. Brandt is the founder and CEO of companies that help connect home sellers who want to sell quickly with investors and real estate agents who can help.
Ms. Ross, A great article, and I believe that being an expert in distressed and motivated home-sellers is a way for real estate professionals to dramatically grow their business in this market. Our company (1-800-CashOffer and HomeFlux.com) connects over 10,000 motivated home sellers (distressed, or just want to sell quickly) with real estate agents and investors each month and we've seen a dramatic increase in our the number of sellers contacting us (as you'd expect). If you know of any agents or investors who work with motivated/distressed home sellers, we would like to interview them about working with the local sellers contacting us from their market. They can reach us at www.HomeFlux.com and we'll schedule a call to see if it's a good fit. Jeremy Brandt Founder, CEO 1-800-CashOffer | HomeFlux.com
The most interesting part of the NAR report was that: "All-cash sales were at a record market share of 35 percent in March, up from 33 percent in February; they were 27 percent in March 2010. Investors accounted for 22 percent of sales activity in March, up from 19 percent in February; they were 19 percent in March 2010. The balance of sales were to repeat buyers." We work with thousands of cash home sellers each month, and can confirm that all-cash sales are indeed 1/3 of the market right now. Jeremy Brandt Founder, CEO 1-800-CashOffer http://www.CashOffer.com
This is precisely why the agents we work with love to focus on highly motivated sellers - when a home owner is ready to move RIGHT NOW and time is more important than money - they tend to not waste an agents time with a lot of tire kicking. Jeremy Brandt Founder, CEO 1-800-CashOffer www.CashOffer.com www.homeflux.com
