Comments for The Blog at Christies by the Sea

Comment on Sold Listing at 3/C1 46318 Haiku Rd by Jerry Bangerter, RA

Jerry Bangerter, RA — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:58:05 +0000

Hi Carol and Briggs; This is a great site. I am proud of you. If any of the clients to whom you sell to are needint a Property Manager managing rentals all over the island, remember me! We will keep track of your client and remember that he/she will be your client forever. We will guarantee if they ever let us know that they wish to buy or sell, we will immediately call you. Besides, that, we absolutely guarantee to reward referring agents with the greatest incentive being offered on this Island. Have a great and wonderful day.

Comment on A Coincidence…? I Doubt It by Carol & Briggs Christie

Carol & Briggs Christie — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:58:34 +0000

Further on the BPO question, here are some entries that speak to that:
http://christiesbythesea.com/blog/?p=407
http://christiesbythesea.com/blog/?p=454

Comment on A Coincidence…? I Doubt It by Carol & Briggs Christie

Carol & Briggs Christie — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:44:13 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Tony. A couple things: BPO’s with compensation came up some months back when an opinion was thrown around from the HBR that echoed a recommendation from the Appraisers. However, the Hawaii Revised Statutes don’t support the position at all. In a nutshell, if an agent doesn’t represent himself as a licensed appraiser, it’s not prohibited (and really…what appraiser is going to do a BPO for $50?). That said, if there is absolutely no possibility of receiving a listing as a result of the work, then the BPO bleeds over into a gray area.
Also, although the majority of the BPO’s are indeed in Ewa and Waianae, there’s no place on the island that’s immune…!

Comment on A Coincidence…? I Doubt It by Aloha Tony, Hawaii real estate agent

Aloha Tony, Hawaii real estate agent — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:08:39 +0000

BPO’s still being done a lot with compensation, I’ve been told. That is illegal, but for some reason people are still doing it without fear of losing their license.
I think most of those BPO’s are short sales in Ewa Beach. Haven’t seen as many foreclosures or short sales anywhere else on the island.

Comment on What’s For Dinner? by Aloha Tony, Hawaii real estate agent

Aloha Tony, Hawaii real estate agent — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:35:27 +0000

Looks delicious!
You’re right, Hawaii real estate agents hardly ever have real time off. Hard to schedule our lives since the market never rests. Then again, when the market is slow, all I want to do is work to get another deal going!

Comment on Flying With an Eagle by Aloha Tony, Hawaii real estate agent

Aloha Tony, Hawaii real estate agent — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:07:11 +0000

Congrats kid! Yes it’s a great accomplishment! Very hard work to get to that point, and I hope it pays off for you!

Comment on Scam? Spam? Just one letter apart… by Sharon MaHarry

Sharon MaHarry — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:22:50 +0000

Hi Carol & Briggs, Thanks for this info! It’s going on here in California as well. I received an email from someone who said he was from China and wanted to make a cash offer on a home in Ojai. He asked me to send him listings between 500 and 800K. I sent the listings just to see what would happen. He wrote back that he would like to make an offer of $570k for one of the listings. I explained that offers have to be in writing and they have to be accompanied by 3% earnest money. He wrote back a couple of days later that in his country no money is paid until the final sale. I once again told him he would have to either send a cashier’s check or wire the money to escrow. He said he would have his lawyer look into it. He even sent me a bank statement from the Bank of China showing he had $1.5 million in the bank and gave me his phone nuimber and physical address. I haven’t checked those out yet because I do believe this to be a scam and don’t want to waste too much time on it. I’ll let you know if the cashiers check arrives and that will happen when pigs fly. Thanks again!
Sharon MaHarry, Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty, West Ventura County, CA

Comment on A Little Diversion from Paradise by Name*laurie dame

Name*laurie dame — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:27:55 +0000

thank you, loved it.

Comment on Carol’s New Shirt by peggy

peggy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:03:23 +0000

hey who is they?….too who is everyone?…too. it made me howl for the fun of printing the shirt.

Comment on An Interesting Olympic Perspective by Carol & Briggs Christie

Carol & Briggs Christie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:35:54 +0000

Assuming you meant 1980, I agree! Of course, that was historic for US hockey and last week’s game was historic for Canada…good fun both times.