Dave Robison

By Dave Robison

How many times have your clients or friends asked you about your crystal ball?  My clients ask me all the time.  It’s almost daily you hear, “If I buy this house, how much do you think it will appreciate in the next 2 years, or 5 years?”  or “How much more money will I make on my house if I wait a year to sell it?”   Practitioners need a new core course to renew our licenses titled, “Gypsy 101,” or “Palm Reading 201.”   Or you can just read this blog entry and you can become pretty good at being psychic.  There are two parts in being psychic right now to know what is happening with the market: know how to price listings, and to know what to tell your clients.

First, you must follow the rules.  In 2006 when the market was booming in Utah, there were numerous people that came to me and asked, “Should I buy this home? All I have to do is use my credit and flip it the next day.”

Many of you now are thinking, that’s common sense.  But then it wasn’t. It was very enticing, someone’s friend just made $100,000 doing one flip supposedly.  I asked 2 questions.  Continue reading »