• How You Say It Can Make or Break the Deal,Kathryn Schenk

    How You Say It Can Make or Break the Deal

    Most people think negotiation is driven by numbers. Price, terms, timelines. The measurable pieces. The ones you can point to on paper and defend in a spreadsheet. In practice, tone is often doing just as much work - quietly, and with far less margin for error. Tone is what determines whether the ot

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  • Local Data in a Market Full of Noise,Kathryn Schenk

    Local Data in a Market Full of Noise

    There is a particular kind of confidence that shows up in real estate decisions, and it is almost always misplaced. It sounds authoritative, occasionally even data-driven, and yet it leans heavily on the wrong information. National headlines, broad market narratives, last year’s neighbor’s sale, a f

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  • The Hidden Cost of Overpricing Your Home,Kathryn Schenk

    The Hidden Cost of Overpricing Your Home

    There’s a persistent myth in real estate that overpricing is a harmless starting point. List high, leave room to negotiate, and let the market “tell you” where the price should land. It sounds measured. Strategic, even. In practice, it’s closer to setting your own house on a slow, polite fire. Overp

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