• Pick Your Battles,Kathryn Schenk

    Pick Your Battles

    Inspection reports have a way of turning rational people into nervous negotiators. A buyer who felt calm and decisive a week ago suddenly wants to fix everything. A seller who expected “a few small things” is now staring at a multi-page list that reads like a forensic audit of their home. Somewhere

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  • Slow Down to Win,Kathryn Schenk

    Slow Down to Win

    There is a particular kind of urgency that creeps into real estate negotiations, and it rarely serves the person feeling it. You can almost hear it in the language. Buyers start “just wanting to get something locked down.” Sellers begin to worry they are “missing their moment.” Agents, if they are n

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  • Draw the Line Before the Deal Does,Kathryn Schenk

    Draw the Line Before the Deal Does

    There’s a quiet but consequential mistake many buyers make before they ever write an offer. They walk into the process with enthusiasm, a general budget, and a vague sense of what feels “too much”… and assume that will be enough to guide them. It isn’t. In reality, most difficult decisions in a tran

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