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I had an epiphany while sitting on the porch this morning looking at the mountains and thinking about what to blog. I'd looked over the news, real estate listings and my email and thought. You know what? As much blogging as we do, we're all looking at news, other blogs, mortgage … (5 comments)
Broker Tour Kenner, LA.
Are you tired of the old school network marketing techniques? You know the 3 foot rule, hanging flyers, bugging your family and friends, and holding hotel meetings.
Well the end of the month is upon us... Hopefully you had a great month. Rates are holding at the 6.625%, they have been hovering between 6.625% & 6.75% for about a week and a half. The governemnt has been doing a great job of messing with the housing market and it … (0 comments)
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First I have to disclaim that I work for, er co-founded, a company that sells a technology product for realtors. So if your inclined to distrust anything that might involve a for-profit motive feel free to skip this over. I'll blog about saving baby seals next week...
Is driving all about the steering? No. 
The Snohomish County Camano Association of Realtors did the unthinkable and with zest. We held a "County-Wide" open house this weekend. The major television stations gave us coverage, the local paper advertised with a "full page spread" mentioning all the companies that were partaking. Individual agents were able to advertise their … (1 comments)
Purchases Using FHA
7-26 perriello 5 steps
As
promised in my previous post on the Inman Connect panel discussion 'What's
Next: When will the housing market turn?', Alex Perriello, CEO of Realogy
Franchise Group, presented 5 ways that Realtors
should be working now to get through this down-turn and come out
healthy on … (2 comments)
Sometimes the media does actually come through! Not everyone has the the total "Local" picture.. but we do depend on the media to report current events and trends. People do listen.
Below is typically what you get when you purchase a home warranty. There is quite a bit of ambiguity from start to finish. 
Earlier today I was in a meeting with some real estate management folks...and the topic of agents and good agents came up. One of the factors that we all deal with with Realtors in general are the ego's of our peers, including mine. No one wants to think of themselves as … (4 comments)
This is one I have to share! I have a house listed- New Construction- Beautiful Plantation Style home. Priced at $269,900.00. Got a call this morning from the seller. He took buyer to the house and showed them the house. Also, told them his bottom dollar. Then called me and wanted … (0 comments)
To all you Realtors out there, I can't emphasize enough the importance of giving your lender sufficient time to make the loan happen for your client. Everything takes longer to get accomplished today, so time is the real commodity here. The inspections for homes purchased with government loans takes longer, as … (0 comments)
Daily Real Estate News | July 23, 2008 FakeTV Helps Homes Look Occupied It's common knowledge that vacant homes are prime targets for burglars and vandals. Now a company has developed an inexpensive way to give off the appearance that there are people living in the home-or at least watching TV there.Eden Prairie, … (5 comments)
There are many Realtors who are encouraging the use of independent real estate appraisals to their prospective sellers. In todays market you see a lot of sellers who are willing to list their properties with Realtors but are unwilling to take their advice as to what price to market it at. … (0 comments)
Yesterday, I did an inspection where the real estate agent was slightly held up in late afternoon traffic. She arrived about 10 minutes late, and looking very tired. She said she had been going strong since 7 am when she attended an early moring meeting, had 5 appointments, not including … (13 comments)
8 Reasons Why You Should Work With a REALTOR®
Immediate REO Listing Jobs Available- GMAC Real Estate
Selling a house in a difficult location?
Calling all Murfreesboro Agents!! Saturday August 2 at Old Fort Park there will be a gathering to give back to the community, Family Day. People from all over the county and organizations will come together to give less priviledged children (all school ages) back packs filled with school supplies. We have … (0 comments)
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Recently someone asked me why I had been in the business for over 20 years, and after reflection, I responded that I was "committed" to helping people find homes and was passionate about being a "professional" real estate agent. Professional in the sense that I wanted to do everything with excellence, … (0 comments)
As a REALTOR® my primary job is to protect my client's interest. It is not to practice law, give tax advice our give engineering opinions. I am licensed to sell homes; I am not a Lawyer, a CPA, a Contractor or an Engineer of any type. I can loose my license … (25 comments)
It is very interesting that each state has different rules in real estate. Gerogia for instancedoes not talk about Square Feet in listings. As Realtors we can not post on our FMLS or anymarketing materials how many square feet a home has. Square footage is simply only talkedabout in appraisals and … (1 comments)
Buyer Agents...Now that it is a Buyer's Market, how different are the contracts you are writing? 
The thought has crossed my mind lately that the Mortgage Meltdown should eliminate big banks wanting to get into the real estate business. The old adage "clean around your own door step before you start cleaning around mine" is apropos. Although it appears the majority of the mortgage issues were brought … (1 comments)
Industry professionals will agree with me that wasting time on negative news is just that.....a waste of time. Sure, there is an overwhelming amount of less than positive news regarding the present and short term future of the housing market. However, it's those, who can look through the walls of negative … (7 comments)
It is not an easy venture to sell a home in Tampa. With so many homes on the market, there are many things that a homeowner can do to add or create value to a home that makes it more appealing than the others on the market. Here are four tips … (1 comments)
If you are currently in the market for your first home, you may be interested in how a REALTOR can help you. You are about to make a great investment of both money and time. I have a wealth of experience helping first time buyers like you make sound, informed decisions.
Here in Central Florida, we have mostly subdivisions. Many people love to say they live in this one or that one. Many of the subdivisions are gated. The most expensive subdivisions are manned 24 hours a day while others have a key card and code box.
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Have you heard of a "trigger lead"? A Trigger Lead is a lead that is red hot. For example, if you have recently applied for a mortgage, the credit bureau from which your report was accessed has allowed a mortgage company to look at your credit. The logical assumption is that … (0 comments)
I am excited to tell you that our training event was AWSOME!!
Telemarketers, including REALTORS®, will face a new marketing challenge and will have more rules to observe as the National Do Not Call List (National DNCL) comes into effect on September 30, 2008.
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Renouned blues artist B.B. King is coming to Charlottesville, Virginia on August 6. The concert which is sponsored by the Charlottesville Albemarle Association of Realtors to benefit the workforce housing fund will be held at the Charlottesville Pavillion at the east end of the downtown pedestrian mall. One of B.B. King's … (6 comments)
So many times I have heard customers make the statement that they are going to "feel out the market" and it just makes me shudder. With the rates so volatile and the uncertainty of tomorrow's housing market, today is the time to snatch up that home. If the companies such as … (15 comments)
"Susan, how are you holding up?" asked one of my past clients when she ran into me at the nail salon. "I'm great. What are you talking about?" I queried back. She went on to talk about the gloomy real estate market and said, "Surely you're not selling houses right now." … (0 comments)
By Roberta Ross, National Real Estate Speaker
1. The MLS Listing of Your Property Has No Photos
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My business is a little different from that of most Realtors. We are a marketing company that also happens to be a real estate company, so we are working not only with real estate agents on a regular basis but also with builders and developers. The one thing that both builders and … (2 comments)
In a recent post "Realtors Have it Easy" I wrote about just how overworked and under appreciated Realtors are. It seems to me that partnering with a professional home stager, who they could recommend to their clients, could ease some of that pressure.
I am a NEWBIE!!!!!
Post written by Scott Miller
In today’s difficult housing market it takes a special Realtor® to make things happen. If you look at Carmen Miller’s first half of 2008 home sales, she obviously has the special touch to sell homes even in today’s fluctuating economy. Carmen Miller is very successful helping … (0 comments)
So, you're lucky enough to have a listing or two, or three, and you're even luckier that it's priced right and it's even being shown by other agents. Great, right? But, what happens when these "Agents" do show it, but don't bother to answer your request for feeback? Isn't it common … (11 comments)
I've been going to ask this question ever since I joined AR in '06. After reading Laurie Mindnich's post on dual agency, I decided to finally ask my question.
I am hosting an open house for the VACANT Condo I have listed.
Week Eight Assignment for the Makeover2Takeover competition is our last one! I might have withdraws... it's been an awesome contest and I'm so honored to be among Desiree Daniels/Brian Block & Midori Miller/Jeanette Neerpat with Missy Caulk in the Top Three!
If you are a dog lover, now there is a new place to go take your pet. Waterways Dog park in Aventura just opened at 3401 NE 213th Street. The park features open space for your pet to exercise and socialize. There are two comfort stations with doggie water fountains, showers … (0 comments)
Fun marketing that works:
Yesterday I attended a Stager's Expo in the San Francisco Bay Area, hosted by Welcome Home Rental Furniture, Kym Hough and Terrylynn Fisher. Terrylynn gave an excellent speech about the stager/realtor relationship. She said it can be equally frustrating for both sides and gave us tips on how to basically help eachother … (25 comments)
The comment from Head of Marketing for DRH also makes it sound like Realtors can be lead like cattle, that Realtors can't think for themselves! Either that, or I am an AWESOME trainer of Realtors! I find their response unbelievable considering that Realtors sell 80% of DRH homes nationwide.
An update on the posts http://activerain.com/blogsview/324536/Rental-Property-Problem-Need, http://activerain.com/blogsview/339595/Up-Date-on-Rental http://activerain.com/blogsview/352730/Rental-Property-Problem-Need. 
I got a call from a Realtor today and he had a question concerning short sales. Let me give you a little insight first. The Realtor I refer to is proficient in short sales and so he has been around the block with how to handle mitigators. His question was, are … (5 comments)
So I've been doing all of these FHA loans on foreclosed properties lately. What I've been stuck with are escrow companies with illiterate staff, bad attitudes, and basic incompetence. I know all escrow offices don't run this way, as the ones I use when I get to choose, are some of … (5 comments)
So who’s to blame for this mess?
We can point fingers all day, but lets look at who’s responsible for what in any given real estate transaction. A lot of other things go in a real estate transaction, but for the sake of readership, I name these 8.