Here are some pointers about vacant properties from our friends at the NAR. Don't forget to remind your distressed sellers that they still need to keep their property in good repair while it's going through the short sale or foreclosure process. That includes making sure the property is still ins
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03/10/2011
So, I'm going over the expired and cancelled listings off my local MLS this morning and in one geographical area I noticed something really bizarre. I found 17 listings, all over 500k, that had been on the market for over 300 days. That wasn't too uncommon or bizarre. What was bizarre was that no
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03/06/2011
Ah, I love it. I started reading an article about Facebook, written, I guess, by an Inman News writer and when I get to the bottom of the article this shows up: To continue reading sign in to your Premium Member account. Premium Members have full access to all news archives.
Follow up, follow up, follow up! 48% OF SALES PEOPLE NEVER FOLLOW UP WITH A PROSPECT 25% OF SALES PEOPLE MAKE A SECOND CONTACT AND STOP 12% OF SALES PEOPLE ONLY MAKE THREE CONTACTS AND THEN STOP ONLY 10% OF SALES PEOPLE MAKE MORE THAN THREE CONTACTS 2% OF SALES ARE MADE ON THE FIRST CONTACT 3% OF
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02/27/2011
A friend of mine in the credit counciling business sent me these facts. I knew you had the right to contest items in your credit report but look at these bullets. Consider this: * Two out of every five potential borrowers no longer qualify due to damaged credit from a stressed economy or tigh
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02/27/2011
OMG! Just had to pass this one on folks! More later! It seems that some folks are missing the point here. We aren't supposed to swear.. oh to heck with it. Just look at the picture and go OMG! Not meant to have any underlining meaning - just provided as a humorous interlude for your day. Enjoy!
02/24/2011
If you read the blogs at AR you get all sorts of different and often colorful information. Much of it has to do with how we interpret all the statistics that are offered up concerning how the current real estate market is doing. The market has bottomed out, the market is coming back, existing hom
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02/24/2011
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us..... they can't get away this time." Quote from Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC, at the Chosin Reservoir in Korea. That's where we've got our buyers today and most of us can't see them. We need to con
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02/23/2011
Just thought you'd like a heads up on what government reports will be out this week. They will all affect us in one way or another. It's a holiday shortened week, with both the Stock and Bond Markets closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day. But there will be lots of news the rest of the we
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02/21/2011
Dean hayes, a mortgage friend of mine, wrote this article and it was really good information. I thought I'd pass it on! Thanks Dean! "You sound like a broken record..." or so the cliché goes. And lately that saying certainly applies to the phrase the media has been repeating recently: Don?t fight
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02/21/2011
