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News, statistics, and observations about the residential real estate market in Las Vegas and Henderson, and my experiences and thoughts about being a REALTOR®.
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2011
No matter how many homes, maps and videos a buyer looks at online, nothing beats driving to and through a neighborhood. I've been working with 2nd home buyers from California for over a year now - sending them new listings and market reports, helping them refine their search criteria, and providi...
12/31/2011
One of the fastest ways to burnout in real estate is to think that you have to be available 24/7/365. Yes the industry has its "time is of the essence" moments, but agents also need to consistently allocate time for personal growth and spiritual renewal. Just about every Saturday at 4:30 you can ...
12/31/2011
Want a quick way to evaluate your site and get some ideas for improvement? Website Grader is a great online tool that looks at your content and metadata and produces metrics such as MozRank, Alexa traffic rank, number of indexed pages and more. One of the sites I'm building has a score of 89 out ...
12/30/2011
Unless you have a memorable, well-branded domain name, it's likely that a majority of the traffic to your online sites will be via the search engines and the keywords visitors use to find you. I've never had a consistent strategy for researching keywords and monitoring traffic and rankings so I'm...
12/30/2011
Southwest Las Vegas Homes For Sale: Listings By Price Range - December 30, 2011 Here's a breakdown of the single-family homes for sale in southwest Las Vegas as of December 30. Short sales account for 45.2% of the market, while bank owned properties (REOs) represent 15.7% and regular listings mak...
12/30/2011
Southwest Las Vegas Home Sales: Financing by Price Range - November 2011 Out of 731 single-family homes sold in southwest Las Vegas in November, 306 (41.9%) were cash sales. Cash accounted for 58.1% of the sales at prices below $100,000 - a price point that is competitive between first time buyer...
12/30/2011
I've always been intrigued by the possibilities of social media, but maintaining a worthwhile presence on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can take a considerable amount of time. To streamline those tasks, I'm going to be using HootSuite. And I'm excited to learn that Hootsuite now works with Fours...
12/24/2011
I have over 3,600 Twitter followers. It sounds like a lot, but I'd be the first to tell you that the level of communication is very, very low. Most of the fault lies with me; I have no strategy or system to consistently provide valuable information. Twitter can be a great way to drive traffic to ...
12/24/2011
Continuing my social media optimization for 2012, I'm looking a lot closer at LinkedIn. There are some really nice features that I'm underutilizing like Groups, Answers, Applications, Company Search and more. Real estate agents like to focus on connecting with other agents for referrals which can...
12/24/2011
Real estate agents love to 'friend' other agents on Facebook, especially as a way to build a referral network. If you're with a major national firm, the suggestions from Facebook make it even easier. While it's easy to initially connect online, the challenge lies in adding depth. With that in min...
12/23/2011
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News, statistics, and observations about the residential real estate market in southern Nevada, and my experiences and thoughts about being a REALTOR®.
