I have a question for you all regarding the use of an Active Rain blog, an outside blog, and a personal blog. I have all three. What is your opinion on SEO strategies for this type of situation? My Active Rain account has climbed through the google ranks fairly quickly for my key words. My AR out
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07/21/2008
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Is it worth a thousand dollars? Ten thousand dollars? More?There was a time here in Vancouver, Washington, when the MLS system was a Xeroxed book that was distributed to the real estate brokers every week. Realtors would comb through the listings
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07/20/2008
Being a real estate agent here in Vancouver, Washington, I have had an increasing number of clients ask me," exactly what is a green home.?" My definition (actually my 15 second elevator speech) is as follows: A green home is a home that minimizes its use of outside energy, minimizes the pollutio
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07/18/2008
Sadly, I have to report that it is barely moving at all. I am one of only ten agents in all of Washington to be certified by Earth Advantage as a "Green Realtor." There are several hundred certified agents working in the Portland market. We are certainly being overshadowed by our Oregon cousins b
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07/17/2008
Let me tell you! I was ready to rant today. I needed gas in the car and I was driving down a street in Vancouver, Washington, that has a Chevron on one side of the street and an Arco on the other. At a glance, I could see that Arco was 2 cents cheaper so I pulled up to the pump. I know that Arco
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07/16/2008
I just hung up the phone with a past client of ours who called me in a very panicked state of mind. She had just received a letter from her lender telling her that she no longer qualifies for the loan program that they put her in two years ago? Her rate is adjusting, her payments are going to inc
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07/16/2008
I was asked during my weekly meeting with a local custom home builder here in Vancouver, Washington, my opinion as to whether or not new home buying trends were pointing towards smaller homes in the future. I hate it when I do this, but my answer started with, "It depends..." My experience is tha
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07/15/2008
An acquaintance of ours just called me on the phone to discuss investing in real estate. He and his wife have been reading up on the subject and have decided that the market is right for them to jump in and make a few investments. They are primarily looking for rental properties as long term inve
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07/15/2008
Here is a qick note from my friend Anthony at First Horizon regarding the risks involved with buying that dream home that you have been looking. Trying to time the market can be a dangerous game. The biggest risk for today's home buyers is interest rates not price depreciation. Yes, home prices a
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07/14/2008
I just read some interesting information regarding our current market: According to househunters.com, first-time home buyers led the way during April, May and June; buying up an estimated 54 percent of existing homes purchases! And why not? First time buyers are in the perfect position to take ad
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07/14/2008
