The Business of Real Estate

Co-branding or brand partnerships; we see them all the time; Dell and Intel, Samsung and Google, Nike and Apple, Pillsbury and Nestle, Gillette and Duracell, Xerox and everyone..........why? It works.With the exception of branding both agent (name) and broker - do you ever see it in the real esta...

Sound good?  Sounds right.A strong Realtor.com solves a lot of problems (syndication, competition etc.) - and makes for a bunch of proud, happy agents to boot.(You fact checkers feel free to jump in because from here - I am shooting from the hip).See if this sounds accurate - non-profit (NAR) is ...

Redevelopment opportunities (teardowns and rehabs) are hard to find.  Sometimes that perfect location comes around only once in a lifetime. Try looking for this property type online - you can't find it - not on Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com etc. There is only one place that specializes exclusively ...

By now we all know buyers are online, and we usually don't hear from them until they're ready to get serious.  So, how can we entice these buyers into wanting to let us know they're interested buyers before they are ready to buy?Is there some way to draw buyers in, something that attracts buyers,...

Would you like to receive information on a lead generation program that we have used successfully for over 10 years in our own brokerage business? If you're interested - I'll send you a link.

Sure, buyers have always found something they wanted to update or change in their new home, but is it becoming more common for buyers to buy the real estates' potential rather than its current value or condition? Our traditional brokerage arm recently sold a home that was built in 1998.  It seeme...

If you're an individual, investor, builder or agent (that works with such buyers) and you want to be alerted of new local redevelopment opportunites, then please go to teardowns.com and become a buyer.Why?"Teardowns" are not easy to find. They are often hidden in the massive listing roll of homes...

We've been hearing and reading more and more about how urban communities are dealing with their housing problems.  "Fight the Blight" appears to becoming a movement of sorts with organizations like Habitat for Humanity working with municipalities and community leaders to teardown vacant blighted...

As you know, virtually all buyers go to the Internet to search for real estate information. Here's a couple of unique ways you can benefit from that fact: ONE: "Own" the niche for redevelopment property transactions in your market by becoming a Marketing Partner with teardowns.com Why? For lead g...

Teardowns are not good - they destroy the character of a community, are monuments to the rich, should be saved and renovated for the less fortunate, are architecturally and historically significant, etc. Teardowns are good - they rejuvenate older established communities, are a freedom of choice, ...