Need Your Help To Weigh In On How Real Estate Videos Help Buyers, Sellers, Agents!Technology opens new ways to market, easier ways to expand your audience for buyers and sellers. List ways that real estate video can help save time and money!How are you fine tuning your YouTube channel to grow an audience and be more effective in your local real estate market?  Your Thoughts Group? Please consider joining the YouTube ACTIVE Rain Real Estate Video Group. and adding to the discussion. What are  your thoughts and experiences using and creating real estate video marketing productions?Do you have a YouTube video channel and how often do you upload to it? Please share to benefit everyone with your personal experiences.  06/11/2026

Save the hassle of having to build and take the virtual walk through tours of three new houses for sale in Maine. More and more people in crowded population centers know they have to move sooner or later. The COVID lock down and working from home remotely just helped prove the point. It becomes clear as a bell like when the bright lights come on and the bartender hollers "Time to go and we don't care where but you can not stay here."The numbers don't like and the reasons causing the moving to Maine are high cost of living, lots of crime, too much traffic and just plain lack of space. Small town rural Maine locations are appealing because everyday living is so so much simpler.Bang, head in any direction in a small Maine town and you are out in nature and wildlife. You find yourself hikin... 04/24/2026

Flying a plane and listing a property to sell.Lots of similarities between learning to fly and success listing selling real estate. For both you need experience before getting off the ground and returning to land safely. Situational awareness with no distractions and all the preparation before you lift off and go up into the wild blue yonder. Just like your flying coordinates, you need to know where your listing is situated in the current real estate market. If your owner says "I don't have to sell but I would in a heart beat if I can get four, maybe five times it's fair market value".There's a red flag to not ignore in real estate. Much like low fuel warning lights blinking on the dash of your Cessna 172 or flying something more exotic.Kindly show the comparable value of a house listin... 01/19/2026

Saving buyers time, wear and tear on sellers too ... simple run and run real estate videos.Maine is a big state. Heck, Aroostook County where I live in Maine is the largest of it's size east of the Mississippi River. Bigger than CT and RI combined.Northern Maine is a haul up Interstate 95. And every time a new property listing comes up for sale, real estate videos are the best way to spread the word.To instantly tap into a very large online real estate audience.Real estate videos make the show and tell easier for everyone.Properties for sale in Maine. By far the easiest way to get more folks to "come in from the curb" for the look around, the virtual tour.It happens today with technology advances using real estate video!Here is an example of the latest, simple run and gun real estate vi... 11/14/2025

Buying a house, getting a home mortgage loan, remember the real estate is always local. Home lending should be done locally from banks, credit unions. Folks that live, work and play where the property is located. That are in Maine and know the landscape.The local mortgage lending professionals have the life experience skill set to do the Maine home loan fast, friendly, cheapest and with least hassle. Have a Maine home loan real estate sale with a Texas buyer trying to use a Rhode Island bank for a property in Houlton. How's that working out Andy?Delays, hard time to get an appraisal order filled. Lots of time wasted on the phone and emailing buyer and seller. Who are both wondering what is taking so long.The far away "won't communicate" slow home loan bank lender three time zones away, ... 11/05/2025

Here's the real estate video weekly question! Looking to get into real estate video, the kind where you "roll your own"? And want to compare notes with other Active Rain real estate marketers in the same boat?This group is where you learn how to harness and produce simple but effective real estate videos to expand your market, to increase your reach for faster sales, more listings. Think what if you were a buyer, looking for a property and with little time but major pressure to find a place to buy. Would you want to one by one set up a showing, wait for a convenient time to get in and tour a property?Or would you rather have simple produced real full motion real estate videos to tap tap, sit back and watch, listen, tour.One after another for as long as you have to binge.That's the beaut... 10/23/2025

Farm harvest operations happening as Maine fall foliage nears peak colors.Fall weather with plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures are underway as local farmers harvest their crops. In my area it is potatoes, grains, apples. pumpkins, lots of vegetables.How far along is Jack Frost working in tandem with Mother Nature on fall foliage leaf colors? It depends on where you are talking in Maine. This is a potato harvest video for a family farm I own in Houlton Maine, Aroostook County from last weekend. Was also up in the unorganized township area taking a listing of Aroostook County recreation property last Saturday and see the for-comparison difference.Here's a glimpse of the fall tree colors around Prides Mill, St Croix T8R4 Township. Maine is a tourism state, you are reminded daily with... 10/01/2025

Waiting, watching the local real estate market and adjusting the price of a house.When and how to cut the price, to lower the cost of a home listing?  To speed up the sales process to find a new home owner to enjoy the place and take over the operating expenses. The answer to when to trim the price and how large a price drop on a house list price depends on lots of variables.Like what happens during delicate surgery in the operation room, there are factors to consider in where and when to cut.What is happening in the local real estate market is a lot about of supply and demand.Lots of factors influence how hot or cold or in between a local real estate market behaves. Looking into what is happening in the local current house sales activity is important.Heck, even local weather can cause ... 09/16/2025

Can't find what you want for a home and thinking of maybe building a new house?You are gonna need land. Underneath all is the land remember? And they stopped making any more of it. Here's a surveyed house lot just 2 miles out on US RT 2, Houlton Maine.Take the Jeep ride, see the low cost Maine house lot for building your dream place that reflects your lifestyle today.Watch Maine real estate video house lot, land just land listing for $24,500!Like your clothes, an existing house loses it just right fit.Is it time to get rid of that old smasher size house that was perfect when the nest was bulging at the seams? But now your big old drafty house is costing an arm and a leg to heat, clean, insure and maintain.The steps are not so much fun either the older we all get right? And listing your ... 08/27/2025

Looking to make the move and thinking grand old home in Maine?How about a classic 1926 bungalow that is truly in mint condition? One family, one owner carefully maintained Houlton Maine home for sale. It took 99 years for this property listing in Maine to hop unto the local market.Are you ready?Watch video for 63 High ST Houlton ME home listing.Carport is unique, the drive through from High ST to Carr AVE is another neat feature. Fireplace, 2 glass porches and the woodwork.Whoa. Nothing quite like it with built ins, floors, trim and all carefully maintained. The property owner did not have to renovate, they just took care of the place.This house for sale was never neglected, no abuse or heavy use. Most properties have had folks moving in and out over the years.Typical houses get bought ... 07/18/2025

Unless you like a job jar and are Bob Vila, many just want an updated home for sale in Maine.Just listed Maine home has an empty job jar. EVERYTHING was updated side to side, top to bottom from 2013 on. Not just paint, flooring, cosmetics but the major renovations transformed 11 Hogan Street Houlton Maine into one pretty place. Watch new listing, the home for sale in Maine video.Cherry cabinet kitchen, tile and wood floors, new windows, new siding, new EVERYTHING.Looking for updated, comfortable, attractive and clean under $200K? And is an edge of town location but being near Houlton Elementary or Southside School a plus for you? Location times three is pretty important. But how's the timing?Handy to rec trails location. Get the whole package, the whole nine yards for Maine real estate.... 05/26/2025

ActiveRain used to be a goldmine for real estate SEO.For years, it ranked incredibly well on Google. Real estate agents could easily dominate local search results. Cranking out like busy little beavers the original not machined blog posts about listings, neighborhoods, or local real estate market updates.But over time, major shifts in SEO algorithms and platform ownership changes diluted its effectiveness. So ActiveRain, then and now boiling down the nitty gritty.As Johnny Cash would say to his band mates... "Boys, let's bring it all home."Here’s a breakdown of what happened and why ActiveRain doesn’t work like it used to:📉 1. Google Algorithm Changes (2011–Present) Panda (2011) penalized thin or low-quality content and duplicate posts. Many ActiveRain blogs were cookie-cutter. Penguin... 05/25/2025

Needs, nothing, zip, nada... Maine home for sale, new property listing.Check out 51 South ST Houlton ME. This Aroostook County raised ranch style home  is above and beyond maintained, updated. Plus you get features like new cathedral addition with tile floor, up to 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths. New roof and tile floor 20'x16' living area addition plus TWO decks.Watch, Tour 51 South ST Houlton ME new property listing NOW without delay.Looking for move in ready, a custom feature loaded Maine home with over-sized garage and tons of storage?Here's the property listing link for everything about this Houlton Maine new home for sale. Like to slide into the hot tub, enjoy sitting in front of that gas fireplace on the private rear canopied open deck?Corner lot location near the Houlton Elementary an... 05/14/2025

Low cost Houlton Maine home for sale.Are you renting and wishing you could change that? Want to start owning and stop renting and are a first time home buyer? Get pre approved so you can pull yourself up and out of the rent rut.  The list of local Maine mortgage bank lenders is your first step.Or maybe you are on a fixed income, in retirement mode. And looking to save every penny, nickel and dime you can to stretch that monthly retirement check.First time home buyers, retirement home buyer, both happy with this updated Maine house for $89,900!Here's one ideal low cost Houlton Maine home for sale.35 Charles ST Houlton Maine is near the park which means easy walking access to the river trail, little league ball fields, tennis courts, an ice arena, soap box derby hill, the Just For Kids pl... 04/06/2025

The real estate computer monitor you use in your day to day.Just creating emails on your desktop, texting message on your cell phone and all set? What worked five or ten years ago doing the job just fine and dandy?Or finding your daily tech demands make monitor selection more important? Lots of questions caused because of a time delay in your real estate workflow?Harnessing technology and saving time makes computer monitors near the top of the hardware / software investment list in today's real estate operation. When you're working in real estate—editing listing photos, creating video walkthroughs, updating social media channels or managing virtual tours.Your real estate computer monitor setup matters more than you might think.And yet, there's a persistent myth floating around: that you... 03/30/2025

Maine home for sale, checks off all the boxes.You always get more for less when the house you buy is maintained, all updated and parked in a sweet neighborhood. This Maine home for sale at 12 Hogan ST Houlton Maine is that kind of combination.Watch new Maine real estate listing video at 12 Hogan ST Houlton Maine.Like the sounds of hardwood floors, hickory kitchen, big south exposure sun room, attached oversized garage? All that is not so big a deal unless where the Houlton Maine home is located rocks. 12 Hogan ST Houlton Maine is parked in the middle of one fine edge of town neighborhood.All the homes up and down the street are kept up and nothing is for sale. Which means everyone is happy and house property values won't dive. Large open living areas, you get 1.5 baths with a laundry on... 03/23/2025

Mud season in Maine.Unlike an area that is pretty much the same constant type of weather scenery year round, Maine weather is highly varied. You have your standard four seasons flavors and then some hybrid transition twist of two periods.There is the extended summer in Maine where early fall leaf color bloom and it's 'hole 'nother experience. Not quite standard Maine summer weather with warm days, cooler nights and early mornings. Then here comes fall.Mother Nature gives you plenty of time to prepare for the change of seasons.The shift is gradual and everyone living in Maine is prepared for the next season before it arrives.Get your firewood, next year's renewable fuel supply cut, seasoned, stacked and ready to burn.Stocking the root cellar time with the bounty of your rich fertile farm... 03/17/2025

Maine lake land. No one needs to be on a waterfront diet. Super size your waterfront pleasure. No slice or sliver metered out. You get seconds, thirds. Heck hog the north half of lake land in Maine. Watch Maine real estate video for Long Lake 55.8 acres of waterfront property.Looking for land in Maine?Like to have a lake for a neighbor? (Whispering heard) What's that, you want Maine waterfront property and like the sounds of 2300' frontage on Long Lake in Oakfield Maine. But wished there was a structure already in place?Well now, you are in luck. Also listed a log cabin shell on a Maine lake. Off grid, private, paddle your kayak while Maine lake loons serenade you. Walk the woods trail, gather firewood for the nightly ring of chairs talk about how lucky you are to be up in the four seas... 03/05/2025

Take the tour, new house listing in Maine.You are busy, many miles away or just don't have time to set up a personal walk through of a Maine home for sale. Real estate videos help end the suspense and wipe out the delay getting in from the curb.Watch New House Listing In Maine Real Estate Video Get 1225' square feet of maintained, pampered, white glove clean property.Quick occupancy, move in ready 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath Maine home has no job jar. Nothing to DIY or fix. Updates from insulated windows, standing seam metal house roof, attached new double garage with automatic opener.Learn more about this brand new house listing in Maine.Hardwood floors too up and down in this Houlton ME house for sale!Quiet efficient oil hot water zoned heating and a new heat pump for warmth in winter, to coo... 02/07/2025

Meat and Potato simple real estate video. Roll your own for the show and tell a new real estate listing. Or hire it out, do video take out for the all done and ready for an upload to your established real estate video channels. Which of the two video camps are you in? Or is none of the above box checked off? "N/A". Nada for video. Are you still trying to convince yourself of the merits of real estate video? (Removing painful slivers sitting on that wooden fence waiting for what?) If you check out the forums for the folks who produce the real estate videos, the word "cheap" is often mentioned. Those hired to do real estate videos openly complain that, looking at the real estate property listing commission, spending a little on the video application is justified. Many videographers perce... 01/17/2025