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IDX - If Real Estate is Location, Location, Location - Then Map, Map, Map
Peyman Aleagha (RealtySoft.com)
We all know that location is arguably the most important aspect of real estate.   You won't be buying a home where you can't get to work, school or the other things important to you and your family.   So, if location is so important, then it is only…
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Reconcilling the Mumbo Jumbo...How Do the Headlines Relate to My Neighborhood Re-Sale Value?
Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate
It is not yet noon this Monday morning (12/14/2009) Yet, I have already had several conversations with clients who are disconcerted. On the one hand, they have heard that the market is improving, but the news about their specific home in…
TRADE UP! 5 Reasons why this is the BEST market to upgrade!
Daniel Dima Batsalkin (Boulevard Realty)
Have you thought about getting that bigger, better house in a better neighborhood? NOW IS THE TIME! Whether you need more space, want to upgrade your location, or for any other reason, the current real estate market presents a unique…
In Minnesota, How do Buyer's Find the Home they Purchase?
Jennifer Kirby, the Luxury Agent (Exit Realty Ventures)
Where Do Minnesota Buyers Find Their Homes? Whenever I speak to a Minnesota home owner who is thinking about selling their home, I discuss the technology I use to help market the home, and how implementing the power of the Internet is a big…
NY Real Estate Agents Raincamp NYC Is An Event You Can't Afford to miss!
Jennifer Fivelsdal, Fishkill NY (Keller Williams Realty Team - Real Estate Agent)
  What is this  RainCamp which brings up another question why haven't you checked out ActiveRain the coolest website for real estate agents and brokers? RainCamp is an event ActiveRain is holding in different parts of the country to help…
Free SEO Through Google Local Business Pages
Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate (RE/MAX Executive Realty)
Whether or not to write this article kind of had me torn. On the one hand I have always been willing to share my SEO knowledge to those at ActiveRain that subscribe to me and I have become friends with. In fact there are quite a few that call or…
eHomePost | Managing Your Facebook, Twitter and MySpace Presence
ActiveRain Approved Business Builders (ActiveRain - Approved Business Builders)
www. eHomePost. com We Create, Update, & Manage Accounts for Real Estate Agents on Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace Do you want to capitalize on the benefits of Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace, but just don’t have the time? Then…
The Problems with Syndicating Your Listing Inventory
Bart Wilson (Voyager International)
"Well you know man, everyone is smoking marijuana. And you can't put everyone in jail, you know? " That kind of mentality can also used with brokers and agents who now "syndicate" their listings, online too. So many of us are doing it, we tend…
It Costs Nothing and Yet It Is a Gift Whose Value is Beyond Measure.
Jo-Anne Smith- Oakville, Burlington and Mississauga Region Real Estate, Ont (Brekland Realty Group)
Sometimes in life you meet someone who changes your life and through some hidden alchemical reaction taking place deep within your cells, you are never the same again. I heard a quote once, possibly about 7 years ago, "Be kind, for everyone you…
Do You Play ALL 4 Quarters?
Loreena Yeo - Broker|Realtor(R) of Frisco-TX-Homes (214) 783-2210 (3:16 team REALTY)
Real players play the entire game. Down by 2 touchdowns and you see that they will still make the last minute of play as if it was the first. Now, that's what real sportmen do. What type of PLAYER are you in your own business? Real leaders plan…
WHEN IS A BUYER'S AGENT REALLY A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING??
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate
WHEN IS A BUYER'S AGENT REALLY A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING? When they admit in the first sentence of their post that "I've always preferred to work with sellers versus buyers". Read the post by Charita Cadenhead and, if you can identify with…
Find people to add to your Google Wave contact list
Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
In order to add someone as a contact in Google Wave, you must first know their wave address. There are two ways to find out someone's wave address: 1. Ask them :-) 2. Find them in a public wave, and click on their icon. Try this: Search for…
Westlake Village Ca Real Estate, What is an REO?
Cheryl Clayton (Troop Real Estate)
Westlake Village, Ca Real Estate bank owned or REO is a property owned by a lender, which is usually a bank, after an unsuccessful sale at a foreclosure auction. Most often a lender will.. Set the opening bid at a foreclosure auction for…
Short Sales... Buyers are Paying Additional Money Because Sellers Can't or Won't Pay It
Dianne Hicks (Tarbell, Realtors)
Short Sales… Buyers are paying additional money because sellers can't or won't pay it. Yes, it is happening more and more these days on Short Sales In negotiations the bank is demanding more money before they will approve the…
Please please PLEASE run away from anyone who wants upfront money to help you with your mortgage modification.
Kris Wales - Macomb County MI real estate blog & homes for sale search site (Keller Williams Realty - Lakeside Market Center)
People in Michigan who are attempting to participate in the Federal mortgage modification program are facing stressful times. Unfortunately, when people are in distress it tends to bring scam artists out of the woodwork. Most people that I have…
Do you know of anyone worthy of the next ABC's Extreme Makeover? Urgent!!
Homes for Heroes, Inc.
Homes for Heroes is asking our affiliates and friends of heroes to search your databases, to recommend a family for the February 2010 episode ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition. This is of extreme urgency. We will need this in the next…
Do you trust your REALTOR®? Better think again.
Bryant Tutas-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc
OK before I get started let me say that I know from experience that most REALTORS® are good hardworking trustworthy folk. BUT……. not all. As in any profession there are wolves in sheep clothing You may think they are looking out…
How a 10th grade class sold me on Activerain.
Steve Loynd, Alpine Lakes Real Estate Inc., Loon Mt, NH.
Mrs. McGinley’s class found me on Google because of ActiveRain. If you don’t think posting your blogs to the public is getting you noticed…think again. While waiting for take out the other night one of the local high…
BIG SOUTH FORK TENNESSEE: More Here Than Meets The Eye
Leslie Helm/Real Estate For Trail Riders (Tennessee Recreational Properties)
It's a little-known fact that the Department of the Interior conducts a competition each year to determine which state has the best system of state parks. The Big South Fork National Park or, more accurately, The Big South Fork National River and…
 
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