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Using Print Marketing - A Plan

Gabe Sanders, Stuart Florida Real Estate (Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales)
Using Print Marketing - A Plan There are a vast number of different types of print marketing available to real estate agents today. But many of them have become less and less effective, while often the costs associated with them have gone up…

Customers do come back...if you stay top of mind

Westchester Flooring - Debbie Gartner -Hardwood Floors Carpet Tile Refinish - (Floor Coverings International Westchester NY & Stamford CT)
Over the last month or two, I've been blessed with some "blasts from the past"… several customers from 4-5 yrs ago. The first one I met 5 years ago at a Chamber of Commerce. She called me about some flooring 4. 5 yrs ago, but was't quite ready…

58.7 BILLION DOLLAR PROFIT BY FANNIE MAE

Webster, Ma Conrad Allen, Realtor (Re/Max Professional Asociates)
This happened during the first quarter of this year. Fannie & Freddie borrowed about 187 million tax payer dollars in 2008 to stay in business. Fannie & Freddie guarantee almost 90% of all new mortgages in this new rising market. In this…

Your Sacramento Fence Is Ok; The Retaining Wall Needs To Be Repaired.

Tom Arstingstall - Dry Rot, Water Damage General Contractor in Sacramento (Dry Rot and Water Damage www.tromlerconstruction.com )
Your Sacramento Fence Has a Few More Years; The Retaining Wall Needs To Be Repaired. There are times when the repair that I was called to look at leads to something else. I looked at a wood fence today that the Sacramento management…

Do you Really Save Money When you Do It Yourself? Seldom...

Bob Crane (Woodland Management Service)
Do you Really Save Money When you Do It Yourself? Seldom… It pays many times over to hire a Forester to manage your timber sale It really does pay big money to hire a forester I recently had a man call me and ask for…

Summer Fun.....Lots of Beach Activities in Southern California

Kristin Hamilton CDPE, SFR, CHS, Realtor Redlands/ Loma Linda Homes for Sale, CA (Keller Williams Realty)
Summer Fun… Lots of Beach Activities in Southern California Having fun in the sun in Southern California is easy as the weather is mild most of the year. When you want to have some fun, drive to the beach and play for the day…

New Brew Pub in El Dorado Hills - Mraz Brewing Company

DeeDee Riley El Dorado Hills Realtor (916)225-2719, DeeDee Riley Realtor - El Dorado Hills CA (Lyon Real Estate - El Dorado Hills CA)
New Brew Pub in El Dorado Hills - Mraz Brewing Company Some of us in the real estate world have had the pleasure to sample owner Mike Mraz's wonderful home brews the last few years at the annual Grape Escape Event put on by Women's…

In the eyes of a child . . .

Mike Cooper (Winchester Real Estate Sales, Cornerstone Business Group Inc)
Most days in real estate are pretty similar. There are the typical events that each deal goes through, and for the most part, it's pretty routine. I did an open house Saturday, and then I had to race back to town to meet a new client. The new client…

Oui Madame in Winnetka

Margaret Goss, Winnetka Realtor Winnetka & North Shore IL Homes for Sale (Baird & Warner Real Estate)
Oui Madame in Winnetka Oui Madame is one of my favorite stores - being a long-time, committed, undeniable, and wholehearted Francophile, I was tres happy to see Oui Madame come to town. The store Oui Madame was opened by Vicki Hofstetter..

Plan Your Home Inspection For A Rainy Day!

Eric Michael, Metro Detroit Real Estate Professional 734.564.1519 (Remerica Integrity, Realtors®, Northville, MI)
Plan Your Home Inspection For A Rainy Day! While it's a rare thing to be able to schedule your home inspection around the weather report, if you have a choice between a sunny day and a potentially rainy one, pick the rainy day. On sunny days, it…

Understanding Aluminum Wiring

Sean Thornton (Thornton Safety and Inspection, LLC)
Thornton Safety and Inspection - Home Inspection Specialist 601-214-6569 Home Inspections - Brandon, MS; Jackson, MS and all of Central MS www. thorntoninspection. com Sean@thorntoninspection. com https://www. facebook. com/thorntoninspection Here are…

Challenge: Crowdsourcing the Way to More Referrals

Bob Stewart, Bob Stewart - Community Evangelist, ActiveRain (ActiveRain)
The "Aha" (OK, it wasn't really an "aha", it was more of a 'dang, that many? ') In a webinar recently about (link to recording of the webinar) generating seller leads I opened the discussion by asking the audience where their last listing…

Special and Unique Holidays: June 2013

Donna Foerster, Metro Denver Real Estate Agent (Rocky Mountain Real Estate Advisors)
Special and Unique Holidays: June 2013 What holidays and special occassions will you celebrate in the month of June? Many will be celebrating Father's Day. Here a few unusual holidays that you might like to celebrate along with the birthdays…

Not in writing? Not an offer.

Susan Mangigian, Chester County Homes Delaware and Chester County Offices!, Susan Mangigian, Chester & Delaware County Homes (RE/MAX Preferred, West Chester, PA, RS152252A)
As a listing agent, I have a fiduciary obligation to present all offers to a seller. When a buyer's agent calls me and says that their buyer wants to make a less than optimal offer on a listing, and in the interest of saving time (their time), they…

Do Real Estate Sales STOP on Weekends?

Scott Godzyk, One of Manchester NH's Leading Agents (Godzyk Real Estate Services)
What happens to Real Estate on the weekend? Where are all the agents? Just a couple of questions I was asking myself after getting repeated inquiries direct from buyers and trying to set up appointments this weekend. Unanswered phones, messages and…

There Are Good People Out There!

Liz and Bill Spear RE/MAX Elite Warren County Ohio: Cincinnati to Dayton, Liz and Bill Spear (513.265.3004 www.LizTour.com)
There Are Good People Out There! Listen to the news and you'd think the entire world has gone to hell in a handbasket. It's gotten so bad that our local newspaper has a weekly section called "Good News". REALLY, we've gotten to the point…

The sun will come out tomorrow!

Peter den Boer,MBA,GRI,ABR, Associate Broker (Keller Williams)
And tomorrow is today! OMG! The rain has really been coming down this year. This weekend was yet another rainy one. Rainy days are great for one thing though, showing homes! I showed a home yesterday in the rain. When you look at a home after much…

Electrical Hidden Treasures!

Jay Markanich - N. Virginia Home Inspector (Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC)
On two successive inspections I encountered electrical hidden treasures! One house was remodeled recently and the other decades ago! The house on the left had a new kitchen arrangement, including cabinets. I tripped one of the kitchen GFI…

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