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Healthy-built Homes and Living Spaces...What are both the eco-friendly and the traditional buyer after? Possibly a quality experience found in "green" homes. What's it like actually to live in a "green" home AKA an environmentally-conscious dwelling? ...in the early morning hours, to bounce out of bed on to floors that are warm to your feet, radiant floor heating, comfortably amble over bamboo flooring, shower in a gorgeous solar-heated spa, and deeply inhale pure, toxin-free air? "Wonderful!" investors here in the Asheville real estate market tell us. 
What sets you apart from other Realtors in your area? Why would the consumer choose to work with you instead of your competition? Once you have their business, what do you do to keep it? I've been asking myself these questions this week. Why? Well I'm curious as to why I am so successful in what I do. I don't have an office. I work by myself. I'm not that smart. I don't have some extraordinary marketing plan that miraculously gets my listings sold. In fact I do very little marketing at all. Almost all of my marketing is geared towards … (47 comments)
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I will only work with with Buyers that provide a pre-approval letter.... I don't believe that a pre-approval is their ticket to getting into a home. I view it as the Buyer's good faith effort to buying a home / property. There is more to buying a property than a pre-approval letter....
It looks like Inman News recently updated their information on the Inman Real Estate Connect NYC conference. I feel lucky to have been invited to speak on the subject "How Can Social Networking Lift Real Estate?" Also on the social networking panel will be Craig Newmark (founder of CraigsList), Niki Scevak (CEO of HomeThinking) and Elizabeth Spiers (Founder of Dead Horse Media). The panel also happens to follow the key note speech by Seth Godin who's books such as the Purple Cow had a major impact on developing the ideas behind ActiveRain. Another ActiveRain contributor Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing) will also be on … (32 comments)
In my first post, we talked about Baby Boomers & Echo Boomers and in my second post, we talked about Single Women. With the growing population of Hispanics in many communities, these three groups represent a large part of the demographics that we as business people need to truly focus our attentions on.
One of the most expensive and time consuming efforts on the part of a real estate agent is to brand themselves. It’s a long-term process and commitment. To ignore it is to fail before one begins. With over 50% of business still coming from referrals, it’s imperative that people get to know you. It’s a ZEN thing – you, your reputation, your branding – are one. See earlier post – Who You are Speaks Louder than Words.
Well, there were plenty of entries to this contest for the funniest real estate experience. Check out all the entries by visiting my Active Rain real estate blog. Well let's get on with the show. The funniest real estate story goes to... drum roll please... First prize: Hysteria does not work well both written and performed by Christine Forgione of NYHomes4Sale For those of you that haven't read this story, Christine humbly tells the tale of the day she lost it with a client. The admirable thing about the entire story is that this brassy New Yorker still asked for sale … (19 comments)
Many buyers do not realize how important it is to have a home inspection during the construction of a new home. They see no reason for it, since the County has been doing the building permit inspections, and many times the builder has a one year warranty on the house. Many buyers feel it will be a waste of their money. If anything happens, the builder will come and take care of it. No big deal to them.I explain that in my experience, the deficiency lists on new construction homes are generally longer, than those on the resales homes. Many times, … (31 comments)
I have had a great day today! So, I took advantage of Black Friday and went and bought some roller blades. As soon as I got home, I decided I had to try them out. Yes, I'm crazy, as the last time I had roller bladed was about 17 years ago and that was only for about 5 minutes! I got all strapped in, 10 minutes, and rolled out the door. Boy, are my streets hilly!! (yes, this is a real estate story so keep reading)
Real estate prices are appreciating moderately currently in Texas. We never have, and probably never will, see the double digit gains that other states saw recently, but this makes us much less likely to have a price correction in our near future! 
Here's a question on my mind; maybe some of the mortgage professionals here on Active Rain can answer.....
Durham's annual event will be held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2 to kick off the holiday season in style. (Tidbit: Durham is the home of the University of New Hampshire.) 
Once upon a time there was a thriving upscale hair salon. Businessmen, business women, and society people from all over came to have their hair styled and cut. But then a big chain of discount hair cutters came into town. They advertised $5 haircuts. Their signs were everywhere. They had bill boards. They advertised on radio and on TV. And they were doing a tremendous amount of business with $5 haircuts.
Ever wonder why things happen the way they do? I am always amazed at certain things. For instance our new Light Rail line just opened last week. The service is running well, but...
Portsmouth New Hampshire Arts Theaters Here in Portsmouth New Hampshire we have three great theatrical treasures , and two of them offer year-round enjoyment for residents and visitors alike!
In general the mortgage industry uses electronic underwriting systems that predict multiple risk factors in a loan application. I would say approximatley 98% of mortgage companies use some form of automated underwriting with about 60% using either Fannie Mae`s desktop underwriter or Freddie Mac`s loan prospector. Fannie Mae offers its lenders electronic loan processing with its desktop underwrtier system. Individual users recieve an analysis of the borrower`s credit , and estimate of the property`s value along with an opinion of the risk involved. This information is prepared from the data submitted on the loan application and is available in a matter … (3 comments)
when you do the right thing.
We used to think that having a nice, big deck off the family room or kitchen was a 'big thing.'
No real estate done here Saturday afternoon. All the locals were either shopping or watching the best game in town. Both teams are very good. Arkansas was ranked #5 and has two of the top running backs in the college game this year. LSU finished the year 10-2 after playing all the away games against a top ten at the game. We finally got going winnning the last six games. We may be in a BCS game but lets see how the politics of college football plays out. We are in need of a top 16 playoff system. Too many vote their local … (2 comments)
What I have learned in my first year is mind boggling, but now entering my second year of real estate, I can offer this advice to new agents starting out. It's short, sweet, and to the point, and here it is:Disclaimer: ActiveRain Corp. does not necessarily endorse the real estate agents, loan officers and brokers listed on this site. These real estate profiles, blogs and blog entries are provided here as a courtesy to our visitors to help them make an informed decision when buying or selling a house. ActiveRain Corp. takes no responsibility for the content in these profiles, that are written by the members of this community.
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