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Well, it seems to be all the rage here in Washington state, and a hot topic among Realtors. This, the practice of canceling a current property listing (usually late at night), and then re-listing that property a few hours later. Same house, same seller, same price.
Last night, in the comments of a blog, Kristal Kraft was talking about how most of our posts are directed toward our own industry. With few exceptions, most of the blogs here are written by real estate professionals FOR real estate professionals. The blogs that are written for consumers are in the minority, and usually go without discussion, for obvious reasons.
Clear to close. I love the sound of that. My three favorite words. It means all issues have been sorted out and within 48 hours my Sellers will be getting their check and I will be getting mine. I heard those words on Monday. I was so excited. I have been involved in a very difficult deal and my poor Sellers have been seriously stressed out. We had lost a deal on their house last month, the day before closing, so needless to say the Sellers have been very nervous. Well, Monday, the Mortgage Broker called to tell me the last … (24 comments)
Lets get those creative juices flowing...
I can't say I'm overly suprised to see that an innovation such as the car condo, is being introduced in Miami of all places. If you've never been down there before, you might not understand the potential there, but a lot of the cars are "car condo" worthy, to say the least..
As most of you know, there are new limited-service companies that are taking market share of un-represented buyers in return for commission rebates up to 2% of the sales price. A number of traditional brokerages are trying to find ways to circumvent this market penetration. I have to admit that it is more than a little annoying for a prospective buyer to call the owner or you and ask to see a property and then tell you he is represented by another agent who won't be at the showing. What do you do? 
Marketing today has quickly shifted from newsletters and direct mail to blogs, podcasts and viral distribution of videos. For many real estate agents the old ways are still pertinent to developing and farming an area. However, the advancement of technology requires that they augment the traditional method of door knocking with new technologies.
As a mortgage professional, my job is to provide my clients disclosures on what the true cost of borrowing money is going to be. In other words, we are supposed to hand out government required disclosures that will tell a borrower the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
One of the blogs I often read when I have free time is Seth Godin's Blog. Many people seem to think he's a marketing genious and I've talked to others (usually traditional marketing types) that think he's full of it. I tend to think he's got an amazing mind for thinking outside of the box, and realizing how the world of marketing is rapidly changing.
Forget about the need to better educate Realtors, much less tightening the barriers to entry...Realtors should have an ounce of common sense. I don't mean to dis a fellow agent, but I will...unprofessional of me, I know. So, an agent in our office got a floor call, someone wanted to see a condo in downtown. The agent didn't have his supra key with him so he asked if I come along and let him into the building. I wanted to see the building so I went along for the ride.
I guess I'll just have to settle for being number two here in Minnesota. We average 78.8 years. It must be all the shivering we do in the winter that keeps us trim, lowers our risk of heart disease and cholesterol counts. It's hard work living that long in this climate. Think about it - how hard is it to live to be 80 in Hawaii? No one ever remembers who came in second!
Hi everyone, I have been contacted by the producers of a new show called "Real Estate Road Test" for TLC and the format is new to America. The premise of the show is they take a young couple or family looking to buy a home and, based on their preferences and needs, select three potential "dream" properties and let you spend the night in that one house "road testing" it before you decide whether or not it's for you. It's a great opportunity for you guys to have some fun and actually test out some homes. (Boy do I wish I … (1 comments)
Several weeks ago, I was contacted by Red Herring Magazine to comment on a piece they were working on about the new crop of Web 2.0 real estate companies.... 
I am a bit confused. Perhaps I can get some clarity.Recently I learned that AdvancedAccess (and probably others) are using their referral link back to ActiveRain in their client communication newsletter/email blastEverytime AdvancedAccess blasts a communication out to their audience of many 10s of 1000s of clients and prospects, there is an opportunity for them to pick up referral reward for those that are inspired to join ActiveRain. I'm all for the exposure for AR; I would hope that one day everyone joins. What bothers me are these 3 points:1. Blasting thousands of people with a referral link to join AR … (22 comments)
For those of you that have the google tool bar or "fool" bar installed, you may have noticed that it has been updated. You now have several new options and some changes to old ones. The pagerank indicator is now a combined buttion for looking up backlinks, page caches and similar pages. The biggest change though is the button feature. You can now add buttons to top rated sites (according to big G) for specific themes, like movie phone, game spot, etc. You may also create your own custom buttons for your toolbar. There is a bit of work involved with … (5 comments)
September, 2006 Issue - (Past Issues may be found on my GulfCoastPropertiesforSale.com website under "For Buyers" Button) 
Dirk Zeller has a great newsletter out about how to get past no, coaching and top performance. Here is the link to this newsletter, it will take about 11 mins. to read through it all and gather your notes. Dirk Zeller is the author of the Coaches Corner. You can request topics for him to cover by e-mailing him at dirk@realestatechampions.net If you are already a Dirk Zeller fan what tip can you share with us? … (0 comments)
Dear ActiveRain Members,
This is the first election of Snohomish County's ALL-MAIL ballots. The first problem they noticed the other day was the ballot, when taken to the post office for postage, was weighing in a little heavier than first class postage causing citizens to pay for additional postage. But what about the ballots that were mailed from private mail boxes, well the County stepped up and told the Post Office to NOT return the ballots for extra postage, they would cover it.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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