Archives of real estate blog entries for April 14, 2008 (Page 7)

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Real estate is all about relationships. - 11:08 AM
Real estate is all about relationships.Yes, it is important to generate leads, but the bottom line is how many RELATIONSHIPS can you develop from those leads? And then once you have a 'relationship,' how can you build up the value that relationship holds?
All good marketing should have six goals:1. Identify 'warm' prospects2. Help you establish a dialog with your prospect3. Help you gain rapport with your prospect4. Help lead to the development of a 'relationship'5. Extend the reach of that 'relationship'6. Maintain and increase the lifetime value of that 'relationship'
Notice the word 'relationship'? I know you've heard this time and time again. … (12 comments)

Customizing your Active Rain Blog - 01:20 PM
Alleluias!!! Finally happened. I was agonizing over this for many month... I love ActiveRain to much too see our blogs looking so simplistic and graphically unattractive.
Personal Note: I even suggested to ActiveRain to change the Site Logo and offered few graphics and my entire commitment to take care off all changes involved in case they will go for it. They never answered...
For those who may not cached the post on ActiveRain Custom Blog Builder:
I welcome the new site http://www.activeraincustomizer.com/ that help us in customizing the ActiveRain Blogs "feel and look". It is really very simple if you follow … (33 comments)

JUST REDUCED!!! 2 Bdrm. Luxurious Condo - Boca Raton - for SALE - 11:06 PM
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2455 West Serene Avenue, Las Vegas, NV.89123 - 11:10 PM
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21st Annual Blessing of the Fleet and Seafood Festival - 11:59 AM
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11th Annual Lowcountry Strawberry Festival - 12:19 PM

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How Should the Utah Buyer Approach a Short Sale? (Part 1 of 2) - 10:45 AM
A Few Tips For the Utah buyer:
 
Keep in mind that short sales do not only occur because of an anticipated foreclosure.  Sometimes a lender will accept a short sale if the value of the property has fallen and/or if the seller owes more than the property is worth in the current Utah real estate market.  So the sellers may not have defaulted on their mortgage. The lender is generally only willing to accept a short sale for a property to bring the price in line with other comparable homes on the market.  Not below them.  So I wouldn’t spend … (0 comments)

Foreclosure: New Fannie Mae Guidelines - 04:10 PM
https://www.efanniemae.com/sf/guides/ssg/annltrs/pdf/2008/0808.pdf
Fannie Mae has increased time in the penalty box for people with foreclosures on their credit report. Currently a 4yr time frame must pass and that has been increased to 5yrs.
No doubt this is in answer to the many borrowers who can pay their mortgage and elect to let their homes go back to the bank because they owe far more than the home is worth. The banks call it Jingle Mail when a borrower just flat out 'does the give-up' and mails in their keys. Banks are usually left holding the bag on a home that cannot begin to payoff … (5 comments)

BUY YOUR OWN OZARK MOUNTAIN IN SHELL KNOB, MO - 10:49 AM
160 ACRES WITH CABIN AND COVE ON TABLE ROCK LAKE
  VAUNT TO BE ALONE?  Then you will love this large 160 acre property on Table Rock Lake, surrounded by national forest.  It offers the peace and solitude only your own private park can provide.
A lengthly paved drive takes you back to a small cabin, where you can live , while building your dream home on top of one of the peaks. Besides the several outbuildings, there is a  solid cement storm shelter. Fantastic views of the lake from all directions!
Two boat slips also available.    Priced at $795,000
 
 
 
 
 

Call … (0 comments)

Illinois-Lake County-Wauconda Lake County Discovery Museum LP Art Show - 01:02 PM
Lake County Discovery Museum!

Last week a friend and I ventured out on a rainy, stormy afternoon spring afternoon in Northern Illinois to celebrate a birthday.  We went to the Lakeside Inn in Wauconda and had a very nice lunch. The Lakeside Inn is a small local restaurant and bar in a historical building was built in 1847 and was supposedly a stop over for Al Capone when he would pass through on his way back from Lake Geneva (according to the story on the menu). 
After a tasty lunch (they have very good food!), we went over to the Lake County … (9 comments)

High End Decor - A Home Stagers Nightmare! - 11:24 AM

High end sophistication is an acquired taste but once you have it, you just cannot deny the opulence and the complexity of the style...this room alone would run upwards of $30,000 or more to put together. Don't try this at home kids! Who could sleep in this room...is there a feng shui consultant in the house?
I found this photo on the cover of the latest issue of Window Fashions magazine and it takes me back to a time when everyone wanted coordinating (matchipooh as we say in the biz) fabrics and papers!  It is obvious that the window fashion industry … (16 comments)

Your Equity Line May Be Frozen (and you may not know it.) - 12:17 AM
Banks are sending notices to homeowners advising them that their home equity lines have been frozen or reduced to a lesser amount.
If you have an unused equity line, it may be at risk.
Recently, I have received several phone calls from clients who have already received such notices.  As a mortgage consultant, I felt very strongly that I share this important information with my clients immediately.
Banks are taking huge write downs and losses as a result of poor lending practices and high foreclosure rates throughout America.  As their stock values continue to plummet, banks are being forced to change their credit policy … (0 comments)

Real Estate Investing 101 - 07:25 PM


Riches can be made in any kind of real estate market. A professional real estate investor makes money when prices are high and when prices are low.
No matter what is happening in the market they buy low and sell high. They never buy high and expect to make money waiting for prices to rise.
Newbies buy high expecting prices to rise, and when the prices drop they are left owing $175,000 on a house that is now worth $100,000. So as a real estate investor always buy low.
Everywhere there are properties selling for below market value. There … (0 comments)

Two Tools, Instant Success - 12:08 PM
Two Tools you might want to use that have really helped me are GetClicky and Flickr.
Here’s why?
 
Yesterday was the Spring Practice game for the University of Michigan football team,  known at the “Maize and Blue” game. I went and took my FlipVideo camera. Last night I posted it up on YouTube and blogged about it on my Ann Arbor Real Estate Talk blog.
GetClicky is a service that tracks who is looking at your blog, where they came from and most important what terms they are searching for. Today I went into my GetClicky site to … (59 comments)

News Story - 08:12 PM
I was watching the local news (Darcy had control of the remote, and doesn't watch baseball when she has the remote) otherwise I would have been watching the Indians and the Red Sox.   There was a story citing a national poll saying that 60+% of potential home buyers are saying that they will wait at least 2 years to buy and 25% of homeowners fear that their home prices will drop over the next 2 years. 
How dumb is that?  Let's wait until the market starts to pick up and home prices rise to buy.  Why should we buy a home at a bargain price, … (1 comments)

Would You Marry Donald Trump? Like, if You Were a Golddigger, is Trump a Good Choice? - 09:05 AM
OK, this is a shameless promotion to ask if you would vote in my poll on About.com. Plus, you can check the results from others who have voted. I'll go on the record as saying that it astounds me that women are drawn to Donald Trump. I had to write a blog about him today because a freelancer submitted the article for my site. So, I thought what kind of angle could I take with this blog that might be fun and not ubiquitous, because I didn't want to write something everybody has read other places.
But sometimes I just do goofy … (15 comments)

The Palazzo Las Vegas is LEED - 06:57 PM
The Palazzo resort, a recently-opened Las Vegas Sands creation on the Strip, is much more than a deluxe all-suite hotel tower, large casino, upscale shops and several gourmet dining spots under one roof. A few know that it is also in the forefront of eco-friendly design not only in town but also internationally.
The U.S. Green Building Council just labeled it the largest LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certified building in the whole world. It earned the institute's silver certificate with its energy-saving design, construction and everyday technologies. To incorporate all that into a 50-story structure with 3,000 … (4 comments)

Beautiful 4 Bedroom Cul-de-Sac Home in Hemet $299,900 - 04:02 PM

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Riverside County Homes For Sale Foreclosures, REO and Bank-Owned Real Estate For Sale Senior Homes For SaleRelated Articles:
What's the Interest Rate Today? It's on your Cell Phone. California and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Real Estate Market Investing in Hemet Real Estate...Good News and Bad News 7 Steps to Fix Your Credit Joey Aszterbaum is the Hemet Home Loan Guy and a member of the Active Rain social network of real estate professionals. To buy or refinance your home in Hemet, Riverside County, or California visit www.HemetHomeLoans.com or call 951.571.5751
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55 Plus Manufactured Home on own land in Seven Hills $169,000 - 04:04 PM

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Riverside County Homes For Sale Foreclosures, REO and Bank-Owned Real Estate For Sale Senior Homes For SaleRelated Articles:
What's the Interest Rate Today? It's on your Cell Phone. California and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Real Estate Market Investing in Hemet Real Estate...Good News and Bad News 7 Steps to Fix Your Credit Joey Aszterbaum is the Hemet Home Loan Guy and a member of the Active Rain social network of real estate professionals. To buy or refinance your home in Hemet, Riverside County, or California visit www.HemetHomeLoans.com or call 951.571.5751
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Great Possibliities! 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Home in Hemet $149,900 - 04:06 PM

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Riverside County Homes For Sale Foreclosures, REO and Bank-Owned Real Estate For Sale Senior Homes For SaleRelated Articles:
What's the Interest Rate Today? It's on your Cell Phone. California and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Real Estate Market Investing in Hemet Real Estate...Good News and Bad News 7 Steps to Fix Your Credit Joey Aszterbaum is the Hemet Home Loan Guy and a member of the Active Rain social network of real estate professionals. To buy or refinance your home in Hemet, Riverside County, or California visit www.HemetHomeLoans.com or call 951.571.5751
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