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You ever notice sometimes when you lose something,you can spend a long time looking for that particular thing. While you are looking for whatever it is that you are looking for,you stumble across and find something something that you probably thought was lost or never thought you will find again.
Much like many of my posts, I am inspired by something that happened to me, is happening, or has happened to someone else, or in this case, a blog by another ACTIVE RAINER. I spoke to a couple of senior members on this website before I posted this information, because I had considered linking to the blog that inspired me, as well as some of the comments that had been left.. Well, after much thought, I have decided to just post information instead...and let everyone reading draw their own conclusions!
If it weren't for those meddling kids....no, just kidding ;)
NAEBA Calls on Congress to Establish a Federal Mandate for Real Estate Agency Disclosure
Americans have experienced a reversal of fortune - and lost $14 trillion in net worth over the past 18 months. The housing crisis and credit crisis have taken a huge bite out of our net worth. In response, Americans are saving more - a move that won't help the economy recover, but may set up a more sustainable economic model.
"It's not easy being green." “It's not easy being green” sings Kermit the frog. Being a life long fan of PBS in the 1970‘s including the Sesame Street gang, Zoom, and Electric Company, I sympathize deeply with good old Kermit. I am about as green as a glass of sand is quenching. I try though. I recycle my plastics, glass, and paper products but I make Chris take them out to the dumpster. I try to unplug to reduce my carbon footprint but easily get defeated on groggy mornings when I turn the coffee maker ON only to realize 20 minutes … (27 comments)
I have blogged before about the difficulties Zillow has caused. Typically, their "Zestimate" has caused people to 2nd guess the more accurate evidence on the ground and either over or undervalue a home, killing a possible transaction. The galling thing about it is that the more compelling evidence is right under their nose from the MLS, but that one number on a zillow page (which, by Zillow's own admission is typically off by 11% or more in Westchester County) has killed everything. 
Time for the Friday Roll Call!!!! Let's get positive!!
Have you seen this hilarious video " The Realtor "--hysterical yes ...and it brings up the very topic that can make or break your busines
Which Realtor® are you?
Quick Take: June 19, 2009 By Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist 
If you've been in real estate for more than 5 minutes you've probably figured out it's not as easy as it looks! Just the other day I was joking around with a colleague at my office and said I almost had a complete blackout on my real estate bingo card...he scratched his head and questioned what I meant. Then I explained the squares on the card... I got such a giggle out of it, I had to post here as i though maybe you might get a little "sick" charge out of it too but instead of taking up all the … (28 comments)
So, how many of you partake and Blog? For those of you who do, this post is right up your Rain Alley and I hope it will serve as a last wake up call. For those of you who do not drink and blog, I commend you for having enough intelligence to understand Drinking and Blogging are a Detri-'MENTAL' mix :)How many times have we run across a Blog, started reading and then realized the Blogger who submitted the post was wasted? Or how many comments have we read where the Commenter is obviously tipping a glass full? Do you think … (85 comments)
I just had to write a post about this, as I feel this is a huge problem that contributes to the frustration with short sales.
In Dripping Springs, the town where I live, in 1999 the average sold price per acre for land sales, in tracts larger than 10 acres, was $4050 per acre. In 2008 the average sold price per acre was over $15,000. That annual rate of return over the 10 years was in excess of 11% for land purchased in 1999. 
Looking at the traditional method of selling a house it is no wonder the chances of selling are so low! Tons of Competition-In our MLS area since January 1 2009 to today their where 4878 homes listed and 2542 sold, just over half! Few Buyer Showings-Because there is nothing setting your home apart from other homes for sale. Few buyers come out and look at it. Hard to get a lot of showing WITHOUT "Giving Your Home Away" -to get a lot of buyer activity, you have to price your home 10% below market. Here is a Market Pulse Report for … (0 comments)
Rave Theatres in Brentwood is showing Free Movies every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:00 am until July 29. 2009. This are kids movies all rated G & PG, primarily cartoons. Nothing out at the threaters now, but fairly recent movies. So if you are Living in Brentwood and need something to do this may be the thing for you. The price is right.
I was looking up properties in the MLS today, and I came across a very interesting one. It has been on the market just a month, but has had several price adjustments.
35 Auburn Street Leicester, MAPrice: $207,500Beds: 3 Baths: 2
We will be hosting a carnival of real estate on July 6th on our Las Vegas Real Estate Blog. We have decided on a specific theme as of yet (other than real estate related of course). The carnival will be accepting quality, original submissions between June 29 and July 5th. So if you wish to participate, stay tuned for further announcements.
Sometimes the simple things are the hardest. :-)
How many of you have visited blog sites where there was NO indication that the writer was a REALTOR®? Well I have seen many. In fact if I didn't know better I would think the authors of some of these sites were puppets, dogs, cats, fruits, vegetables and an assortment of other non-human "thingies".
Those of us who work on the listing side of short sales know this problem all too well. It takes weeks or months, countless phone calls, hang ups, hold times, lost faxes, re-faxes, faxing again, and again to get our authorization in :)... ok, no not really.. but it can sometimes be a feat just slightly less daunting than earning a position on the Olympic team to finally get an offer IN, ACKNOWLEDGED, WORKED, APPROVED and CLOSED! So it shouldn't come as any surprised when I say I am fed up with buyers who write offers on short sales, and then … (6 comments)
100 Real Estate and Relocation Tips in 100 Days (Day 84) by guest blogger, Larry D. McGee Denver IQ
The National Weather Service has an experimental program that sends severe weather warnings via text alerts to your cell phone. To sign up, you decide on the ZIP Code that you're interested in, text that ZIP Code to the number 56149. Then whenever there is a severe weather alert for that ZIP Code, you'll get a text message. You can have up to three different ZIP Codes, each one would require a separate text message to 56149. For more info go here: http://www.weather.gov/infoservicechanges/CellSD_December2008.pdfDisclaimer: 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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