realestate: New Acceptable Radon Levels Published by W. H. O. - 09/24/09 07:39 AM
The World Health Organization has decided that the acceptable level of Radon in a property is now 2.7 pCL/l instead of 4.0 pCL/l. This means that MOST of the US is now a Zone 1. The old Radon map of the US currently shows three zones with Zone 1 indicating possible levels … (6 comments)
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realestate: A Call to Action For NAR Members - 09/22/09 08:45 AM
I blogged about extending the $8000 tax credit to first time home buyers yesterday. Today I found a link for the call to action from the NAR. If you are an agent, a broker, a consumer, a renter, or someone else who can use this program, please use the letter to … (1 comments)
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realestate: Let's Get The First Time Buyer Credit Extended! - 09/21/09 01:18 PM
If you haven't done so already, email your reps and the prez with your request for an extension of the First Time Buyer Tax Credit. Interest rates usually rise in the second year of a new president, so we will need some help for the first timers early next year.
If … (1 comments)
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realestate: The Average Web Site Is Down How Many Minutes? - 09/16/09 07:11 AM
I receive weekly updates from a few site monitors. Some are sales gimmicks and some have interesting information.
Today one of them mentioned that of the over 1 million sites they are monitoring, the average down time is almost 1 hour. Over a week that doesn't seem to be too bad. … (0 comments)
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realestate: Real Estate Is A Courageous Business Effort - 09/16/09 06:53 AM
"Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point." CS Lewis
The real estate business is a business that could be called courage inducing. There is no guaranteed paycheck for a commissioned salesman. There is only the possibility of success. And with each success, the possibility begins again.
Throughout … (2 comments)
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realestate: 91,000,000 results in a search this morning - 07/21/09 10:41 AM
So I ask you, does having 91,000,000 results in a search for real estate help or hinder a customer's understanding of the real estate market they are looking to buy or sell in? I don't think it helps. I search my own MLSs every day. Because I do it every day, I … (3 comments)
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realestate: Seniors CAN Avoid Foreclosure! IF...! - 06/19/09 03:31 PM
I just spoke to Bob Tranchell, a Relationship Manager with Financial Freedom, and he told me about how one senior aged owner saved his property using a reverse mortgage.
It seems that this particular older guy had an adjustable rate and he got caught in the rate increases. But, with some … (0 comments)
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realestate: Top of goo gle in 24 hours! One trick. - 06/18/09 01:46 PM
I was at a meeting this week where one guy said he'd won a bet because he'd gotten his site to the top of goo gle in 24 hours. I listened to see if he was selling some "latest" tool or if he had some "black hat" type of seo spoof. … (15 comments)
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realestate: Top States Searched For Real Esate in MAY - 06/07/09 11:18 PM
The top states searched for real estate on REindex.com, The Site Engine in May, were NY, IL, CA, PA, IA, MO, TX, MA, FL, OH. Each of these states has been in the news lately for various real estate reasons.
New York real estate has seen a slow down, and even … (0 comments)
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realestate: Hollywood East is Attracting Commercial Attention - 05/27/09 09:10 AM
Hollywood East is Attracting Commercial Attention! If you haven't heard about Hollywood East, it is a huge, state of the art commercial media production facility (movies, tv, etc.) that is under development in Plymouth MA near Cape Cod! It is the most advanced studio in the country!
Recently, one of the staff … (0 comments)
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realestate: Beware the SEO Emails - 03/20/09 04:27 PM
Here's what I think you need to know about your own site before you answer the latest email you received from the "greatest seo guru".
First, are you in control of your code? If you are using a template, you may not be able to change much of the seo coding. If you … (6 comments)
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realestate: So where were they looking for real estate last month? - 11/03/08 02:22 PM
The latest real estate sales reports and numbers indicate that the market in many areas has stopped falling. This is good news for California real estate and Florida property owners. For a long time they have been leading in the "falling prices" category of real estate reporting. But now they are … (2 comments)
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realestate: Arizona ranks 46th in US House Price Appreciation in 2007 - Bummer. - 06/12/08 01:32 PM
Arizona real estate sales were ranked number 46 out of 50 in terms of appreciation in 2007. No specific town or city like Phoenix was in the bottom twenty cities in the United states real estate market for appreciation, but the Arizona economy appears to need som time to get stable … (0 comments)
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realestate: 5 Monkeys - Why Real Estate Agents Are Willing To Give Their Listings Away - 03/21/08 04:58 PM
5 Monkeys - Why Real Estate Agents Are Willing To Give Their Listings Away."
Here is an explanation of the why agents aren't more concerned with giving their listings away:
Five monkeys were put in an enclosure with a ladder.
Every time a monkey went up the ladder, scientists soaked the … (10 comments)
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realestate: Why don't other MLSs follow the actions of the NWMLS? - 03/08/08 12:30 PM
I have been talking to agents and brokers all over the country over the last few months and I am amazed that no one knows about the NWMLS's decision to stop feeding their listings to sites like Rltr dot com.
It may be that everyone is so busy in their … (0 comments)
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