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2009
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According to Magazine.org, magazines located in public places provide a great audience, builds readership and creates an unmatched branding opportunity. Consumers are more likely to pay attention to magazines when they're in a restaurant, coffee shop, car wash, salon, etc. That's why part of the ...
12/29/2009
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I am still "up in the air" about the real estate market after the tax credits expire. There is no doubt that the credit has put "wind in the sails" of most markets. If fact, most recent sales increases could be attributed to this incentive. But how will the market behave once these tax credits ex...
12/24/2009
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Texas reported its third consecutive month of year-over-year increase in single family home sales. For November 2009, home sales in Texas were up 36% compared to November 2008. Before these three months of positive sales growth, Texas reported 28 straight months of declining sales. In my opinion,...
12/24/2009
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If anyone is looking for some extra motivation, or a kick in the pants, read the book Shift. Especially good timing now with the new year coming up. The book is filled with some great ideas to incorporate into your 2010 strategy. One of the things that stuck out from this great read is regarding ...
12/21/2009
The slogan goes, "It's not how you start, but how you finish" and the end of 2009 is worth mentioning. The San Antonio Board of Realtors (SABOR) reported one of the single largest year-over-year increases in single family home sales ever for the month of November 2009. SABOR reported sales of 1,5...
12/21/2009
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It my prior blog post I mentioned the importance print advertising plays when it comes to agent branding. Marketing your brand can be very extensive or very simple, and either way can be just as convincing. It can be as simple as the one sentence tag line I mentioned, "Quick as a Wink!" where hom...
12/19/2009
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When it comes to real estate magazines, don't be afraid to go "outside your envelope". Real Estate magazines provide a unique branding opportunity for agents that can't be under-estimated. Marketing yourself means constructing a message about you and/or your services. Notice I said, "Marketing" a...
12/17/2009
As I mentioned in a prior blog post, I am not big on making predictions. But I made one several blog posts back about San Antonio's single family home sales during the month of November. My prediction was that we would see the largest ever reported year over year increase in single family home sa...
12/16/2009
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The San Antonio Board of Realtors(SABOR) reported that single family home sales were up 25% in October 2009 compared to October 2008. The number of single family homes sales was 1,712. Only one other October month was as robust as 2009 and that was October 2007 around the market's performance pea...
12/01/2009
