jim lee: Oakes Daylily Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee - 06/28/08 07:49 PM
40 acres of blooming Daylilies makes quite a spectacular sight. This past weekend was the annual Oakes Daylily Festival in beautiful Corryton, Tennessee, a charming rural community about 15 miles east of Knoxville.
My wife and I went for a visit yesterday, had a great time, bought lots … (3 comments)
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jim lee: Don't "Fall back" yet................. - 10/28/07 10:29 AM
Because Daylight Savings Time doesn't officially start in those states that observe it until NEXT Sunday morning at 2:00 AM.
Those 'helpfull' folks in Congress (the ones with the 11% public approval rating ;-)) enacted an energy bill in 2005 that included extending Daylight Saving Time by about a month.
As of 2007, DST starts … (7 comments)
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jim lee: Knoxville Tennessee is the Nation's 5th best location for business & careers - 04/06/07 10:47 AM
According to a survey Forbes Magazine conducts annually, Knoxville ranked 5th for the second consecutive year out of 179 major cities surveyed.
The 179 cities were ranked for job and income growth, business and living costs, education of the work force, migration trends and quality of life issues such as crime rates … (1 comments)
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jim lee: Ready or not Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow - 03/10/07 07:44 AM
If you live near the equator, which most of us do not, your days and night are about the same length each; roughly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.
For those of us that live in other latitudes our days and nights become shorter and longer as the … (2 comments)
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jim lee: How much is your blog worth? - 03/04/07 06:52 PM
"We here at Technorati think that all your blogs are priceless. But when Weblogs Inc. was bought by AOL a few weeks ago, Tristan Louis did the math. He figured out how much each blog in the Weblogs Inc. stable was worth, based on their Technorati rank.
Inspired, Dane Carlson whipped … (2 comments)
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jim lee: 704 Andover Boulevard, Knoxville, Tennessee 37934 - 03/04/07 11:49 AM
Located in the Town of Farragut just west of Knoxville, Tennessee is Andover Place, a friendly community of upscale homes conveniently located to Oak Ridge, Knoxville, or even Maryville.
This popular Stephen Fuller plan offers over 4,000 square feet of living space with 4 bedrooms, including a main level master suite, office … (0 comments)
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jim lee: Elementary staging tips for your Knoxville, Tennessee house - 02/22/07 09:49 AM
Staging is catching on in the real estate marketing world as a viable concept to get your house sold faster and for more money; two subjects near & dear to most seller's hearts and wallets.
Here's a link to a recent blog I wrote about how to stage your house so … (0 comments)
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jim lee: "The (Knoxville) truth is out there"...........................finally. - 02/18/07 09:12 AM
After running AP and other wire service stories for months now trumpeting gloom and doom for real estate nationwide, our local newspaper, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, finally got the LOCAL real estate news and forecast right.
This article, "What Housing Bubble?" took up 1/2 of the front page and was sprinkled with pithy gems like … (0 comments)
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jim lee: Not all flips flop; some flops can be flipped - 02/14/07 12:41 PM
I've been involved in real estate investing for fun and profit over the past few years.
One thing I've learned to be very true is that you make your profit when you buy a piece of property; you collect when you sell it.
I think, like real estate sales, a lot of … (5 comments)
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jim lee: Referral fee update - 02/08/07 06:10 PM
Apparently our recent blogging about referral fees and relocation companies have sparked some interest in the press; Inman News is doing a 3 part feature titled "Inside look at change in relocation industry", Unfortunately it's tucked away behind the members only screen so I believe you have to be a subscriber … (5 comments)
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jim lee: New north Knoxville development - 02/08/07 04:32 PM
This morning I had the opportunity to tour Stratford Park, a great new development of 200 single family homes in the north Knoxville area.
Located about 2 miles north of the Merchants Road Exit off Interstate 75 North, Stratford has excellent school districts, great access to shoppings, lots of nearby restaurants … (3 comments)
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jim lee: Best place to find a new home in Knoxville, Tennessee - 01/09/07 08:57 PM
Let me shamelessly suggest www.KnoxvilleMLS.com, my flagship website developed, improved, remodeled, tweaked, and positioned over the past 9 years.
When I stated building this site I wanted it to be the best it could be (and who doesn't) so I was always asking people that were using it what could I … (2 comments)
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jim lee: Why Knoxville, Tennessee is a great place to live - 01/01/07 09:15 AM
The newest 'meme' challenge is to name 5 reasons why your hometown is a great place to live and to buy a house. There are so many reasons for Knoxville it's going to be tough limiting them to just 5 but that's the format so without further ado:
You get a lot … (10 comments)
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jim lee: It's "Meme" time in Tennessee - 12/16/06 08:08 PM
That's usually the way we start a football game in Tennessee but a little paraphrasing never hurt.
My "Memor" was Leigh Brown.
It's kinda tough to sit down and think of 5 things most people don't know about you that would interest them but I'll give it a try.
1. I'm … (19 comments)
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jim lee: Blogging is good.....I like blogging..... ;-) - 12/05/06 06:17 PM
This is part of an e mail I received today.
"I did enjoy your site and found it very easy to navigate. I especially enjoyed the local blog."
I put a link to my main blog on my website and it seems to be getting lots of visits from that site.
This blog … (7 comments)
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jim lee: Always ride your horse in the direction he's going. - 11/17/06 06:14 PM
Are things going well for you?? That's good, keep on doing what you've been doing and they will likely continue to go well.
Are things going badly for you?? That's bad, that means it's time to change what you've been doing and try something else.
Were you once wildly successful holding open … (4 comments)
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jim lee: Top places in the US to retire - 09/14/06 09:09 PM
The current issue of "Where to Retire" magaine lists “8 low cost towns with great home buys”.
Not surprisingly my city of Knoxville, Tennessee is one of them; in fact one of the few things below average around here are home prices.
The National Association of Realtors lists $143,000 as the median price … (8 comments)
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jim lee: Real estate specific contact management programs - 09/12/06 09:30 AM
Two of the most widely used, real estate specific contact management programs are Top Producer and Agent Office which was formerly called Online Agent along with some branded copies for franchises such as Re/Max 2000, Centure 21 Power Pak Agent, and others.
Both these programs are fully capable of running your whole … (1 comments)
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jim lee: State Association meetings & conventions; who goes??? - 09/10/06 09:16 PM
This coming October 4-7th in San Antonio, Texas the Tennessee Association of Realtors (TAR) is having their annual convention.
I'm there; plane & hotel reservations made, time scheduled, everything but packed my bags.
Now why would I give up 4 days of my time, fly halfway across the country to San … (9 comments)
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jim lee: An oldie but a goodie - 09/09/06 04:23 PM
Writing ads for listings has always been a challenge for me.
One tool someone turned me on to years ago that I still use today is "The Pocket ad writer for real estate professionals" by Ernie Blood.
It's a great little, easy to use book tabbed into 10 sections, each an … (4 comments)
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jim lee: Been visited by the "after the fact" referral fee fairy (AFRFF) lately??? - 09/09/06 02:13 PM
You know the one; that little fairy that flies down just before you close your deal, waves her magic wand, and says: "Excuse me, those are my clients, you own me a 35% (or more) referral fee for the privilege of working with them...............and oh, by the way, if you don't … (4 comments)
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jim lee: Free advertising..........................almost - 09/07/06 03:56 PM
Print your own mini ads - almost free
Do you ever print out MLS listings to hand or fax to clients or to take with you when you're showing property???
Here's a cool little trick I learned that lets you print a little mini ad at the top and bottom of each listing … (8 comments)
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jim lee: How to destroy your competition for a listing! - 09/06/06 11:11 AM
Jerry Rossi is not only a pretty funny guy, he's also a talented real estate coach and trainer.
One of the very effective listing techniques he advocates is creating a custom website for each listing.
There are several ways to do this; create a third level domain on your primary site or buy … (13 comments)
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jim lee: What's your most unusual listing??? - 09/04/06 08:19 PM
Mine was an 18th century grist mill that had been remodeled into a residence. Outside it looked pretty much like an old, wooden two story building except for the 32 foot tall steel water wheel attached to it.
This property had it's own dam to supply water power to turn the mill … (4 comments)
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jim lee: How about an economy covered bridge. - 09/04/06 01:17 PM
In horse & wagon days covered bridges were all over the eastern United States.
They were covered for two reasons; one was to protect the bridge infrastructure from decay and rot since they didn't have today's modern weatherproofing materials, and another was to keep from spooking the horses if they looked over the side … (7 comments)
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jim lee: Great source for printing - 09/04/06 12:36 PM
http://www.expresscopy.com/ is a great source of printed materials, i.e. flyers, post cards, business cards, etc.
One of the very cool things about Express Copy is that you can e mail them files from where ever you are and after printing them they overnight them at their expense, back to you.
I use … (7 comments)
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jim lee: What is a lead? - 08/31/06 09:17 PM
Today's Inman News has a story titled: "When is a lead a lead?" written by a college professor, Manager of Real Estate Services at HomePoint.com, and broker-owner of a real estate firm named Kyle Cascioli.
HomePoint is apparently another online lead generation ‘service' and Active Rainer Bonnie Box is quoted in the … (3 comments)
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jim lee: Don't do it and keep your sellers happy too. - 08/30/06 09:07 AM
What do you NOT do that sellers typically expect?
There are 2 things I almost never do that many of us perceive sellers expect in order to get their home sold.
Is to run lots of ads in your local newspaper.Host a public open house at least once during the listing period; some do more.I do … (15 comments)
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jim lee: If you do the same thing everyone else does who needs you??? - 08/28/06 03:32 PM
One of the ways I advertise and market my services and my listings is in the monthly magazines most every town has several of.
You know, the ones that are either full sized magazines or smaller versions about the size of a "Reader's Digest, "The Real Estate Book" is one that … (13 comments)
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jim lee: "Be careful what you ask for" department. - 08/20/06 12:43 PM
I've had a long time hate/love relationship with the folks that operate Realtor.com for NAR since around 1995 when they first went into business with us and were called RealSelect.
Back then I thought Realtor.com was the greatest thing since pockets on a shirt and would revolutionize the way we did business. … (10 comments)
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