knoxville tennessee real estate: You could be losing money if you don't know your numbers. - 10/09/06 09:28 AM
Are you getting any business from your website???
The first and obvious thing you have to do is get visitors to your website and there are lots of ways to do that, i.e. pay per click, search engine optimization, print ads, sign riders, etc., etc.
However once you get them there you need … (6 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: 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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knoxville tennessee real estate: 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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knoxville tennessee real estate: 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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knoxville tennessee real estate: 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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knoxville tennessee real estate: 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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knoxville tennessee real estate: My computer can beat your computer. - 08/26/06 10:45 AM
So you think your Dell XP 10,000 BLT special is pretty speedy??
If you line it up against Oak Ridge National Laboratories newly upgraded "Jaguar" supercomputer that runs at 54 teraflops, or 54 trillion mathematical calculations per second you'll get left in the dust so fast you won't even have time to blink.
Oak … (9 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: More business building ideas - 08/26/06 09:41 AM
Here's a quick and easy promotional idea.
Each time you have a closing make 2 extra copies of the closing statement.
Write the buyer and seller each a letter dated January 2nd of the following year that says something like:
Dear Tom and Denise,
Before you know it tax time will be … (7 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: Business promotion ideas - 08/26/06 02:07 AM
With Halloween not too far away here's something I've done for the past few years that has actually generated some business.
I get a few boxes of Baggies and put our Halloween treats in them along with two of my business cards.
Knowing most parents look very closely at their kid's candy these … (8 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: Cool programs for real estate - 08/25/06 06:32 PM
One very cool and easy to use program I've had to years and use several times a week is Microsoft Publisher.
It's the easiest desktop publishing program I've came across for designing flyers, post cards, business cards, brochures, and any other variety of printed material.
For instance when I want to … (5 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: Are you using your e mail program to its full potential??? - 08/25/06 04:46 PM
Lots of full featured e mail program do more than just send and receive e mail.
Probably one of the most underutilized features is the spellchecker. When you're sending or replying to email involving a buyer or seller it's very important to not only use proper grammar but also to make … (1 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: I sell houses, not interest rates. - 08/24/06 04:33 PM
As interest rates slowly edge up from a huge dip news stories are staring to predict the end of the housing boom, the bursting of the bubble, and even a housing recession.
However, as anyone who's been in this business longer than 15 years will probably agree, interest rates have been … (4 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: How to sell income property - 08/21/06 10:41 AM
"Income Property Brokerage" by John Peckham, CCIM
I just received my copy of and am anxious to not only start reading it but start doing it was well.
$22.86 delivered to my office from www.Amazon.com
I buy and sell single family homes both as an investment for myself and for clients. I've long thought of moving … (6 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: Location, Location, Location!!! - 08/20/06 09:27 PM
NOTE: This blog is mostly a totally shameless promotion for a great new golf course listing, golfers will understand. ;-)
All this has inspired me to start a new blog on my website: www.KnoxvilleMLS.com
http://knoxvillerealestate.typepad.com/
Picture yourself sitting on the patio of your new home, sipping a cold beverage, and watching Tiger Woods, Greg … (2 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: BYOC (Bring Your Own Commission) - 08/16/06 01:11 PM
http://www.inman.com/inmannews.aspx?ID=55517
In today's Inman News there is part 2 of a 3 part series of articles by Brian Larson, a Minnesota attorney and well known real estate law practitioner.
http://www.larsonlegal.com/
"Brian Larson provides copyright, trademark, Internet/computer, and technology and licensing counsel to individuals and small and growing businesses. He also represents trade associations … (4 comments)
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knoxville tennessee real estate: Buyer Agent designations - 08/11/06 08:10 PM
Do you like working with buyers?? Maybe you should consider becoming an ABR or an EBA.
ABR is the acronym for "Accredited Buyers Representative" while EBA stands for "Exclusive Buyer Agent"
An ABR usually works for a traditional real estate firm that both takes listings and sells them; an EBA however only … (4 comments)
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