realtors: Top Ten Reasons...You Know You're A REALTOR If...(Humor) - 10/17/11 05:52 PM
You Know You're a Real Estate Agent If... 10. Starbucks is your favorite restaurant. 9. You hold open houses just because you want to be able to check all of your emails and post blogs about how ineffective open houses are. 8. You take a listing but tell your seller from day one that the asking price needs to be lower, and you keep telling them this throughout the listing period. They get mad and when the listing expires hire another agent and lower their price to what you told them. 7. You yell at your computer when no MLS photos … (18 comments)
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realtors: Is NAR® Really Working for Me? - 01/13/11 05:58 AM
Is NAR® Really Working for Me? The National Association of REALTORS® is continuing in 2011 to use our $20. community awareness fee to tout the benefits of home ownership. Continuing to call it the American Dream, NAR® has designed TV and radio ads saying: "There’s a reason home ownership is called the American Dream. People aspire to home ownership for the financial and social benefits it conveys. Our government supports home ownership because it’s good for communities and the nation’s economy." This message fails to recognize that the American Dream has turned into a nightmare for many, and it sounds out of … (182 comments)
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realtors: Finally A Message I Can Support - 09/24/10 05:37 AM
I have never been a big fan of the National Association of REALTORS® advertising messages. 'It's a great time to buy' or 'interest rates have never been lower' really provide no real information about us, REALTORS® or why we are important to the home buying or selling process.
That's why I've got to give props to the New Jersey Association of REALTORS®. In this short video, NJAR explains what we as REALTORS® do everyday and our value in the process.
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realtors: Video Cameras & REALTORS - Perfect Together? - 08/18/10 09:15 AM
I've been reading about and shopping for a video camera. I've read a lot here on ActiveRain and in other places that a video camera is practically a necessity. I've visited all kinds of wesites, and googled every word I could think of.
That's when I came upon this little gem on YouTube...
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I might not be buying a video camera until the pools are winterized!
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realtors: REALTORS® - We're Our Own Worst Enemy! - 03/18/10 10:49 AM
Are we our own worst enemy?I had a conversation with a buyer client last night. We've been looking at modest acreage (8 to 15 acres) in south Jersey. This is a dream buyer; cash and quick closing. We've made several offers, some very low, and have dealt with several selling agents.His question to me last evening was "How can the National Association of REALTORS® tout using a REALTOR®, when these people (REALTORS®) really don't seem to care?"This question came after the latest shenanigans on the property he's interested in. We wrote a contract last weekend for less than asking, with a couple … (19 comments)
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realtors: Money for Nothing...The Recipe for Success? - 03/06/10 04:26 AM
ActiveRain members have a lot to say about how we, as REALTORS®, can better our image with the public and be recognized as professionals. Well, we might be fighting an uphill battle!In one of my local daily newspapers, a headline in the weekly real estate section caught my eye. "Are you ready to become your own boss through real estate?"I had no problem with most of the article...statements like "Real estate can be an exciting profession..." or "Helping others achieve the dream of homeownership is not only emotionally fulfilling..." Yada, yada, yada!What really bothered me were the statements about being a … (16 comments)
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realtors: Women's Council of REALTORS Meeting in Ocean County, NJ - 01/01/09 06:50 AM
WCR JANUARY MEETING Ocean County, NJ Chapter
“Tough Talk – Skills Needed to Get Paid”
When: Thursday, January 15, 2009
Time: 9:30AM to 11:30AM
Place: Holiday Inn – Route 72 East, Manahawkin
Cost: $15 Members & $20 Non-Members (Includes Full Breakfast)
Panel-type discussion with the goal of: Sharpening your negotiating skills, Getting your Buyers signed up and Pricing Your Listings to get them Sold. The top panel that we chose for this event will be answering all kinds of questions of how they handle certain situations and share with us their secrets of how they got … (0 comments)
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realtors: Do You Hear What I Hear? - 12/17/08 05:46 PM
A friend, Nancy posted this, and allowed me to re post. Please listen and laugh out loud like I did!
If you like it, visit Nancy Larson's blog!
Via Nancy Larson (M & T Bank):
A very dear friend of mine, sent me this video and I do believe every Realtor on Active Rain should see this.
This is the best video I have seen in a very long time.
Please feel free to reblog this and send it to all your Realtor friends who aren't on Active Rain as well.
All comments welcomed!!!!! … (9 comments)
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realtors: New Jersey's Continuing Education...Exemptions? - 12/07/08 06:49 AM
New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR) President Drew Fishman recently offered some clarification on the NJ Real Estate Commission (REC) flip in its position supporting continuing education requirements for NJ Realtors.
Appearing at last week’s Atlantic County Women’s Council of Realtors meeting, Fishman said the REC wants to exempt its members from the continuing education requirements. This follows its approval of the recommendations by a joint study committee made up of Commission appointees and NJAR. Those recommendations were outlined in New Jersey Catches Up With the Nation.
“NJAR does not support these exemptions from the proposed law. We … (6 comments)
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realtors: NJ Catches Up With the Nation! - 11/04/08 09:16 AM
New Jersey Moving on REALTOR® Education... The New Jersey Association of REALTORS®(NJAR) and the state’s RealEstate Commission (REC) have come up with a compromise plan that might actually bring New Jersey’s continuing education (CE) policies into the modern world.New Jersey is the only state in the nation that does not require continuing education for real estate licensees. A new day is dawning and it looks like the NJ Legislature will amend and consider a bill this year or in early 2009 to remedy the situation.Barebones bills were introduced last spring by both the Senate and Assembly Majority Leaders requiring CE for … (7 comments)
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realtors: CURB APPEAL - 04/15/08 07:45 AM
OCEAN COUNTY, NJ CHAPTER
PLEASE JOIN THE OCEAN COUNTY WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF REALTORS FOR THEIR MONTHLY MEETING, THIS THURSDAY AT THE OCEAN COUNTY LIBRARY IN TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY.
THIS MONTH'S PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON CURB APPEAL WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY CO-OP MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM. THEY'LL DISCUSS HORTICULTURAL INFORMATION TO ENHANCE CURB APPEAL. THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, BARLO & ASSOCIATES WILL ALSO DISCUSS STYLE AND COLOR. THIS MONTH'S MEETING WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO INCREASE CURB APPEAL, BRINGING BUYERS IN AND GETTING YOUR LISTINGS SOLD!
THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO WCR MEMBERS AND NON MEMBERS.
DATE: APRIL 17, … (0 comments)
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realtors: HELP FOR NJ SUBPRIME BORROWERS? - 03/12/08 07:03 AM
Several New Jersey Legislators have proposed a plan to assist homeowners with subprime loans, those loans typically written for those will bad credit and low incomes. State Senator Ronald Rice wants a 6 month moratorium on subprime loan defaults, a new loan fund to help people stay in their homes and to allow some homeowners who loose their homes to stay for awhile.
The legislation calls for:
A 6 month moratorium to giver borrowers time to find a solution. Creation of a fund generated by a $2000 fee charged to lenders for each subprime foreclosure and $1 million from the … (3 comments)
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realtors: THE NEW BATTLE - 02/29/08 08:21 AM
THE BATTLE OF TRENTON CIRCA 2008
As required by the NJ Constitution, Governor Jon Corzine delivered his new budget (Fiscal Year 2009) to a Joint Session of the New Jersey Legislature the last week in February and the next few months promise to be battle filled.
In his budget message, Governor Corzine outlined his spending priorities for the upcoming year calling for cuts in state spending by $500 million. The Governor's proposed budget contains no new taxes or fees.
The good news is that there was no mention of increasing the Home Sales Tax, AKA the NJ Realty … (2 comments)
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