6 Reasons to Reduce Your Home Price - 10/27/11 09:26 AM
These are all great reasons to reduce your price. This is always a problem for real estate agents "Price Reductions" is in the 'Dirty' word dictionary for us. This list of suggested reasons is useful, when the price is set we are using a crystal ball in an attempt to guess what the house will sell for, that crystal ball can be very cloudy. In this falling market it is very hard to understand and quite often we hear the "I must have at least____" and then we are stuck.
Via Donna Bosze (Keller Williams Elite, Realtors):
While you’d like to get the … (0 comments)

The Government’s Revamped HARP Program For Underwater Homeowners - 10/25/11 12:01 PM
This is the newest magic wand the government is using to help underwater home owners. This will help if you want to stay in your home, this will give you access to the lower interest rates while they are still available. That will help lower your payments but will not fix the underwater problem of the house being worth less than the amount of the mortgage.
The only way I know is to use the short sale option to sell your house. The home owners that have continued to make payments till the short sale closes are not getting a big … (3 comments)

A Focus on Follow-up: Annual Client Reviews - 10/24/11 05:18 PM
These guys look like a good group, their offering to help agents become better at their jobs. The hard parts, so I do not need to feel like I am reinventing the wheel again, Lead generation and communication. Those two things are critical to success, an agent can survive a lot of mistakes if you have enough potential clients to work with.
When this recent shift in the market place took place a few years ago I was with a small company that turned left when the market was turning right, the phones were not ringing. That is the worst feeling … (0 comments)

Just "Do Good Anyway"...Mother Teresa - 10/22/11 03:08 PM
This post which brings up an interesting idea "How would Mother Theresa of used Social media" Just try to imagine how she would use this far flung bloging world that touches so many people to help all of us become better people? How can we use it to improve our relationships with the ones we love? Can we become a life changing force helping people better themselves? Sounds like a John Lennon song ("Imagine").
These are all good questions and worth thinking about.
thanks
Via Gerry Michaels GettysburgGerry (Mountain View Realty):
Just "Do Good Anyway"...Mother Teresa Recently my life has been going through … (2 comments)

The ActiveRain Point Accelerator System... - 10/22/11 02:55 PM
This post lays out how an agent can sort out the leads and hints about what to do with each of them. There will be more to follow on this I am sure.
Via Richard Yates - Broker (Coldwell Banker Real Estate):
The ActiveRain Point Accelerator System...
There are Systems for everything involving Real Estate. 
Although all Systems work, we must select the ones that fit our personality, style and comfort level.  
The PURPOSE for creating a SYSTEM
Generate LEADS - The success of any business is based upon it's ability to attract and to retain clients.
Evaluate the LEAD - Work it, refer it for … (3 comments)

What Can I do When I Owe More than My House is Worth? - 10/22/11 02:45 PM
This is a good explanation of options homeowners have in this economy, Contact me so I can help you through this, please. This shows that home values have taken a big hit across the country, not just here in Michigan.
Via Marcia Kramarz CDPE,LMC,CBR (Re/Max Executive Realty):
What Can I do When I Owe More than My House is Worth? 
It is estimated that as of the end of 2010, 23.1 percent of all U.S. homeowners with a mortgage owed more on their homes than their homes were worth.  So you’re certainly not alone!– And it may not be the end of the world.  … (1 comments)

Advice for Sellers: The One Question You Must Ask Your REALTOR® - 10/21/11 03:19 PM
If Realtors would tape this to their wall and use this information with all their listings there would be less heart ache on the market. This is so important for people to understand, we are still in a falling market, the rules that applied last year will not work now.
This advice is so right on that I had to reblog so hopefully more Realtors could see it.
Thank you
Via Peggy Chirico, REALTOR® 860-748-8900 Hartford & Tolland County Real Estate (Prudential CT Realty):
Advice for Sellers:  The One Question You Must Ask Your REALTOR®

 
If you are thinking about putting … (0 comments)

READ THIS Before Your Next Price Reduction Recommendation! - 10/21/11 02:02 PM
She does a great job of pointing out how to be professional while asking for a price reduction. Try to sell homes based upon more than price, sell the features and the location. Realtors have a great profession and are needed to help get this country back on its feet, by acting professional and using logic suported by fact we can build back up to a healthy market again.
If you need to ask for a reduction than tell the home owner why. Have answers ready if they ask any of these questions.
Via Jennifer Allan-Hagedorn, Author of Sell with Soul (Sell … (1 comments)

New Bill Could Improve Millions Of FICO Scores! - 10/12/11 01:15 PM
These two guys have a great point to make. We should all support this bill and they make an entertaining video to watch, I have not seen anything this good since Saturday morning cartoons. 
Check it out- will only take a few moments
thanks
 
Via Christian Penner (Fembi Mortgage):
New Bill Could Improve Millions Of FICO Scores!

Lets get HR 2086 passed, as this is the Medical Debt Responsibility Act 2011. What is will do is for every medical collection under $2,500 it will be removed from a persons credit report with-in 45 days. Medical Collections are on 40% of all … (0 comments)

 

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