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2007 

The myClosingSPACE.com title insurance quote tool is now easier to install. Previously the tool required an html file to be added to your site along with some code, This new update means that anyone can add this tool to their site by simply adding one line of code to their site. You can see the t...
08/23/2007
While scrolling through my trusty iGoogle Home Page I found this interesting piece of news. Apparently billionaire investor Warren Buffett is considering investing in Countrywide Financial. Last week he told CNBC that the worsening credit and mortgage market may provide some real investment oppor...
08/21/2007
Today while perusing recent news stories at Google News I found this gem that I am sure will raise the hackles of many agents here. I spend quite a bit of time on AR and have seen countless discussions about FSBO's and discount brokers. The article at Bloomberg.com discusses the possibility that ...
08/20/2007
So what can the recent buyer do? This has been all over the news here in NJ the last week or so. Basically they found a home that was recently sold in foreclosure that was home to over 100 dogs and cats living (and some dead) in filth and disease. Some of the rooms had 6-inches of feces on the fl...
08/17/2007
I have heard it said many times that there is an opportunity to make money when markets go south. Someone will find a way to capitalize on poor market conditions and the fact is no markets are exempt. There are many ways to make a lot of money in a slow real estate market. While others may be tak...
08/14/2007
Seems like there is a new SEO Blog that is starting up, seopussy.com. Right now it just has a video of a really creepy stuffed cat talking about SEO and introducing himself as the SEO Pussy. I received a link from my friend Jaan Kanellis and it appears this video is propagating throughout the SEO...
08/14/2007
So, there has been a lot of discussion about reciprocal links and their effectiveness for search engine ranking, especially in the real estate realm. Reciprocal links have been around for a long time. When the web first started to take off people exchanged links with relevant sites, other sites t...
08/13/2007
I remember when I first started working with Internet Advertising. Everyone assumed I was responsible for sending them spam emails about porn and viagra. The common belief was that Internet advertising was a niche trend that most businesses were not involved. Obviously that has changed quite a bi...
08/07/2007
My boss just stopped by and alerted me to something called LifeLock, which is an identity theft protection service. Essentially this service sets fraud alerts on all three major credit reporting agencies and renews them every 90 days. That way anytime anyone attempts to do something (like get a n...
08/07/2007
A post at SEOMoz discussing directory submission has ignited a bit of a firestorm, especially within the web directory community. Rand discussed how most general directories are losing their authority status and how to find directories that will help deliver link juice. Not only was his testing m...
08/06/2007
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