Pacita's Quick Bytes of Real Estate
A REALTOR's perspective on events that shape and affect the real estate market.
ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2011
Up to now, I still have only a regular Facebook page, and haven't yet done the business page. Don't know how I missed this. Once again, Brad (and Zillow) gives us tools to help us in our business. Powerful Facebook Tabs Now Available for Your Business Pages You already know how important and pow...
06/22/2011
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Buyers are shying away from a townhouse development where they saw some units that still have popcorn ceilings. The buyers said even the realtors didn't seem confident about their own listings. Talked to the husband and asked why they wouldn't even think of buying a townhouse in this area that is...
06/22/2011
The whole idea of getting an iPad -- for me, anyway --- is being able to travel light and still have access to the internet, be able to do a lot of work like showing presentations, etc. But I do miss not having a keyboard. So I did a LOT of reading and research on iPad cases with keyboards. One o...
06/22/2011
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Are Short Sales Getting Easier? This is the title of Steve Harney's popular KCM Blog. That is most definitely a headline-grabber for me.... What's somewhat encouraging is that "BOA completes more short sales than REOs for the last 18 months". this says that BOA completed more than 95,000 short s...
06/22/2011
IT'S THE LAW! According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), of January 2011, twenty-four states have statutes requiring carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Alaska | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland ...
06/22/2011
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If you haven't seen Craig's Week in Tech blog, check it out. Tons of good information. Between Craig's and Brad Andersohn's blogs, among others, we are blessed with folks who are willing to share their wealth of information with us. We all get better at our jobs because of people like them. Crai...
06/18/2011
We try to understand a seller's motivation and hardship before we attempt a short sale. But if the effect on their credit score is the same for a short sale as it is for a foreclosure, and if the sellers won't care, then why should we bother going through the long drawn out short sale process? At...
06/17/2011
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This is just the ticket! I'm on a quest for technology tips and techniques. And one of my critical needs is to find a way to transfer/copy some of my old blogs to a new blog tab on my agent-specific website under the auspices of my company. This is EXACTLY what I needed. Brad is the bomb! How Do...
06/17/2011
Just came across this blog by Steve Stenros, a property inspector. He provides really good information enhanced by illustrations and videos. What a truly good learning experience. Have to go and check out his other blogs. Truly helps to have a property inspector explain what he's seeing, what i...
06/16/2011
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Searching for wonderful tools, tips and techniques to help us enhance our performance in our business. Happy to have seen this information especially since I just got my iPad2. Good stuff that needs to be shared with folks! If you have an iPad, you've probably already discovered Flipboard. If...
06/16/2011
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