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    <title>Sheldon's Blog</title>
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      <title>Redfin in Florida?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I guess many of you saw the article about Redfin today in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2008-06-17-redfin-online-home-buyers_N.htm&quot; title=&quot;USA Today Article&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;USA Today.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are up for some excitement and have a little cash, there is a perfect opportunity for you to be involved in a Redfin type model that recently started in the Tampa area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know many Realtors are opposed to the model and I understand how you feel.&amp;nbsp; It's an interesting concept and if done correctly, can be quite profitable.&amp;nbsp; Are you aware that their minimum charge is $4,000?&amp;nbsp; That be part of the &quot;fine print.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I saw on their website somewhere that many of their agents are closing 5-8 transactions per week.&amp;nbsp; I'd say &quot;do the math,&quot; but I'm sure you did already.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check out our site, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Tampa Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We don't give back 2/3 - we split the commission with the buyer 50/50.&amp;nbsp; We also do an excellent job with search engine optimization.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Our &quot;redfin&quot; type site has only been up for about 2 months and Google already has more than 15,000 pages from Dream Realty in their search engine.&amp;nbsp; Redfin has 277,000 - but most sites have way, way, way, less.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Try &lt;strong&gt;site:www.yoursite.com&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; in the Google search bar to see how many pages Google has for your site.&amp;nbsp; Make sure there is no space between site: and your site name.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyway, we are very excited about the progress we have made thus far - but would love to hook up with some successful brokers/investors to take it much further - before Refin actually does get to Florida.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Tampa Real Estate&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/dr-0618.jpg&quot; height=&quot;568&quot; alt=&quot;Tampa Real Estate&quot; width=&quot;1050&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Let me know if you want to talk.&amp;nbsp; I think we don't need crazy money like the 20M Refin shot on their deal.&amp;nbsp; We've gotten this far with way, way, way less.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Best wishes,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sheldon Goldberg&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Broker, Dream Realty&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;727-512-6030&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:10:09 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/556651/redfin-in-florida-</link>
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      <title>Guerrilla Marketing at the Home Show</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi - Last weekend the St. Pete Times put on a home show at Tropicana Fields (home of the Devil Rays)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I didn't really want to pay for a booth - around 1200-1500.&amp;nbsp; But I was in the mood to &quot;press the flesh&quot; and see what kind of prospects I could scare up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I concocted a fairly innocuous survey.&amp;nbsp; There were about 5 or 6 questions.&amp;nbsp; The only really important one was the last one - &quot;Are you, or anyone you know, looking to buy a house in the next 6 months?&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After I asked the first 5 questions, showed sincere interest in the person, joked around a little, I got some pretty good answers on my &quot;key question.&quot;&amp;nbsp; Some definite leads!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It wasn't the least bit awkward walking up to people with my clipboard - asking them if they didn't mind a short survey.&amp;nbsp; Was only turned down by less than 5%.&amp;nbsp; I did all of the surveying out in the food area.&amp;nbsp; Didn't try surveying in the exhibit hall.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But, there was much more action in the hall so I decided to try to make something happen in there.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As I walked around, I noticed 2 booths where the exhibitor had not shown up.&amp;nbsp; One was in a pretty good location, had a table and no chair.&amp;nbsp; The other was on the far end, had a table and a chair.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, I went out to my car, brought in my laptop with aircard&amp;nbsp; (aircard is a fabulous deal if you dont' have one - unlimited internet anywhere for 60/month).&amp;nbsp; I also had some flyers that I was giving out with the survey.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, I walked back into the show, went straight to far away booth, grabbed the chair, then took it over to the good booth.&amp;nbsp; I took down the sign on the booth - was some kind of window company.&amp;nbsp; Then setup my laptop, flyers and cards on the table.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Logged into &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Tampa Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;my company website&lt;/a&gt; and also the local board MLS.&amp;nbsp; After I was all setup, I started calling people over to MY booth.&amp;nbsp; &quot;Hey can I sell you a house today?&quot;&amp;nbsp; &quot;You already have one?&quot;&amp;nbsp; &quot;How about a condo?&quot;, etc, etc.&amp;nbsp; Said the same thing to the security guy when he walked by.&amp;nbsp; He still plans to rent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Was never kicked out and got some pretty nice leads.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was fun and different and kind of exciting and hopefully, I will sell some of these guys!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Best, Shel&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:32:09 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/546158/guerrilla-marketing-at-the-home-show</link>
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      <title>Serious Google tips, plus anyone ready to compete with Trulia or Redfin?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi -&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is a great way to see how Google sees your site and what keywords Google has in bold.&amp;nbsp; Go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yooter.com/cache.php&quot; title=&quot;Google cache&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.yooter.com/cache.php&lt;/a&gt; . Enter your www in the search box.&amp;nbsp; Make sure that the radio button &quot;Text Cache&quot; is selected.&amp;nbsp; I don't want to pick on anyone's site, so just enter your own and see what your site looks like to Google.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For an example, check our site, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Tampa Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; You will see that we are currently optimized for Tampa Real Estate.&amp;nbsp; We just started to focus on that area about 1 month ago.&amp;nbsp; We are currently up to #9 or #10 on Google.&amp;nbsp; We are higher for Real Estate Tampa and Tampa Realtor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you look at our &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;homepage&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;homepage&lt;/a&gt; and then look at the Google cache, you will see a stark difference.&amp;nbsp; This is mainly accomplished through the use of what is know as cascading style sheets (if you are not familiar with css - your webmaster will be).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Another important item for Google to start loving you is to have lots and lots of pages read into their search engine.&amp;nbsp; You check your site by going to Google and entering &lt;strong&gt;site:www.yoursite.com.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The more pages you have, the more keywords you can optimize for.&amp;nbsp; It is not good to optimize for more than 3 keyword phrases per page.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you enter &lt;strong&gt;site:www.DreamRealty.com &lt;/strong&gt;you should see around 13,700 pages!&amp;nbsp; If you had checked it in March, the count would have only been around 1000.&amp;nbsp; We started optimizing for pages about 1.5 months ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now here comes the exciting part:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The latest version of Dream Realty is setup like a Redfin type brokerage.&amp;nbsp; Refin is not coming to Florida anytime soon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Tampa REal Estate&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/dr0610.jpg&quot; height=&quot;359&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So where do you come in?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are looking for brokers to partner with.&amp;nbsp; We excel at web technology.&amp;nbsp; We are not married to the Redfin thing:&amp;nbsp; We are actually more interested in competing with Trulia.&amp;nbsp; I think Dream Realty is a much better name than Trulia - and our technology is not very far behind theirs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We could actually have a site with about all of Trulia's features in a couple of months.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is amazing to me that both Trulia and Refin raised about 20 million for their ventures.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bottom line &lt;/strong&gt;- if any brokers/agents are interested in talking, &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:cwd@dreamrealty.com?subject=DreamRealty&quot; title=&quot;Email Me&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt; or call me - 727-512-6030.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you want to pay for some serious Google optimization, we could be open to that, but preferably - we can work together and really own the internet.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;It is for sure within your grasp.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Best wishes, Shel&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:29:49 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/544210/serious-google-tips-plus-anyone-ready-to-compete-with-trulia-or-redfin-</link>
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      <title>An invitation to a very ambitious real estate game...</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi - This is kind of unusual post, but what the heck...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My company website, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/index2.php&quot; title=&quot;Florida Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt; has only been active in its current incarnation for a few months. Still, it is enjoying high levels of traffic.&amp;nbsp; It had 18,000 visitors last week.&amp;nbsp; It is currently ranked 45,121 of ALL U.S. websites according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Alexa ranking&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/dreamrealty.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; (US ranking near bottom of that page).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google already has us at #8 for Tampa Real Estate - which is the first new market I just started focusing on.&amp;nbsp; Our other site &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clearwaterdreaming.com/&quot; title=&quot;Clearwater Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.ClearwaterDreaming.com&lt;/a&gt; is already #1 (sometimes #2) for Clearwater Real Estate on Google, Yahoo and MSN. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; The purpose of the post is not to brag. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; My staff and I are very good at web development and search engine technology.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We have a solid plan to get to the top of the various markets in Florida.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (and beyond)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Currently, we have the MLS with addresses for the Tampa/Orlando areas. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Here is a sample MLS page,&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/mls_info.php?lid=T2147963&quot; title=&quot;Tampa Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.dreamrealty.com/mls_info.php?lid=T2147963&lt;/a&gt; .&amp;nbsp; Note on the right side of the page is me (for now). The website is programmed to show whichever agents in my group works that zipcode or city.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What I&amp;#39;d like to do is - find a brokerage that has a number of agents so I&amp;#39;m not the only one shown. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;It is a ton of work dealing with the calls and emails when I&amp;#39;m the only member of Dream Realty.&amp;nbsp; I do have agents that I refer to, but I am looking at this on a much bigger scale now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have the website and the technology.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;d like to JV with a brokerage that either a:already has many Florida agents, or b:would like to help me create an Exit Realty type model (first in Florida - then the rest of U.S - world) or c:already has many agents from another state and wants to expand into Florida.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although I am a Florida broker, I have&amp;nbsp; been a software consultant for 25 years.&amp;nbsp; So, this is all doable with today&amp;#39;s internet technology and it doesn&amp;#39;t take a ton of money.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Actually, the overall plan will probably floor you with it&amp;#39;s simplicity and ambition.&amp;nbsp; It is totally mapped out! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey, it&amp;#39;s all a fun game, so we may as well shoot for the moon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have gotten this far, I thank you for your indulgence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My contact info:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sheldon Goldberg&amp;nbsp; - 727-512-6030&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mailto:s@dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;s@DreamRealty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;s@DreamRealty.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;div class=&quot;clearer&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:23:19 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/411950/an-invitation-to-a-very-ambitious-real-estate-game-</link>
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      <title>High traffic DreamRealty.com looking for ambitious brokerage for joint venture</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi - This is kind of unusual post, but what the heck...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My company website, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Florida Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt; has only been active in its current incarnation for a few months. Still, it is enjoying high levels of traffic.&amp;nbsp; It had 18,000 visitors last week.&amp;nbsp; It is currently ranked 45,121 of ALL U.S. websites according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Alexa ranking&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/dreamrealty.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; (US ranking near bottom of that page).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google already has us at #8 for Tampa Real Estate - which is the first new market I just started focusing on.&amp;nbsp; Our other site &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clearwaterdreaming.com&quot; title=&quot;Clearwater Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.ClearwaterDreaming.com&lt;/a&gt; is already #1 (sometimes #2) for Clearwater Real Estate on Google, Yahoo and MSN. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is NO BRAG, JUST FACT.&amp;nbsp; The purpose of the post is not to brag. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; My staff and I are very good at web development and search engine technology.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We have a solid plan to get to the top of the various markets in Florida.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (and beyond)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Currently, we have the MLS with addresses for the Tampa/Orlando areas. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Here is a sample MLS page,&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/mls_info.php?lid=T2147963&quot; title=&quot;Tampa Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.dreamrealty.com/mls_info.php?lid=T2147963&lt;/a&gt; .&amp;nbsp; Note on the right side of the page is me (for now).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The website is programmed to show whomever I wish.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;What I&amp;#39;d like to do is - find a brokerage that has a number of agents so I&amp;#39;m not the only one shown. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;It is a ton of work dealing with the calls and emails when I&amp;#39;m the only member of Dream Realty.&amp;nbsp; I do have agents that I refer to, but I am looking at this on a much bigger scale now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have the website and the technology.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;d like to JV with a brokerage that either a:already has many Florida agents, or b:would like to help me create an Exit Realty type model (first in Florida - then the rest of U.S - world) or c:already has many agents from another state and wants to expand into Florida.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although I am a Florida broker, I have&amp;nbsp; been a software consultant for 25 years.&amp;nbsp; I also have huge ideas and big dreams.&amp;nbsp; Actually,&amp;nbsp; my overall plan will probably floor you with it&amp;#39;s simplicity and ambition.&amp;nbsp; It is totally mapped out! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So, this is all doable with today&amp;#39;s internet technology and it doesn&amp;#39;t take a ton of money if you are clever enough.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey, it&amp;#39;s all a fun game, so we may as well shoot for the moon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have gotten this far, I thank you for your indulgence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My contact info:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sheldon Goldberg&amp;nbsp; - 727-512-6030&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mailto:s@dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;s@DreamRealty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;s@DreamRealty.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/411713/high-traffic-dreamrealty-com-looking-for-ambitious-brokerage-for-joint-venture</link>
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      <title>Negotiations Go Best With Good News</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi - I picked up an interesting negotiation technique that worked pretty good.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I recently sold a place where the seller was asking 519K - which was 100K below anything else in the building.&amp;nbsp; My clients came to town determined to get a &amp;quot;steal&amp;quot; and were only going to be able to justify the purchase in their own minds if that is what they got.&amp;nbsp;  They were only in town for a few days and if they didn&amp;#39;t find something while here, it was much less like they would end up buying anytime soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They really liked the place and offered 479K.&amp;nbsp; They indicated a willingness to go up 495K.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The seller responded through their agent with 505K. &amp;nbsp; The seller pointed out how their place was already 100K below anything else and really priced to sell.&amp;nbsp; (which was true).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So, instead of taking the 505K right back to my buyer - I waited a few hours and called the seller and basically said that I know my client won&amp;#39;t go higher than 495K.&amp;nbsp; See if you get the seller to accept 495 and we will not counter that - I will do my best to get my buyer to go for 495K.&amp;nbsp; (which was an extremely good deal).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The seller agreed.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;So, when I called the buyer - I just said that I had good news - and totally presented it as such.&amp;nbsp; It actually was good news.&amp;nbsp; But, instead of calling the buyer right away and telling them about the 505K - which I knew would disappoint them, I decided to see if that step could be bypassed&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From that I and other negotiations, I could see that doing my best to ethically avoid presenting bad new or disappointing news - and presenting &amp;quot;good news&amp;quot; was very effective.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everyone was happy and I kept any unnecessary negativity out of the process.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sheldon Goldberg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Broker Dream Realty&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/355968/negotiations-go-best-with-good-news</link>
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      <title>1575 visitors to DreamRealty.com yesterday (see stats)  - FREE site to post to</title>
      <description>&lt;h2&gt;        &lt;/h2&gt;        &lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt; is an extremely easy way (and FREE) way to promote yourself and your properties. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;We are getting a lot of visitors and a decent number of leads.&amp;nbsp; Here are stats from GOOGLE for the last&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;10 days.&amp;nbsp; As you can see, we haven&amp;#39;t been doing it very long.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;There is a ton of demand for real estate videos. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;GOOGLE stats&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/stats0127.jpg&quot; height=&quot;236&quot; alt=&quot;GOOGLE stats&quot; width=&quot;613&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Here&amp;#39;s how DreamRealty.com can help you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; You are free to post your properties.&amp;nbsp; It support videos and photos.&amp;nbsp; It also supports complete property details.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/listing_info.php?lid=143&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty Listing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty Listing&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/active.jpg&quot; height=&quot;285&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty Listing&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;2. It has a very easy to editing interface, so you can modify your listing (including video and photos) at anytime .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; You get your own member channel which includes your cell phone, email, website and any description you&amp;#39;d like to enter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/member_info.php?lid=121&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty Channel&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty member channel&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/active-1.jpg&quot; height=&quot;288&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty member channel&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;4.&amp;nbsp; Dream Realty does not charge you anything for the service - any leads you get from your postings are 100% your own.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;5.&amp;nbsp; As members sign up, they are listed on the home page.&amp;nbsp; As properties are entered, they are also listed on the home page.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty Home Page&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty Home Page&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/active-2.jpg&quot; height=&quot;290&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty Home Page&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;6. There is a complete property search by city, type, beds, price, keywords, etc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;7. There&amp;#39;s more, please check it out for yourself, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Good luck with it,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Sheldon Goldberg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Broker - Dream Realty&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>FREE REALTOR CHANNEL - Post your videos, post your images, post your....</title>
      <description>&lt;h2&gt;        &lt;/h2&gt;        &lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt; is an extremely easy way (and FREE) way to promote yourself and your properties. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;According to Alexa.com. DreamRealty.com is in the top 50,000 of all U.S. websites. &amp;nbsp; That means it is averaging&amp;nbsp; 500-1000 visitors per day.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Yesterday, it had around 750 visitors.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Here&amp;#39;s how DreamRealty.com can help you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; You are free to post your properties.&amp;nbsp; It support videos and photos.&amp;nbsp; It also supports complete property details.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/listing_info.php?lid=143&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty Listing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty Listing&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/active.jpg&quot; height=&quot;285&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty Listing&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;2. It has a very easy to editing interface, so you can modify your listing (including video and photos) at anytime .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; You get your own member channel which includes your cell phone, email, website and any description you&amp;#39;d like to enter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/member_info.php?lid=121&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty Channel&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty member channel&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/active-1.jpg&quot; height=&quot;288&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty member channel&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;4.&amp;nbsp; Dream Realty does not charge you anything for the service - any referrals you get from your postings are 100% your own.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;5.&amp;nbsp; As members sign up, they are listed on the home page.&amp;nbsp; As properties are entered, they are also listed on the home page.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty Home Page&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty Home Page&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/active-2.jpg&quot; height=&quot;290&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty Home Page&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;6. There is a complete property search by city, type, beds, price, keywords, etc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;7. There&amp;#39;s more, please check it out for yourself, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Good luck with it,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Sheldon Goldberg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Broker - Dream Realty&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:34:34 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>FREE REALTOR CHANNEL - Very easy way for online promotion</title>
      <description>&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt; is an extremely easy way (and FREE) way to promote yourself and your properties. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;According to Alexa.com. DreamRealty.com is in the top 50,000 of all U.S. websites. &amp;nbsp; That means it is averaging&amp;nbsp; 500-1000 visitors per day.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Yesterday, it had around 750 visitors.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Here&amp;#39;s how DreamRealty.com can help you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; You are free to post your properties.&amp;nbsp; It support videos and photos.&amp;nbsp; It also supports complete property details.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/listing_info.php?lid=143&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty Listing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty Listing&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/active.jpg&quot; height=&quot;285&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty Listing&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;2. It has a very easy to editing interface, so you can modify your listing (including video and photos) at anytime .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; You get your own member channel which includes your cell phone, email, website and any description you&amp;#39;d like to enter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/member_info.php?lid=121&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty Channel&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty member channel&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/active-1.jpg&quot; height=&quot;288&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty member channel&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;4.&amp;nbsp; Dream Realty does not charge you anything for the service - any referrals you get from your postings are 100% your own.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;5.&amp;nbsp; As members sign up, they are listed on the home page.&amp;nbsp; As properties are entered, they are also listed on the home page.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty Home Page&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty Home Page&quot; src=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/images/active-2.jpg&quot; height=&quot;290&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty Home Page&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;6. There is a complete property search by city, type, beds, price, keywords, etc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;7. There&amp;#39;s more, please check it out for yourself, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Good luck with it,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Sheldon Goldberg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Broker - Dream Realty&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:04:08 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/352172/free-realtor-channel-very-easy-way-for-online-promotion</link>
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      <title>Another example of GOOGLE predominance</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;One of my websites, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ClearwaterDreaming.com&quot; title=&quot;Clearwater Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.ClearwaterDreaming.com&lt;/a&gt; happens to be in a very unique position to monitor the dominace of the top 3 search engines.&amp;nbsp; The primary keyword phrase the site is optimized for is: Clearwater real estate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The site has been #2 on GOOGLE, MSN and YAHOO for some time.&amp;nbsp; When you go to the site you will see one of the major conversions is to have the user search for property.&amp;nbsp; The property search engine is at the top and the most noticeable action item on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I monitor all searches made: what exactly was searched for, when and from where.&amp;nbsp; What did they search in the search engine to get to my site, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazingly, out of every 13 referrals from the top 3 search engines, a whopping 10 are from GOOGLE, 2 from YAHOO and only 1 from MSN.&amp;nbsp; This is not consistent with the &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; statistics you read about, GOOGLE around 50%, YAHOO around 25% and MSN around 12.&amp;nbsp; But, the stats at Clearwater Dreaming of 10,2 and 1 repeat themselves day after day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do some adwords advertising for a disrelated company that I own part of, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.BCG-LLC.com&quot; title=&quot;Business Capital Group&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.BCG-LLC.com&lt;/a&gt; and the results are similar for pay per click - though not as skewed in GOOGLE&amp;#39;s favor.&amp;nbsp; More like 7-2-1 for the same ad, paying about the same for pay per click with each search engine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone else out there have similar/dissimilar stats?&amp;nbsp; To me, it looks like GOOGLE has much more than 50%.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Happy Thanksgiving to all,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:13:18 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>DreamRealty.com - Great way to market yourself for free</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone -&amp;nbsp; Check out this new free website for posting your properties.&amp;nbsp; The emphasis is on video, but&amp;nbsp; properties with only images are still welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.DreamRealty.com.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren&amp;#39;t a lot of properties there yet .&amp;nbsp; But, I&amp;#39;d really appreciate your checking it out and posting your cool properties to it. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The emphasis is on video and it is also on &amp;#39;dream&amp;#39; real estate.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Currently, there are about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/dreams.php&quot; title=&quot;Dream Categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;30 categories&lt;/a&gt; to fit your property into.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Besides the ability to post your properties with images and video, you can post an image of yourself , a promotional blurb and a video about yourself and services.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also has extensive searching criteria, including by city, state, zipcode, country, transaction status, price, beds, baths, property type, category and keywords. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The members option allows for users to search for you by city, state, zipcode and country.&amp;nbsp; Your promotional piece will be displayed and the user can contact you directly. As stated, there is no charge for the service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best wishes,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/9/2/9/9/ar1182601099298.jpg&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;div class=&quot;clearer&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:15:03 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/131388/dreamrealty-com-great-way-to-market-yourself-for-free</link>
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      <title>DreamRealty.com -  Free real estate video site</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone -&amp;nbsp; Check out this new free website for posting your properties.&amp;nbsp; The emphasis is on video, but&amp;nbsp; properties with only images are still welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The site is&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.DreamRealty.com.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren&amp;#39;t a lot of properties there yet .&amp;nbsp; But, I&amp;#39;d really appreciate your checking it out and posting your cool properties to it. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The emphasis is on video and it is also on &amp;#39;dream&amp;#39; real estate.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Currently, there are about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/dreams.php&quot; title=&quot;Dream Categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;30 categories&lt;/a&gt; to fit your property into.&amp;nbsp; As we are just getting started, we are certainly open to additional categories and &lt;strong&gt;definitely would love your feedback.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to overhype the site - especially since I am the main developer - but it is really cool and surely worth of minute or two of your time to check it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Besides the ability to post your properties with images and video, you can post an image of yourself , a promotional blurb and a video about yourself and services.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also has extensive searching criteria, including by city, state, zipcode, country, transaction status, price, beds, baths, property type, category and keywords. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The members option allows for users to search for you by city, state, zipcode and country.&amp;nbsp; Your promotional piece will be displayed and the user can contact you directly. As stated, there is no charge for the service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know what you think.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We also develop sites like this for other realtors. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/9/2/9/9/ar1182601099298.jpg&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;div class=&quot;clearer&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:11:59 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/131386/dreamrealty-com-free-real-estate-video-site</link>
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      <title>DreamRealty.com - New Cool Real Estate Video Site</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone -&amp;nbsp; Check out this new free website for posting your properties.&amp;nbsp; The emphasis is on video, but&amp;nbsp; properties with only images are still welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This posting is the first announcement of this new site,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.DreamRealty.com.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren&amp;#39;t a lot of properties there yet .&amp;nbsp; But, I&amp;#39;d really appreciate your checking it out and posting your cool properties to it. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The emphasis is on video and it is also on &amp;#39;dream&amp;#39; real estate.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Currently, there are about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/dreams.php&quot; title=&quot;Dream Categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;30 categories&lt;/a&gt; to fit your property into.&amp;nbsp; As we are just getting started, we are certainly open to additional categories and &lt;strong&gt;definitely would love your feedback.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to overhype the site - especially since I am the main developer - but it is really cool and surely worth of minute or two of your time to check it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Besides the ability to post your properties with images and video, you can post an image of yourself , a promotional blurb and a video about yourself and services.&amp;nbsp; If you don&amp;#39;t have such a video, now might be a good time to look into getting one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also has extensive searching criteria, including by city, state, zipcode, country, transaction status, price, beds, baths, property type, category and keywords. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The members option allows for users to search for you by city, state, zipcode and country.&amp;nbsp; Your promotional piece will be displayed and the user can contact you directly. As stated, there is no charge for the service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let me know what you think.&amp;nbsp; And please report any bugs or clunkiness you experience. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shel &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;DreamRealty.com&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/0/3/2/2/ar118260536722302.jpg&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:29:44 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/130269/dreamrealty-com-new-cool-real-estate-video-site</link>
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      <title>DreamRealty.com - New Cool Real Estate Video Site</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone -&amp;nbsp; Check out this new free website for posting your properties.&amp;nbsp; The emphasis is on video, but&amp;nbsp; properties with only images are still welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This posting is the first announcement of this new site,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.DreamRealty.com.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren&amp;#39;t a lot of properties there yet .&amp;nbsp; But, I&amp;#39;d really appreciate your checking it out and posting your cool properties to it. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The emphasis is on video and it is also on &amp;#39;dream&amp;#39; real estate.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Currently, there are about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamrealty.com/dreams.php&quot; title=&quot;Dream Categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;30 categories&lt;/a&gt; to fit your property into.&amp;nbsp; As we are just getting started, we are certainly open to additional categories and &lt;strong&gt;definitely would love your feedback.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to overhype the site - especially since I am the main developer - but it is really cool and surely worth of minute or two of your time to check it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Besides the ability to post your properties with images and video, you can post an image of yourself , a promotional blurb and a video about yourself and services.&amp;nbsp; If you don&amp;#39;t have such a video, now might be a good time to look into getting one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also has extensive searching criteria, including by city, state, zipcode, country, transaction status, price, beds, baths, property type, category and keywords. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The members option allows for users to search for you by city, state, zipcode and country.&amp;nbsp; Your promotional piece will be displayed and the user can contact you directly. As stated, there is no charge for the service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let me know what you think.&amp;nbsp; And please report any bugs or clunkiness you experience. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shel &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/2/1/4/4/ar11826048444127.jpg&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:21:03 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/130260/dreamrealty-com-new-cool-real-estate-video-site</link>
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      <title>DreamRealty.com - New Cool Real Estate Video Site</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone -&amp;nbsp; Check out this new &lt;strong&gt;FREE &lt;/strong&gt;website for posting your properties.&amp;nbsp; The emphasis is on video, but&amp;nbsp; properties with only images are still welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This posting is the first announcement of this new site,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.DreamRealty.com.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There aren&amp;#39;t a lot of properties there yet.&amp;nbsp; But, I&amp;#39;d really appreciate your checking it out and posting your cool properties to it. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The emphasis is on video and it is also on &amp;#39;dream&amp;#39; real estate.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Currently, there are about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com/dreams.php&quot; title=&quot;Dream Categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;30 categories&lt;/a&gt; to fit your property into.&amp;nbsp; As we are just getting started, we are certainly open to additional categories and &lt;strong&gt;definitely would love your feedback.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to overhype the site - especially since I am the main developer - but it is really cool and surely worth of minute or two of your time to check it out.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Besides the ability to post your properties with images and video, you can post an image of yourself , a promotional blurb and a video about yourself and services.&amp;nbsp; If you don&amp;#39;t have such a video, now might be a good time to look into getting one.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It also has extensive searching criteria, including by city, state, zipcode, country, transaction status, price, beds, baths, property type, category and keywords. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The members option allows for users to search for you by city, state, zipcode and country.&amp;nbsp; Your promotional piece will be displayed and the user can contact you directly. As stated, there is no charge for the service.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Let me know what you think.&amp;nbsp; And please report any bugs or clunkiness you experience. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/9/2/9/9/ar1182601099298.jpg&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; </description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:58:52 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/130242/dreamrealty-com-new-cool-real-estate-video-site</link>
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      <title>DreamRealty.com - New Cool Real Estate Video Site</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone -&amp;nbsp; Check out this new &lt;strong&gt;FREE &lt;/strong&gt;website for posting your properties.&amp;nbsp; The emphasis is on video, but&amp;nbsp; properties with only images are still welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This posting is the first announcement of this new site,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.DreamRealty.com.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren&amp;#39;t a lot of properties there yet.&amp;nbsp; But, I&amp;#39;d really appreciate your checking it out and posting your cool properties to it. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The emphasis is on video and it is also on &amp;#39;dream&amp;#39; real estate.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Currently, there are about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com/dreams.php&quot; title=&quot;Dream Categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;30 categories&lt;/a&gt; to fit your property into.&amp;nbsp; As we are just getting started, we are certainly open to additional categories and &lt;strong&gt;definitely would love your feedback.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to overhype the site - especially since I am the main developer - but it is really cool and surely worth of minute or two of your time to check it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Besides the ability to post your properties with images and video, you can post an image of yourself , a promotional blurb and a video about yourself and services.&amp;nbsp; If you don&amp;#39;t have such a video, now might be a good time to look into getting one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also has extensive searching criteria, including by city, state, zipcode, country, transaction status, price, beds, baths, property type, category and keywords. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The members option allows for users to search for you by city, state, zipcode and country.&amp;nbsp; Your promotional piece will be displayed and the user can contact you directly. As stated, there is no charge for the service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let me know what you think.&amp;nbsp; And please report any bugs or clunkiness you experience. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/9/2/9/9/ar1182601099298.jpg&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:56:37 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/130241/dreamrealty-com-new-cool-real-estate-video-site</link>
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      <title>DreamRealty.com - New Cool Real Estate Video Site</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone -&amp;nbsp; Check out this new &lt;strong&gt;FREE &lt;/strong&gt;website for posting your properties.&amp;nbsp; The emphasis is on video, but&amp;nbsp; properties with only images are still welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This posting is the first announcement of this new site,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.DreamRealty.com.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren&amp;#39;t a lot of properties there yet - mostly test ones.&amp;nbsp; But, I&amp;#39;d really appreciate your checking it out and posting your cool properties to it. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The emphasis is on video and it is also on &amp;#39;dream&amp;#39; real estate.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Currently, there are about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com/dreams.php&quot; title=&quot;Dream Categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;30 categories&lt;/a&gt; to fit your property into.&amp;nbsp; As we are just getting started, we are certainly open to additional categories and &lt;strong&gt;definitely would love your feedback.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to overhype the site - especially since I am the main developer - but it is really cool and surely worth of minute or two of your time to check it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Besides the ability to post your properties with images and video, you can post an image of yourself , a promotional blurb and a video about yourself and services.&amp;nbsp; If you don&amp;#39;t have such a video, now might be a good time to look into getting one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also has extensive searching criteria, including by city, state, zipcode, country, transaction status, price, beds, baths, property type, category and keywords. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The members option allows for users to search for you by city, state, zipcode and country.&amp;nbsp; Your promotional piece will be displayed and the user can contact you directly. As stated, there is no charge for the service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let me know what you think.&amp;nbsp; And please report any bugs or clunkiness you experience. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/9/2/9/9/ar1182601099298.jpg&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:37:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/130239/dreamrealty-com-new-cool-real-estate-video-site</link>
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      <title>DreamRealty.com - New Cool Real Estate Video Site</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone -&amp;nbsp; Check out this new &lt;strong&gt;FREE &lt;/strong&gt;website for posting your properties.&amp;nbsp; The emphasis is on video, but&amp;nbsp; properties with only images are still welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This posting is the first announcement of this new site,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.DreamRealty.com.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren&amp;#39;t a lot of properties there yet - mostly test ones.&amp;nbsp; But, I&amp;#39;d really appreciate your checking it out and posting your cool properties to it. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The emphasis is on video and it is also on &amp;#39;dream&amp;#39; real estate.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Currently, there are about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com/dreams.php&quot; title=&quot;Dream Categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;30 categories&lt;/a&gt; to fit your property into.&amp;nbsp; As we are just getting started, we are certainly open to additional categories and &lt;strong&gt;definitely would love your feedback.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to overhype the site - especially since I am the main developer - but it is really cool and surely worth of minute or two of your time to check it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Besides the ability to post your properties with images and video, you can post an image of yourself , a promotional blurb and a video about yourself and services.&amp;nbsp; If you don&amp;#39;t have such a video, now might be a good time to look into getting one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also has extensive searching criteria, including by city, state, zipcode, country, transaction status, price, beds, baths, property type, category and keywords. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The members option allows for users to search for you by city, state, zipcode and country.&amp;nbsp; Your promotional piece will be displayed and the user can contact you directly. As stated, there is no charge for the service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let me know what you think.&amp;nbsp; And please report any bugs or clunkiness you experience. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/9/2/9/9/ar1182601099298.jpg&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:36:42 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/130238/dreamrealty-com-new-cool-real-estate-video-site</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone -&amp;nbsp; Check out this new free website for posting your properties.&amp;nbsp; The emphasis is on video, but&amp;nbsp; properties with only images are still welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This posting is the first announcement of this new site,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.DreamRealty.com.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren&amp;#39;t a lot of properties there yet .&amp;nbsp; But, I&amp;#39;d really appreciate your checking it out and posting your cool properties to it. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The emphasis is on video and it is also on &amp;#39;dream&amp;#39; real estate.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Currently, there are about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com/dreams.php&quot; title=&quot;Dream Categories&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;30 categories&lt;/a&gt; to fit your property into.&amp;nbsp; As we are just getting started, we are certainly open to additional categories and &lt;strong&gt;definitely would love your feedback.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to overhype the site - especially since I am the main developer - but it is really cool and surely worth of minute or two of your time to check it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Besides the ability to post your properties with images and video, you can post an image of yourself , a promotional blurb and a video about yourself and services.&amp;nbsp; If you don&amp;#39;t have such a video, now might be a good time to look into getting one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It also has extensive searching criteria, including by city, state, zipcode, country, transaction status, price, beds, baths, property type, category and keywords. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The members option allows for users to search for you by city, state, zipcode and country.&amp;nbsp; Your promotional piece will be displayed and the user can contact you directly. As stated, there is no charge for the service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let me know what you think.&amp;nbsp; And please report any bugs or clunkiness you experience. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a great weekend!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.DreamRealty.com&quot; title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.DreamRealty.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; src=&quot;http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/9/2/9/9/ar1182601099298.jpg&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Dream Realty&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:34:44 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi - I am new to Active Rain.  I have looked over many of the posts in this group.  And, I apologize if any of this sounds redundant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although I am a definitely a realtor, I have been in the software business for 25 years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first real estate website is  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ClearwaterDreaming.com&quot; title=&quot;Clearwater Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.ClearwaterDreaming.com.&lt;/a&gt;  It went online in Sept, 2005.   There were 2 main keyword phrases that I did GOOGLE optimization for:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearwater Real Estate &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearwater Condos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I picked keyword phrases that have a lot of search activity.  This tool  &lt;a href=&quot;http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/&quot; title=&quot;Yahoo search tool&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ &lt;/a&gt;searches will give you a good idea of how many searches or a particular word or phrase were done last month on Yahoo&amp;#39;s network.  Google doesn&amp;#39;t provide this info.  The more searches, the harder it is to get to the top.   It would be very easy to get to the top for &amp;quot;Clearwater underwater basketweaving&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It took me about 9 months to get to the top for the above chosen terms.  My site is normally #1 for both.  Occasionally drops to 2 or 3.  I did put a lot of work into it .  Here are a couple of ideas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your site has been around for a while, implementing these ideas will work faster.  Google is very partial to age.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have probably heard from others that having many pages is helpful.   From what I&amp;#39;ve observed, having many pages with your targeted keywords is the most important  (besides the importance given to age and links).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you go to Google and enter:  site:yoursite.com, you will see how many pages of your site Google has in their database.  Entering: site:ClearwaterDreaming.com  normally returns 1100+ pages. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now 1100 pages sounds like a lot of work.  Here are some tips on getting more pages.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  Make a lot of custom searches with your IDX solution.  For example,  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ClearwaterDreaming.com/pinellas_county.htm&quot; title=&quot;Pinellas County Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.ClearwaterDreaming.com/pinellas_county.htm&lt;/a&gt;.   There are somewhere around 100 pages here that only took me about 3 hours to do - as the only change is the query criteria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  Make pages from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikipedia.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.Wikipedia.org.&lt;/a&gt;  You are allowed to copy and re-distribute this info as long as you post a reference to wikipedia.org.  (This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License ).  See the bottom half of my homepage where the cities are all named.   Take, Dunedin, Florida &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ClearwaterDreaming.com/cities/dunedin-florida.htm&quot; title=&quot;Dunedin Real Estate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.ClearwaterDreaming.com/cities/dunedin-florida.htm&lt;/a&gt; for example.  You can use the custom Dunedin idx searches created in #1 above and add them to the top of a wikipedia based page on Dunedin.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I am new, I don&amp;#39;t want to overdue it.  I will add more tips shortly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best wishes,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sheldon Goldberg&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 05:24:45 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi - I am new to Active Rain.&amp;nbsp; I have looked over many of the posts in this group.&amp;nbsp; And, I apologize if any of this sounds redundant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although I am a definitely a realtor, I have been in the software business for 25 years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first real estate website is &amp;lt;a href=http://www.ClearwaterDreaming.com&amp;gt;www.ClearwaterDreaming.com&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;nbsp; It went online in Sept, 2005.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; There were 2 main keyword phrases that I did GOOGLE optimization for:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearwater Real Estate &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearwater Condos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to pick keyword phrases that have a lot of search activity.&amp;nbsp; This tool&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;a href=http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion&amp;gt;Yahoo keyword tool&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; gave me a good idea of how many searches or a particular word or phrase were done last month on Yahoo&amp;#39;s network.&amp;nbsp; Google doesn&amp;#39;t provide this info.&amp;nbsp; The more searches, the harder it is to get to the top.&amp;nbsp; It would be very easy to get to the top for &amp;quot;Clearwater underwater basketweaving&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It took me about 9 months to get to the top for the above chosen terms.&amp;nbsp; My site is normally #1 for both.&amp;nbsp; Occasionally drops to 2 or 3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your site has been around for a while, implementing these ideas will work faster.&amp;nbsp; Google is very partial to age.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have probably heard from others that having many pages is helpful.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; From what I&amp;#39;ve observed, having many pages with your targeted keywords is the most important&amp;nbsp; (besides the importance given to age and links).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you go to Google and enter:&amp;nbsp; site:yoursite.com, you will see how many pages of your site Google has in their database.&amp;nbsp; Entering: site:ClearwaterDreaming.com&amp;nbsp; normally returns 1100+ pages. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now 1100 pages sounds like a lot of work.&amp;nbsp; Here are some tips on getting more pages.&amp;nbsp; I recommend your checking the mentioned pages to get greater reality on what I am talking about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; Make a lot of custom searches with your IDX solution.&amp;nbsp; For example, &amp;lt;a href=http://www.ClearwaterDreaming.com/pinellas_county.htm&amp;gt;Pinellas County&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;nbsp; There are somewhere around 100 pages here that only took me about 3 hours to do - as the only change is the query criteria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.&amp;nbsp; Make pages from &amp;lt;a href=http://www.wikipedia.org&amp;gt;www.Wikipedia.org&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; You are allowed to copy and re-distribute this info as long as you post a reference to wikipedia.org.&amp;nbsp; (This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License ).&amp;nbsp; See the bottom half of my homepage where the cities are all named.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Take, Dunedin, Florida &amp;lt;a href=http://www.clearwaterdreaming.com/cities/dunedin-florida.htm&amp;gt;Dunedin, Florida&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; for example.&amp;nbsp; You can use the custom Dunedin idx searches created in #1 above and add them to the top of a wikipedia based page on Dunedin.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This accounted for another 100+ pages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As this is my first post, I don&amp;#39;t want to overdue it. &amp;nbsp; Hope this has been helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best wishes,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sheldon Goldberg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 12:06:56 -0500</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Sheldon Goldberg (Dream Realty)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 11:56:27 -0500</pubDate>
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