ssg realty: How to Use Your Sphere of Influence to Double Your Income
- 04/29/11 04:31 AM
How to Use Your Sphere of Influence to Double Your Income By Maya Bailey, Ph.D. Print Article RISMEDIA, April 29, 2011-I find that many of my clients avoid marketing when it comes to their sphere of influence. Yet statistics show that your sphere of influence can be the greatest source of referrals. Let's look at how you can dig in and get the "gold." Tip 1: Define and Grade Your Sphere of Influence When is the last time that you took a good look at your contact list? What is the total? What are the categories in that group? Do you (0 comments)
ssg realty: How Real Estate Agents Can Take Their Neighborhood Expertise to the Next Level: Home Elephant
- 04/08/11 12:44 PM
Ask any number of Realtors what is one thing they feel like they are an “expert” in, and they will most likely say “the neighborhood they work in.” One of the best parts of working with a local Realtor is the expertise they have about your local community and neighborhoods. However, sometime neighborhood information is fragmented with certain key elements missing. Last week, an intriguing new Atlanta-based tech start up called HomeElephant launched. I spoke to one of the founders, and asked him the “why” for this site. He said, “The founders were all apathetic neighbors, and all agreed we needed (0 comments)
ssg realty: What to Watch Out for When Buying a Foreclosure: Help Your Clients Know Which to Buy...and Which to Walk By
- 04/07/11 04:18 AM
By Dan Steward Print Article RISMEDIA, April 7, 2011-The economy is improving overall and, as a result, some bright spots are showing up in the real-estate market. However, the foreclosure spike, which began around the same time the recession did, isn't a distant memory just yet. In many areas, foreclosures are still happening; in some areas, those numbers have increased. Surprisingly, foreclosures have even encroached into some key cities that were formerly thought to be unshakable real-estate markets - like San Francisco, where foreclosures actually rose in 2010 (including in luxury neighborhoods like Pacific Heights, where a condo that sold in (0 comments)
ssg realty: What is HAFA?
- 03/24/11 06:33 PM
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ssg realty: Real Estate: Your local forecast
- 03/17/11 11:38 PM
384 markets tracked By the end of September 2011, the national median home price is expected to have fallen 5% from a year earlier. Check the predictions for your city. Source: FiServ (3 comments)
ssg realty: New American Mortgage acquires Paramount Lending
- 03/17/11 11:25 PM
Casey Crawford needed an online mortgage presence to keep his company, New American Mortgage, on its growth track. Jessica Babinski needed the muscle of a full-service mortgage bank to help her online startup, Paramount Lending, survive the changing mortgage market. The firms said Thursday they will merge, hiring 30 employees in Charlotte immediately and 150 more over the next three years. Crawford, chief executive of New American Mortgage, says his firm will buy Paramount Lending and integrate its online business with his Realtor-centric mortgage bank operation. Babinski, who founded Paramount in 2007, will join New American and continue to lead the (0 comments)
ssg realty: 'Unfriend' your real estate clients on Facebook
- 02/21/11 06:38 AM
Doing so can protect confidential data from misuse By Bernice RossInman NewsTM February 21, 2011 For the last several years, everyone has been pounding the drum, "You have to be on Facebook." While "friending" your clients on Facebook seems like a good idea, given some recent changes in Facebook policy it may be time to "unfriend" them instead. There's no doubt that Facebook can be a powerful tool for building client connection. It can also be a great tool for creating groups and building an online presence in your local market area. Nevertheless, there are some serious problems you may not (4 comments)