Blog entries tagged with "new ideas":


new ideas: Need to redesign your space? Check this out: - 08/13/08 06:51 PM
Do you have a room in your home that you spend very little time in?  When you walk in do you think, "Something is not right in here"?  If so, perhaps you need to redesign your space.  I am teaching a Saturday morning course through the Vancouver School Board Continuing Education … (0 comments)

new ideas: What a Caring and Creative Community! - 07/11/08 06:48 PM
I have experienced new ideas and perspectives today by exploring new treasures in ACTIVE RAIN today!  
I have seen some new blogs that are bold and beautiful!  The word pictures I discovered are very creative and compelling!
ACTIVE RAIN, you are the significance that you don't need to search for!  You are … (20 comments)

new ideas: In our business it is hard to quit smoking. I know I did it. Can You? - 06/12/08 12:28 PM
Stress levels and the pressure to produce have never been higher. The last thing you might think about is quitting smoking. I finally quit two and half years ago and feel that I would be in some real trouble if I did not have my health and strength that I gained … (3 comments)

new ideas: When A New Agent Finds Himself - 04/21/08 01:05 PM
In a manner of speaking, Mike Lefebvre has found himself. A short six months ago Mike entered into a very fickle real estate industry as a rookie real estate agent. I’m certain that some of his colleagues, family and friends told him he was crazy for entering an industry that was … (23 comments)

new ideas: The More I Want It - 04/15/08 02:49 PM
A great quote that I love very much is:
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
By  Richard Bach
I love real estate and I am very passionate about it.  I am always trying to improve my business in every aspect.  While devoting hours and hours … (2 comments)

new ideas: Out with the old and in with the Internet! - 03/28/08 01:30 PM
 
I have seen many new agents with great advertising and self promotion lately. I see those same agents receiving the new business as well. The old way of advertising just doesn't payoff like it used to.
New advertising ways consists of new and creative ideas that will be a thing of the future. … (4 comments)

new ideas: About Un-Conventional Thinking and Real Estate Conventions - 03/23/08 08:02 PM
About Un-Conventional Thinking and Real Estate Conventions I've been to plenty-o-annual-real estate-conventions in my 29 year real estate adventure. The last 29 or so, well, they're all blurry-similar -- conventional conventions. That's not to say that attending isn't valuable or worth while...if your approach is unconventional, there is plenty to … (0 comments)

new ideas: Name that Price? Is taking a Seller on a Pricing Property Tour unethical? - 03/14/08 03:19 PM
Well, this has been the latest in several heated debates throughout our office.  Seems when times get tighter ideas push the envelope more. Based on a couple of videos we have seen around the office the idea of taking new Seller's or Seller's with stagnant listings on a pricing tour to play  … (3 comments)

new ideas: Olde Towne Recruiting Event - 03/01/08 08:27 PM
an Olde Fashioned Home Towne Evening with Home Towne Real Estate 2/21/2008 - Prince Frederick, MD - Home Towne Real Estate was pleased to welcome over 100 local area Realtors to its recruiting event entitled "An Olde Fashioned Evening with Home Towne Real Estate". Following a cocktail hour, during which dinner and … (3 comments)

new ideas: Desperate homeowners are turning to swapping in this slumping real estate market. www.pad4pad.com goes live 2/25/2008. - 02/29/08 03:50 PM
The decline in the housing market has the homes for sale inventory across the country at all time high.  This has home owners scrambling to find alternative methods to sell their homes. 
Swapping is the newest and hottest trend in the real estate market.  Swapping is basically the concept of "You … (5 comments)

new ideas: Real Estate Needs To Let Go of Old Thinking - 02/03/08 12:17 PM
Letting go is hard to do, but giving up outmoded ideas and behaviors is exactly what's needed throughout the real estate sector today. Home buyers, home sellers and homeowners need to let go of unrealistic expectations, while Realtors, mortgage brokers, lenders, home builders, real estate technology companies and even real estate … (3 comments)

new ideas: INVESTORS - Here is another way for some new business.... - 12/16/07 01:04 AM
 
Real estate investment trust
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contents
A Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT (pronounced /ˈriːt/) is a tax designation for a corporation investing in real estate that reduces or eliminates corporate income taxes. In return, REITs are required to distribute 90% of their income, which may be taxable in the … (2 comments)

new ideas: Real Estate Idea's That Have Expired (Gone South). - 09/22/07 12:35 PM
In today's real estate market so many listing are either expiring or sitting on the market for six months or more with hardly any showing activity and more and more sellers are getting disgruntle and want to take it out on the agent that is representing them--- that the home has … (0 comments)

new ideas: Talking Smoke Alarms and Other Tips to Protect Kids from Fire - 09/07/07 09:18 AM
Talking Smoke Alarms and Other Tips to Protect Kids from Fire.  I just was reading some different things on the net and I discovered the Talking Smoke Alarms.  I find these very interesting.  You program your voice to wake them up when a fire starts and you can also put directions … (3 comments)

new ideas: THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX IN ST AUGSUTINE - 08/12/07 10:50 AM
We are brainstorming here trying to figure out how to Flush out Buyers. We held a "MEGA open house" last month and had 10 leads as a result. We advertised, and then we took a lead from the builders and stood out on US1 (busy road) with our signs and pointed … (0 comments)

new ideas: What to do today? Get back INSIDE the box! - 07/31/07 11:01 AM
If you're like me, you've spent an incredible amount of time this year wracking your brain trying to come up with new ideas to help your listings stand out from the crowd, get more showings, and sell more quickly and for more money.Frankly, it's become something of an obsession for me. … (8 comments)

new ideas: We're Missing Good Posts - 02/06/07 07:31 AM
Though we have Featured Posts and Associate Lists, we're all missing good posts. When we read the summaries that have been posted, how many of the comment state that they missed at least one of those posts. When someone mentions another post here, or someone who recently joined ActiveRain and posted, … (2 comments)

 
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