Dustin's Real Estate Blog

Just looking for some advice here.  I've heard of agents having "parties" in their homes in order to bring prospects in and remind friends that they're in the business.  I've been considering an evening wine and tapas open house... or a lunch-break open house... what do you have to offer as ideas...

I received a call last week regarding one of the many letters I have mailed out to expired listings within my region.  The caller was a seller who was interested in finding a "better" agent to work with.  I sent the seller a CMA and an online presentation for his viewing... and of course took his...

Just a Happy Thanksgiving wish for everyone.  Hope it's a safe and family-filled holiday for everyone!

After only 2 days on the market, I have 4-6 friends and colleagues who are passing the word on to interested parties, one of which is looking very promising.  All it took was some networking and only within my immediate "sphere of influence".  (And to think that, 6 months ago, I though my sphere ...

All the hard work and dedication has finally paid off in this crappy market... I have listed my first property for sale.  It's a beautiful, fully renovated home in the Pittsburgh area and only selling for a modest $62000.  You can view pics on my myspace page at www.myspace.com/dustinnulf This ca...

So I recently blogged about Home Sales being up lately as reported by NPR News.... evidently NPR was not talking about the country in general because it was just on NPR today that NAR announced home sales to be down a little over 3% nationally. So I appologize for my last post.  The good news is ...

Just wondering what you have found to be effective advertising.  Where do you get your leads?  I'm currently doing well marketing to expired listings and was wondering if magazine, yellow pages, local newspapers, or homes magazines were effective for bringing clients on? Also, has anyone had any ...

Has anyone used pay-per-click advertising on the web?  And what have you're results been with it?  Have you gotten any decent leads or clients out of it?  Success stories or failures?  Please post away, I'd like to know if it's worth my time and money. Thanks, Dustin

So, I heard this on NPR 2 days in a row and tried to post something about it 2 days ago... evidently blog posts don't work correctly when completed over a phone... so here it is again. National Public Radio just stated that home sales are up a good bit over last year at this time and I would just...

So after 2 years of plummeting home prices and an overall crappy market, Pittsburgh is still positive in year-over-year home prices.  Anyone else have numbers like this to share?