I am considered the go to guy for technology within my office. That being said, I think that some agents are focusing on the systems designed to make their jobs easier and are not really in the best interest of the Client. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Agents are making a concious decision ...

08/15/2010

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At the begining of this year as I was setting up my business goals, one of them was to create a facebook business page, because as we all know by now that over 80 gazillion people are now using FB as their primary social network site :) I started by looking at other Agent's sites and found that ...

08/12/2010

This Month in Real Estate August 2010

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The big story of this month and hopefuly carrying into next month are the ridiculously low interest rates. Prices are down and inventory is picking up. Smart sellers can see the advantage of selling low to buy a more suitable home at the bottom of the market and getting the low interest rate! See...

08/10/2010

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