Lots of good points here. However, not every agent needs to be good with a camera...as long as they have someone else on their team who is (or have great relations with virtual tour/photography specialists). Also, getting all of the homes UP on the Internet is really huge. Some of best agents can
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04/17/2010
Lynbrook High Homes Update 04.17.10 Hello! This is Michelle Carr Crowe with your Lynbrook High Homes Update for 04.17.10. We hope you enjoyed spring break and are ready to get back to the usual rhythm of school and work life. We invite you to join us at our *2* Open HomesSaturday, April 17th from
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04/16/2010
Great post. So often Buyers want to keep all of their options open and fear commitment that they lose sight of (and sometimes lose out on) the home that's just right for them. They can easily forget too many cooks spoil the soup. Trying to help people figure out what they are willing to trade off
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04/16/2010
This is a great article. So many sellers (and buyers) get caught up in who they are obligated to (family & friends) or who will reduce or give back commission $$ that they forget they are hiring a REPRESENTATIVE, or AMBASSADOR. To me, that means hiring someone with a reputation for getting the jo
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04/15/2010
Bargain-hunters alert! I recently signed up for Groupon in San Jose, and they have coupons in Campbell, Los Gatos, Palo Alto, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Saratoga, too. It's basically like a free membership into a co-op for specific "daily special" coupons. For whatever day's special, i
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04/14/2010
I avoided activating my first "invitation" to gmail because I really didn't see it as an improvement over my hotmail. Both are from an outside service, right? It would just be another change for people to learn. I've begun using gmail more frequently. I like her tips on setting up the labels and
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04/14/2010
Charles here is highlighting a program that is often overlooked--the USDA loan. While demand for this program is high, too many people forget about it because they are not in the agriculture business. He includes a link showing the actual eligible areas, that many people probably otherwise would
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04/14/2010
Google and ActiveRain both offer way more tools than I'm every going to master. However, I encourage you to sign up for this class tomorrow on How to Use Interactive Google Maps Using Google Base Data. The last one I took helped quite a bit, but I need a refresher. Putting your business on a Goog
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04/13/2010
Great positive news! I've heard similar statistics for a while (93% of homeowners are paying their mortgages just fine and on time). However, it is good to hear the trend continues. Sometimes it's easy to forget that not everything is awful when you read a lot of negative news in the mass media,
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04/13/2010
This is a great chance to improve yourself through learning, and get a chance to win a new iPad. You get to read a preview chapter of Tom Ferry's book, then choose one of 3 exercises to do, then (most important) blog about it within the following parameters: You need to have a 300-500 word blog p
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04/13/2010