Chances are, if you're not on Facebook already, then you're likely to be getting on it pretty soon. Whether it's your kids or your next door neighbor (or those old friends you just reunited with at your high school reunion), folks around you have been hounding you to sign up, set up a profile, and start "social-networking" with all your friends, and their friends, and so on. Truth is, social-networking sites such as Facebook (and MySpace, Bebo, LinkedIn, etc) are increasingly turning into the first place people go when they get on the Internet, as these services offer e-mail, chat, … (3 comments)
coldwell banker sky ridge realty: Do you want the best deal or do you want the best house?
- 02/07/09 02:12 AM
In real estate, the best deal and the best house are two different things. The first decision a buyer has to make is which they want…. The best deal, or the best house. There is a misconception held by many buyers… Many think that the market is slow and that they don’t have to act. Some feel like the longer they wait, the better the deals will be.
The best deals come and go… meaning that if something is a good deal it won’t be a better deal later, because it won’t be available later it will have been … (2 comments)
coldwell banker sky ridge realty: Bank Owned Properties Sales in the Lake Arrowhead Vicinity
- 02/04/09 02:10 AM
The following chart shows the residential sales reported to the Rim Association for January 2009 by area. For all areas combined on the mountain, 41% were bank owned or REO properties. Of note is Lake Arrowhead with only 26% of the sales were properties that had been foreclosed on.
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coldwell banker sky ridge realty: Real Estate Myths for Buyers and Sellers
- 02/02/09 07:05 AM
From my experience, there are many myths on both sides of the home buying and selling fence. Here are 4 untruths held by Sellers and 4 by Buyers. Seller Myth #1: I can always reduce my price later. Sellers frequently price their home high initially for a time period just to "test the market." What sellers need to know is that buyers shop in price brackets... if your home is in the wrong one, you will just help sell everyone elses home while yours sits there overpriced. Agents will use your home to show how much of a better value other … (0 comments)
coldwell banker sky ridge realty: Lake Arrowhead Real Estate- Do Bloggers Sell Anything?
- 02/02/09 06:04 AM
This morning, I got an anonymous question asking if I or anyone else who posts on Activerain actually sell anything. The question is a good one... in fact, I would be interested to hear from other Activerain participants what kind of results they are achieving. I can speak for my team that it is a valuable tool to deliver market information and statistics about our area. I have had numerous customers tell me that they found me through search engines that delivered them back to this site as well as the stand alone blog I maintain for our company at … (2 comments)
coldwell banker sky ridge realty: Lake Arrowhead Real Estate- Brokers Official Statement about Zillow
- 01/29/09 12:36 AM
If you want to know what a home is worth do not go to Zillow or any of the other automated valuation services. These services deliver completely useless estimates of value. The values they project are based on County Records which are known to be ridiculously inaccurate and information that is typically months old. The only way to determine value is to work diligently comparing recently sold and listed information based upon accurate data. The only way this can be accomplished is through a professional, your local Realtor. Recent tests of 3 different online valuation systems comparing the values arrived … (4 comments)
coldwell banker sky ridge realty: Who is Coldwell Banker Sky Ridge Realty
- 01/26/09 06:04 AM
Some Time Ago,, I requested that our sales team give the answers to the following 5 questions. Who are we? What do we do? Whom are our customers? What makes us unique? and What value to we bring to our customers? The following are the raw un-edited answers I received back to the second question... What do we do? The following is the un-edited responses from our real estate agents We make dreams come true Through Coldwell Banker Sky Ridge Realty and our affiliated companies Alpine Escrow and Arrowhead Home Loans, we provide a full spectrum of real estate services, including … (0 comments)
coldwell banker sky ridge realty: Lake Arrowhead Real Estate- Where do Buyers Come From
- 01/23/09 01:47 AM
I did a recent study of our closed transactions, I looked at September, October, November and December to see where the buyers we represented came from. The following chart shows the percentage data. What this data tells me is that nearly 1/2 of the buyers that work with Coldwell Banker Sky Ridge Realty to buy homes found us through some relationship with the company or the agent. It is well documented that the single biggest strength of our organization is the wide reaching network that has been created by over 25 years of market leadership. Other notable sources are our Kiosk … (0 comments)
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