real estate: FAME then FORTUNE (OR) NO FORTUNE WITHOUT FAME
- 10/21/09 02:17 AM
Much is written about BRANDING in real estate? What does mean? Do you really have to buy a fancy logo made out of your photo or name? Is that what this is about? Not really. Here's a POWERFUL question??? How many people in your COMMUNITY think of your name automatically when they think of real estate? In this question, the word "COMMUNITY" can mean family, subdivision, neighborhood, suburb, small town, medium sized city, or major metropolis - depending on where you sell, and how high you have set your sights... If I were to visit your COMMUNITY … (0 comments)
real estate: The Back of Winter Is Broken - The Great Recession is OVER!
- 10/15/09 03:14 AM
Popular news sources are reporting that the recession is over. HOORAY !!! Many bloggers here and elsewhere are waxing dubious about this. They note that jobs and credit are still both in short supply and predicted to get worse before they get better. IF THAT IS YOU THEN... KNOCK IT OFF!!! Don't you know you create what you believe? We all function better if we drag around an aura of hope instead of a cloud of gloom! BOTTOM LINE? It's just like the changing of the seasons on the calendar. There may still be a few cold days left, … (6 comments)
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real estate: Toledo Ohio Real Estate Market Report
- 07/24/09 05:58 AM
Toledo Real Estate Market Continues Slow with average sales price and volume continuing below one year ago. An a national level, things are getting better - with RISMEDIA and NAR reporting sales voume in total units sold up 3.6 % overall. While they say this is the third month of improvement, they note that sales are still below June of 2008. ###### RISMEDIA, July 24, 2009-Existing-home sales rose for the third consecutive month with inventory easing and home prices declining less sharply in June, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales-including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops-increased 3.6% to a seasonally … (1 comments)
real estate: Speaker Available
- 07/06/09 09:20 AM
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real estate: Social Media: Twitter, Facebook - Prospecting When You WANT To
- 06/11/09 09:11 AM
A lot of what you see in social media sites seems silly and meaningless, and much of what is revealed on the personal level may seem far too personal and casual to EVER lead to business... Or so many Realtors think. But this is the heady stuff of that messy thing called R E L A T I O N S H I P Any Realtor actually selling houses right now knows that a Pre-Existing R E L A T I O N S H I P trumps almost any other prospecting skill or ability a Realtor might have when it comes … (6 comments)
real estate: Toledo Real Estate Recovery - Toledo Homes For Sale - Home Search
- 06/08/09 11:22 PM
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real estate: ZERO DOWN HOME LOANS APPROVED FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS IN OHIO!
- 06/03/09 12:54 PM
Zero Down Home Loans Approved for First Time Buyers in Ohio! Re Posted from http://www.HomeFinder100.com/blog/ Zero Down Home Loans Approved for Ohio! Whether or not the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit can be used as part of the 3.5% Down Payment required in FHA loans has been a topic of much discussion and debate lately. Now we have an answer! And the answer is “YES” according to Charles McMillan, President of the National Association of Realtors. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Ohio home buyers CAN use the $8000 First time home buyer tax … (0 comments)
real estate: Toledo Real Estate Zero Down Home Loans Coming Back with $8,000 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit?
- 05/31/09 12:23 AM
Toledo Real Estate Toledo Homes For Sale Buyer News: Are Zero Down Home Loans Coming Back with $8,000 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit? Well.... First the answer was yes. On May 12th the FHA said the answer was yes. On strength of an official letter and public comments and advice from FHA officials, many bloggers and web sites posted the "happy" news - that zero down loans were back! Some of those articles are still out there, including mine on Twitter. However, further research shows that there have been some unusual developments since, most admirably run down by another Active Rain … (2 comments)
real estate: Recession Marketing Plan ? Don't Become an Invisible Agent !
- 04/27/09 01:33 AM
Recessions cause most businesses to pull back on advertising and marketing. But this could be shooting yourself in the foot. Textbook advice is to stay aggressive in the face of the cyclical market downturn. It's the best way to position a business for future growth once the market turns. So Remember: Out of Sight is Out of Mind - and don't become an INVISIBLE AGENT. And don't make your sellers homes INVISIBLE HOMES by scrimping on marketing. … (11 comments)
real estate: Real Estate Marketing - Are You Purple Yet?
- 04/22/09 01:35 AM
If you HOLD your BREATH until you TURN PURPLE, will you sell more real estate? Probably not, but you never know... Where am I going with this? I am trying to help you make an extra $10,000 to $50,000 dollars in 2009. Would that work for you? What would 5 extra deals be worth? Can you get that from better SEO, a solid Social Media Marketing Strategy, or a Lead Generating Web Site that worked better? What does this have to do with BEING PURPLE? Every great blog post needs a cool "lead in" or angle - and this single blog post … (8 comments)
real estate: Do You Prospect the Internet?
- 04/07/09 03:09 PM
Lisa nails it in her post below: Like I have been saying in free coaching sessions all week; Online Marketing in a WEB 2,0 World is NOT ABOUT REAL ESTATE. It is about relationship. Meet people. Build your contact list. Let them know what you do.
How many times have you gone to the local board meetings, whether it be your local school board or your local board of Realtors, and tried to prospect for potential clients? Do you go knock doors in your service neighborhoods? Do you hang door hangers, do you leave your business card with new … (4 comments)
real estate: Real Estate Coaches - Not Wanted, Off With Their Heads!
- 04/07/09 12:03 AM
Real Estate Coaches are taking a beating on other threads and other blogs... It makes me sad as I read it. It's bad enough that Realtors take a beating in the court of public opinion. Now Real Estate Coaches are suffering the same sort of beating in the court of professional opinion (of Realtors)? Of course, I personally believe Realtors CREATE VALUE rather than prey on the public. But I also know that some public sentiments are powerfully aligned against the Realtor profession: "Realtors - you know how you feel about it when people accuse you of stealing their equity … (5 comments)
real estate: Real Estate Short Sale Train Slows To A Halt !
- 03/19/09 12:08 AM
The short sale process is Grinding To Halt, or at least chilling to a slow freeze. The banks just keep moving slower and slower. Can You Hear the sound of money, rotting? I have friends who wrote on a short sale almost two months ago. Not my clients - I referred them to somebody who is TOP NOTCH since I no longer practice. The bank has not responded yet. It goes up for sheriff sale next week. The offer is at 80% of asking price. HELLO MR BANKER!!!!! THESE ARE DEPRECIATING ASSETS. They don't get better with age... Money is … (2 comments)
real estate: Millionaire Realtors - Making $1000 an hour?
- 03/14/09 02:32 AM
It has been written: "Life Imitates Art" Hmmm.... I wonder if Real Estate Imitates Art As Well - especially when it comes to agent compensation? The public often thinks Realtors are overpaid. The "Million Dollar Round Table" designations have contributed to this - as though all members are millionaires. It's just not so - as the average Realtor makes less than $30,000 a year. But even Realtors have been know to wonder out loud about about the large financial rewards available to those who succeed in this career field. Extraordinarily high incomes, well over 6 figures, are possible … (7 comments)
real estate: This is The GREATEST Real Estate Market Ever !!!
- 02/26/09 11:09 PM
Tell everyone you know - IT'S ABOUT TO BE THE GREATEST REAL ESTATE MARKET EVER!!! The ForeClosure prevention steps being implemented by Uncle Sam will stop the inventory oversupply problem that has pushed prices downward. In the next 3 months, credit will become more widely available, and jobs created by the Economic Recovery Stimulus Package will dump money into the economy - spurring a rise in consumer confidence and consumer spending. House values are about to start going up, and so are interest rates. NOW is the time to bag a great deal - and many smart buyers will realize that in the … (0 comments)
real estate: Active Rain and the Google Juice Effect - Search Engine Keywords for Real Estate Web Sites
- 02/25/09 05:54 AM
Want To Be Page One At Google Search Engine for relevant real estate keywords? How does that work? How can Active Rain Help? What keywords are the best? Active Rain is such a busy and high quality site that Google Loves Active Rain. If you understand which real estate terms are most used as search engine keywords, and post with these keywords as blog titles, blog content, and blog tags, your AR Blog post could be ranked #1 at Google in only days! If you already understand how to use search engine keywords for real estate web site placement, it helps your main web site … (2 comments)
real estate: Super Bowl Sunday: 100 Yards of Real Estate in Tampa Florida : )
- 02/01/09 01:24 AM
The Super Bowl is all about real estate... right? Well... this is a real estate blog, right? And I am supposed to post ON TOPIC - right? OK: But I am a football fan - and like most of America, even the world: I am celebrating an international holiday known as SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. Just to stay on topic: In Real EstateTerms: There are 100 yards of real estate being featured the world over today. The BIG QUESTION IS: Who will pay the price and OWN THE FIELD when the bidding is over? Pittsburgh Steelers are offering BIG BEN. Arizona … (3 comments)
real estate: Toledo Area Realtors - Doing The IMPOSSIBLE !
- 01/27/09 03:27 AM
Several Toledo Area Realtors are having record years, in spite of economic trends and market cycles. It has been my good fortune to meet with several and discuss opportunities to grow their business more in 2009! Defying the odds? Overcoming Challenges? Such tasks sound superhuman in many business circles, but these are just everyday parts of Real Estate! One of my friends in the business shared with me - just this morning - about how IMPOSSIBLE his day would be... He hoped I would excuse him for short notes and late email responses because - he had to go do the … (2 comments)
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