This post originally appeared on HousingStorm.com on the training blog for HousingStorm writers.
89 Topics for Killer Local Real Estate Posts
- Real Estate Appraisal Problems
- New Guidlines
- Local Stories
- FHA Appraisals vs Conventional
- Pest Clearances needed?
- Commercial Real Estate
- The Coming Implosion
- Falling Rents
- New Local Businesses
- Local Business Closing Down
- Vacancies at Local Shopping Areas
- Commercial Vacancy Rates
- Foreclosures
- Foreclosures stats for your town.
- REO Stories
- Foreclosure Moratoriums
- How to write an offer on an REO
- Where are all the foreclosures?
- Buying on the courthouse steps
- Disclosures on REOs
- Short Sales
- Short Sale horror/success stories
- Short Sales vs Foreclosures
- Short Sale Stats
- What is a Short Sale Package?
- Credit Scores
- How long before you can buy a house again
- Do short sale comps count?
- Anything to do with local short sales
- Local Sales Activity
- Breakdown of Actives, Pending, and Solds
- Breakdown and compare different price segments
- Breakdown and compare different neighborhoods
- Compare new vs old
- HOA/Condo Problems
- HOA Insolences/Bankruptcies
- Special Assessments
- What happens when a development becomes cash-only?
- FHA approval for a condo complex
- Lawsuits
- The Role of Real Estate Agents
- Why we're worth our pay
- When we're not worth our pay
- Should we work as consultants and get paid hourly?
- What should you expect from a real estate agent?
- Eco and Green
- New Green Business in the Area
- New Jobs at Green Companies
- Local Green design
- Ideas for making a house more environmentally friendly
- Is "Green" a fad?
- Is Green a Bubble?
- Green vacation ideas
- Green things to do around town
- Ways our town could be more Green
- Highlight new Green products and technology
- Home Design
- Smaller vs Bigger
- New Trends
- Is the Granite-and-Stainless fad finally over?
- Frugality and Changing Social Mood
- Ways to Save Money
- Doing Less with Less
- Why "Fancy" isn't always "Better"
- Smaller homes vs big ones
- Older homes vs new ones
- Falling prices (homes, cars, food, clothes, rents, etc)
- Backlashes against public employees
- Backlashes against unions
- Frugal fads (like backyard chickens and increased gardening)
- Budget and Taxes
- Local School Budget Problems
- Local City Budget Problems
- Local and State Taxes
- City, County, and State layoffs
- City and County Bankruptcies
- Cities and Counties vs Unions
- Local Jobs
- Unemployment stats state and local
- New businesses moving in
- Businesses moving out or closing down
- Homeless shelter information
- Food Bank information
- Job Fair Information
- Population Changes
- In Focus: Local Entities
- In Focus: _________ School
- In Focus: _________ Restaurant
- In Focus: __________ Charity
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