By Jeff Belonger on September 8, 2010
What does the word Realtor mean to you? What would you consider your duties as a Realtor? I always find some sort of issue when reading mortgage related questions by Realtors on Trulia. My first question would be… why do Realtors even answer these questions? …
Posted in Opinions | Tagged mortgages, real estate advice |
By Janie Coffey on September 8, 2010
I have come to realize there is a divide, a great divide among real estate agent personas. One side sees real estate as a hand numbers game, one filled with scripts and charts and hard sales. The movie Glengarry Glen Ross takes the persona of…
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By Janie Coffey on September 1, 2010
With so many bargain basement deals available to buyers, some brokers are implementing a “minimum commission policy”. They ask buyers to sign an agreement guaranteeing a commission of $X, anything less than that, the buyer makes up the difference at closing.
Many property prices have…
Posted in Real Estate, Realtors | Tagged buyer agreements, real estate buyers |
By Lani Rosales on August 31, 2010
Good Magazine took a look at a “handful of cities around the world” and how often pedestrians are killed to create a new infographic outlining how American cities stack up against European and Asian nations… and it’s not good news.
By analyzing the number of…
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By Jeff Belonger on August 30, 2010
The highway informational system gone wrong again? There has been a lot of chit chat in the last year that blogging will die out or it’s dead. Is this true? How can this be? We see so many blog sites and blog posts all over the…
Posted in Opinions | Tagged blogging, real estate blogging |
By Ken Montville on August 29, 2010
Heresy.
Yeah. I know it.
Depending on who you talk to Social Media is a source of tons of new business and a way to keep in touch with our sphere of influence — aka “fan base” — or it’s purely entertainment. Social Media is…
Posted in New Media, Real Estate, Social Media | Tagged Social Media, social media director, web 2.0, web 2.0 marketing |
By Gwen Banta on August 27, 2010
My dear readers, friends, colleagues and fellow inmates: Please think before you participate in MLS-Speak. If you don’t, you’ll come off like a horse’s petute. This week’s fertile field of bloopers was more like a tribute to Calabasas, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. Check…
Posted in Friday, Highlights, Marketing, Marketing, NAR, Opinions, Public Relations, RE Moments, Real Estate, Realtors | Tagged Marketing, MLS, Public Relations, Real Estate, Realtors, Sales |
By Mariana Wagner on August 25, 2010
Thanks to each of you (both Agent Genius contributors and readers) who have made this point before… the internet and blogging are just TOOLS, not the answers to all things real estate.
How True! I bring this up because I had this conversation (among many…
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By Anna Altic on August 25, 2010
This is so cool
I just lifted this quote from the walkscore website because their explanation is way better than mine about what a transit score is.
“Transit score is a measure of how well a location is served by public transit. Transit Scores are…
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By Anna Altic on August 23, 2010
I am a student of people and when I take buyers out I frequently take mental notes of their comments, habits, and overall energy when they view homes. Frankly, those insights come in more handy for me in prepping my sellers on getting their homes…
Posted in Real Estate | Tagged green real estate |
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