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By Erica Ramus on July 30, 2010
Over 5,000 restaurants across the United States closed their doors in the past 12 months. Most of them were independents, not chains. After you get over mourning the demise of your favorite Friday night spot, thoughts turn to how are we going to sell these properties?…
Posted in Commercial, Entrepreneur, Marketing, News, Opinions, Real Estate | Tagged commercial real estate, Economy, Marketing, Real Estate, real estate economy, real estate market, Real Estate News |
By Benn Rosales on July 29, 2010
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again that you cannot purchase social media in a box. I’m not saying you cannot complete the purchase by blowing your money with the nearest ninja, but what I am saying is that delivery will never take…
Posted in New Media |
By Janie Coffey on July 28, 2010
Incorporating maps into your blog or website can be an engaging and exciting way to snag your readers’ attention. New technology has allowed mapping to become nearly a living breathing thing which you can create, explore and share. It’s not your momma’s flat paper map…
Posted in New Media, SEO, Social Media, Tech |
By Janie Coffey on July 21, 2010
Focusing your blog on a local or even hyper-local community is all the rage right now in real estate blogging. And for good reason. If you spread yourself too thin over a large geographic area, the “synergy” (to use an over used word) of all…
Posted in New Media | Tagged blog, hyper local, hyper-local blog, hyperlocal, hyperlocal blogs, local information, real estate blogging |
By Lesley Lambert on July 20, 2010
It was less than two years ago that my boyfriend brought Brightkite onto my radar. At first I was leery, why would I want to tell people, strangers, where I am? I approached with caution, but was willing to explore. Just as I started to…
Posted in New Media | Tagged brightkite, foursquare, geo tagging, gowalla, svngr, yelp |
By Ken Brand on July 19, 2010
You know the drill. Time to pray. Your listing just sold, but if it doesn’t appraise, all is lost. Stories of crappy, inaccurate, low property appraisals is way to common, and devastating. Here’s how it works wrong in Texas.*
The seller, and the buyer, agree on…
Posted in Coaching | Tagged Fanne Mae Appraisal Guidelines, Prevent Low Appraisals, Property Appraisals |
By Ken Montville on July 18, 2010
It seems that there was a bit of a kerfuffle recently about a Facebook page that (gasp!) used the word REALTOR® in the URL.
Evidently someone had set up a Facebook “Like” page for REALTORS® and, presumably, mere real estate agents to join in to give and receive…
Posted in NAR, Realtors | Tagged facebook, NAR, real estate agent, real estate trademarks, Realtor |
By Matt Stigliano on July 16, 2010
The day the earth didn’t stand still.
There was an earthquake near Washington, D.C. this morning – nothing earth shattering, but a bit of surprise for those in the area I would guess. I woke up and saw the news on Twitter, which is…
Posted in Coaching, Social Media | Tagged News, share, Social Media, too much |
By Ken Brand on July 12, 2010
Sharing is a beautiful thing. We share hyperlinks to relevant websites, appreciated information, and fun stuff. We share these links in our eMails, Facebook Status Updates, Twitter, Blogs, etc.
Sometimes we want to share multiple hyperlinks. I want to share a free, simple to use, tool that’s…
Posted in Marketing | Tagged sharetabs, sharing |
By Herman Chan on July 11, 2010
Lured by a national real estate frenzy , people flocked to get their real estate licenses during the boom. Our industry was flooded with part-timers, moonlighters and straight up amateurs chasing quick commissions and fast deals.
You could throw an ashtray on the market and…
Posted in Opinions | Tagged professionalism, real estate practice |