What options do I have if my house is being foreclosed? There are several options a person facing foreclosure might take. It mostly depends on what the person wants. For example, when I meet with clients for the first time, I usually inquire whether they are occupying the home, or whether they are renting the [...]
Archive | August, 2011
My First Guest Post for The Texas Real Estate Blogger
August 29, 2011 My My so many topics to write about with Real Estate in mind. Such a busy time of year with people moving in and out to new areas with new schools and new surroundings. With times changing the only thing we can count on is change. We live in a world with [...]
Short Sales Properties: The Second Best Deal
With the current status of the real estate market there are great investment opportunities that can be found across the country. However, where do short sales fall? Are there better investment opportunities out there or are short sales your best bet? According to RealtyTrac, homebuyers are definitely taking advantage of the real estate investment opportunities [...]
How a Loan Modification May Benefit You
With the way the economy is on it’s major down fall, who wouldn’t enjoy less expenses? I mean, I know I would! And I’m sure you guys have heard your neighbors say the words “Loan Modification” at least once or twice then wondered what those two words meant. Well, don’t wonder any longer! Here’s how [...]
Standing out from the Crowd in a Buyer’s Market
The large inventory of metro Atlanta homes for sale makes any potential seller anxious about placing their property on the market. If you’re looking to put your Atlanta home on the market and you have fears of falling home prices, you are in good company, as home sellers across Atlanta face a buyer’s market. With [...]
Students Opting for Chicago Condos Over University Dorms
As the summer draws to a close and the start of the school year creeps ever closer, university students and their parents have a lot of important decisions to make, not the least of which concerns housing. While in the past the question of housing has generally hinged on which dorms to request on your [...]
Agent Reboot – Yes or No?
This past week, with much fanfare Inman’s Agent Reboot came to Hawaii for the first time. It was highly publicized event and, as expected, attendance was high with many professionals flying in from the outer islands to join their fellow Oahu Realtors. On the flight home, I overheard a couple of agents discussing whether it [...]
Non-Distressed Property Sales Are Shrinking, Say the Numbers
The real estate market has had its share of ups and downs (mostly downs for homeowners) over the last decade, but now the housing market may actually be shrinking. Numbers released yesterday reveal that nearly one-third of all home sales in the United States from April to June of this year were distressed properties, which [...]
Keep Your Emails Out of Spam Filters
According to Symantec Corporation 75.8% of the emails sent in the US in August 2011 were spam. It’s no wonder we all want our spam filters working overtime, saving us from having to sort through all that junk. Still – when you send an update on a deal, a carefully crafted message to your professional [...]
DotLoop Tip of the Day: Removing Unnecessary Forms/Attachments from Your Loop
Being a real-estate agent in the 21st century is all about keeping up with the fast-paced, technology-driven culture that has enveloped our society today. DotLoop aims to do just that by simplifying the electronic transaction process through our easy-to-use collaborative workspace. Here is your daily tip to increase production through the DotLoop system: Need to get rid of those [...]
Strategic Database Marketing to Increase Sales
Dull topic? Not when you start closing more deals and making more money! The sales person with the largest database (who follows up with that database) wins! And I will share with you a technique to automatically follow up with your database for 5 years for FREE!
Is the Massive Shadow Inventory Actually Shrinking?
Shadow inventory – the collection of homes that are either in the foreclosure process but haven’t been sold yet, or are being kept off the market because of low prices and market uncertainty – has grown tremendously over the past five years. While foreclosures have broken records – with over one million foreclosures in 2010 [...]
DotLoop Tip of the Day: Withdrawing Forms
Being a real-estate agent in the 21st century is all about keeping up with the fast-paced, technology-driven culture that has enveloped our society today. DotLoop aims to do just that by simplifying the electronic transaction process through our easy-to-use collaborative workspace. Here is your daily tip to increase production through the DotLoop system: Need to Make Changes to Forms [...]
Appraisal Issues? Blame Washington
Once again appraisers are in the cross hairs, the incessant screaming is that we’re “killing deals” and hampering any real estate recovery chatter is heating up. Low appraisals, incorrect appraisals or appraisers not being familiar with the area in which they work are the topics of conversation around the real estate water coolers. Most of [...]
Useful Apps for Real Estate Agents
For us technologically savvy real estate agents, there are many apps available that have changed the way we are able to do business. Whether you currently use an iPhone or Android phone, there are a plethora of options to change the way you handle your business and communication with clients. The large corporations like Zillow and Trulia both have [...]
7 Reasons To Refinance Your VA Loan With A Streamline Refinance
Congratulations to you if you are a Vet and you took advantage of your VA benefit to get a VA loan to buy your house. Also, thanks for your military service for our great country. Your VA loan brings with it some excellent benefits like no down payment and no monthly mortgage insurance. But now [...]
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