Archive for August, 2009

Get more REOs

I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that REOs are very hot at the moment. As savvy buyers and investors are actively looking for great real estate deals, bank owned properties are practically flying off the shelf with multiple offers. If you’re an agent trying to break into the lucrative REO market, or even [...]

Twitter for Beginners

If Ben Stiller can do it – SO CAN YOU! I think some of us can relate to Ben’s take on social networking and trying to figure it all out.

Tweet 12 Seconds of Video from your iPhone!

Share your videos on Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, or other networks
12second is a cool app that makes it super easy to share your videos on Twitter and Facebook. Plus they have widgets and embed codes to share on your blog or Myspace, Tumblr, or anywhere else.

Happy Friday – Strong Gain in Existing-Home Sales Maintains Uptrend

According to a post today by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), for the first time in five years, existing-home sales have increased for four months in a row; monthly increase is the largest in 23 years. Existing home sales rose 7.2 % to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.24 million units in July [...]

Google Maps and Real Estate

What do you think of the way Google presents it’s real estate search? How do you think this compares with Zillow or Trulia?

Has Government Intervention Stalled Home Price Declines?

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about it. Read It Here

Driving more traffic with Single Property Websites

Single property websites are a wonderful listing tool that more and more real estate agents and brokers are using. They have very good reasons for doing so: creating a single-property website for each of your listings can help you drive significantly more traffic than using traditional tools. Traditional vs. Modern Real Estate Marketing Tools ListingDomains [...]

Top 10 reasons why building a website for your listings is a no-brainer…

Learn why creating a website for each of your real estate listings is the best way to market your properties online.

Social Networking Widgets

New widgets for real estate professionals.

Almost half of homeowners with a mortgage could be underwater by 2011, says Deutsche Bank.

This CNN article is not good news for those of us in the real estate industry. In it Karen Weaver from Deutsche Bank estimates that home prices in the US will fall another 14% causing 48% of homeowners to be upside down on their mortgage. What?? I thought we were bottoming out? Anyone have any [...]