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Social media tools and the sinking ship/speed boat theory
I don’t think I’m sinking, but I’m no speed boat… yet. My Facebook Biz Page Tribe is tiny, but the size of my Twitter Tribe is healthy. Per common sense and best-practices practice, I would like to grow the size of my Facebook Biz Page Tribe by sharing relevant, valuable and interesting stuff. My problem is this- how do I ...
Buyer wants to make an offer contingent on the sale of their home
In the State of Washington, an Offer Contingent on the Sale of the Buyers Home Selling is often fraught with all kinds of issues from the simple inability to get an offer on your Buyers home to the ramifications of waiving vs. satisfying their contingency. On top of all that, there are a myriad of additional forms and addenda that ...
Intelligent Design: The Evolution of WordPress
Wikipedia describes WordPress as “ an open source blog publishing application and can be used for basic content management”. At WordPress.org the description reads, “WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.” These two descriptions probably articulate the two most common perspectives on what WP is and does. With the WordPress one though, ...
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Obsolescence- What Real Estate Classes Fail to Teach
Many properties can exhibit some form of obsolescence – either functional, external or both. Don’t know what that term means? You’re not alone. Real estate classes often dart past these terms because real life situations that occur nationwide are difficult to cite. Yet as an appraiser I encounter homes with one or more of the following examples every week.
Managing Content For The Multi-Tasking Visitor
When it comes to an easy to use out-of-the-box content management system (CMS), WordPress is about as good as it gets. For the ready-to-go blogger, it’s a no-brainer and reason why WP is the most popular open source software ever. But what if you want to power a real estate lead generation monster with it? For the basis of a ...
Websites For Dummies – Is That Really The Goal?
When it comes to options for a web site, agents and brokers have numerous options at literally every price point. I wanted to see how many options I could find using a range of search queries spanning novice to expert. This one is my new favorite: Build My Own Website For Dummies Now I don’t think you are dumb at ...
Help the Appraiser Kill Your Deal
Recently the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) has been blamed for being the main reason appraisal values are low. It definitely hasn’t helped the situation but doesn’t hold true for every home. There are other ways to negatively impact the appraisal: Let There Be Light Having a home show well isn’t only for buyers. Open windows to let in ...
FHA Appraisal Issues
One reason I was brought on board here at AG is because I’m both a Realtor and Certified Residential Appraiser. In the 8 years and 2,000+ homes I’ve inspected I’ve seen the good, bad and everything in between. A few years ago FHA loans were rarely used. But now with their low down payment requirements and nearly all the crazy ...
TweetDeck for Newbies
There are a lot of aggregators out there for Twitter. I’ve tried many of them and found that TweetDeck is my favorite. (I also happen to like UberTwitter for Blackberry) There are tons of likeable options, the ability to send a twit and update Facebook at the same time is pretty cool. I would caution folks however not to use ...
How To Create Client Videos That Sell
Creating Killer Videos “Of course you’d tell me that, you want my business.” Yup, our efforts at creating credibility can only take us so far. To get the extra oomph that persuades prospects to your side and make up their mind you need some social proof. That is, other folks giving glowing testimony. And to do it with video… oh! ...
Optimizing your AdWords
Back to AdWords. If you’ve been following along, you’ve now a set of ads and keywords, which you can enter, bid on, and generally have at it. So now what? Now – you reduce your spending. One way to do that is to improve your quality score. And one way to do that is to improve your click-thru rate. Click-thru ...
20 Things You Should Know When Writing on a R.E.O. Property.
REO Properties Over the last couple of years with the increase of foreclosures, real estate agents who shy-ed away from Real Estate Owned (R.E.O.) properties have found themselves delving in to them head first. Reason for shying away include everything from elitism (I have been called a bottom feeder for working R.E.O.’s) to ignorance for understanding the dynamics in working an offer ...
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