Alice C. Wilson's (alicecwilson) Blog

I took a few WiseAgent courses and found them to be quite helpful.  Will go back and look again at all the tools they have available.  Founded in 2001, The Wise Agent continues to strive to provide the best tools available to real estate agents online. The Wise Agent is the brainchild of Brandon ...

Thanks to Cindy for keeping us informed on short sales. Today, there are 683 active homes for sale in Carmel Indiana and 5% of 33 of those are short sales.  Whilte this is not a huge amount in terms of percentage, it is one of the more sought after type of homes in the market.  Many buyers or inv...

Still doing my research on short sales so I appreciate this article from Tim and Julie Harris.  Thanks to both of them for increasing my knowledge.  Fresh off the presses....new information for you that reinforces our belief that the Obama Administration is about to open the flood gates for short...

This looks like fun.  Everybody should look at their Klutter score. What is your Klout?  Do you know?  I thought my Klout was strong... At Raincamp Dallas TX 2010, one of the tools we learned about was Klout.com.  Your Klout score can range from 1-100 and it uses your Twitter username to look you...

Thanks to Rebecca Levinson for the online sales tools + some thoughts on facebook and linking strategies.  You can't go wrong with her tips. 1/24/2010-2/05/2010 RealSkillz Freebie Picks- Free Online Reads and Real Estate Marketing Resources for Real Estate Agents and Real Estate Companies     How...

Neil, Thanks for posting.If you bought a foreclosure home and intend taking immediate possession, think again.  Under the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 (S. 896), signed into law on May 20, 2009, tenants, including section 8 tenants, must receive at least 90 days notice before they...

Jeremy Blanton has given us some solid tips on the best ways to get your website on Google's first page.  I like the link, link, link section where he teaches us to link back and forth with friends and family. The more links we have the better chance we have getting notice.  Jeremy makes a good O...

Great reminder from Brad Andersohn about identity thefts that can occur in Facebook and Gmail.  If it hadn't been for a Twitter account, then Brad may never have known.   We all need to be so careful these days who we respond to on any of our accounts.  It's such a shame but a fact of life. Hopef...

Thanks to Rebecca Levinson for giving some of the best methods for creating that special connection for your real estate blog posts.  See if she can help you get started.How do bloggers maintain loyal readership and gain new followers?  Most bloggers discover over time that the way to do this is ...

Thanks so much to Brad Andersohn for sharing 'The ActiveRain Real Estate Network Toolbar'.  It will expedite you getting to your Active Rain account so much easier!  I'm going to try it with my Firefox browser.  Where are you going to try it?    The ActiveRain Conduit - A Nifty Toolbar for Your I...