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Have you noticed something new that appears in your Google searches? Google has been Twitterized! I Googled "real estate" and this is what I found... So, Google is now incorporating live updates from sites such as Twitter, MySpace, Jaiku, FriendFeed into the results pages. The tweets literally ar...
12/09/2009
If you are trying to close an escrow in Southern California right now, take advantage of your sunny days. An El Nino advisory was issued in California and the wet winter could cause delays in your real estate transactions and slow the real estate market in Southern California even more than curre...
12/08/2009
Okay my fellow ActiveRainers,  put on your buyer's shoes.... What is the single most important concern of homebuyers RIGHT NOW, IN THIS MARKET? Every market creates a different set of concerns and needs for homebuyers, a different set of challenges for homebuyers on their way to home ownership. I...
12/04/2009
It's a tough market out there. Real tough. You might want to consider getting out of the real estate business. How much longer are you going to suffer through this insanity?   You have built your business on solid principles and systems that once worked, but now those same systems are failing yo...
12/03/2009
How do you suggest we deal with this problem? There could be a silent killer lurking in our industry... the dreaded voicemail. Do you get tired of hearing the same message, "Sorry, I am not available to get your call...excuse, excuse, excuse?" As real estate professionals we are in the communicat...
12/02/2009
Detroit is aiming to be the nations frontrunner in a program that will entitle tenants to live for free or drastically reduced rental rates in foreclosed properties. The program is called ROOF (Retaining Occupancy on Foreclosure). Their mission is to minimize the displacement of former homeowners...
12/02/2009
How many times have you checked the license of a Realtor who just submitted an offer on one of your listings? What about the buyer's agent showing your property to clients? You receive a call from a buyer's agent from a particular agent's office asking to view your listing. You run your lockbox a...
12/01/2009
I never thought about buying a banana at a gas station. I was just paying for gas, but noticed the freshest banana I had ever seen at the counter. Just a single banana. Perfectly ripe. I love bananas but usually miss out on the "perfect timing" of eating a banana in its prime. I took advantage of...
11/17/2009
Fannie Mae said it would start offering leases of up to 12 months as an avenue to keeping families in their homes. "It's a big step forward," says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a longtime proponent of rent-back programs. "The Deed for Lease Program pro...
11/16/2009
I have so many solid leads for agents that I can not give them out fast enough. Do you want one, please? RESPA has also given me the green light to provide all print materials to you for free, that's right, absolutely at no cost to you. You want postcards sent to your farm area twice a week... no...
11/12/2009
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