10 Tips for SuccessIn my reading time, I came across some things that made me thing about some things, I believe we may all know, but sometimes overlook. It really goes back to the KISS rule. We try to perfect what we are doing, tweaking this and that, when really it is all about getting back t
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03/31/2007
5 Tips on Selling a Vacant House Generally speaking a vacant house takes twice as long to sell. Here are five tips on making a vacant house a home. 1. People Buy Homes, not Houses A buyer purchases a home because it "feels like home." They need to see themselves in the home you are selling.
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03/29/2007
Real Estate Investment:Ever take a vacation and visit a timeshare (RCI or Interval International affiliates)? They put you up in either a hotel or if they are good at what they do, they put you in one of their development condos. Your obligation is to take their 90 minute tour (it's never 90 mi
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03/28/2007
Active Rain Professionals I would be interested in building a referral network of professionals with integrity within the real estate industry in various professional fields. Those interested can be other real estate agents, builders, staging professionals, landscapers, interior decorators, appr
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03/27/2007
Pictures Are Most Important, Pricing Ranks Second I ran across this bit of information about the thoughts of Buyers and Sellers when using the internet. Thought I would share what I learned with you. When searching internet websites, buyers and sellers looking for real estate information say by
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03/26/2007
3 Critical Construction Components in Building a New Home I was talking to my father this weekend as we were working on my son's home, remodeling his basement with a new bathroom and utility room. During our casual conversations, I mentioned to my father that I was putting this blog together to
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03/26/2007
Curiosity begs me to ask, what are you seeing in your real estate business around buyers and sellers? What I have been experiencing is a interest level that shows some excitement in the real estate market. Sellers are motivated to put their homes on the market anticipating a competition and a n
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03/23/2007
Housing Starts Up 9 Percent, But Still Lag 28.5 PercentThe following article reflects the national average for housing starts. Here in the Kansas City Metro area, our new home built over the last two quarters of 2006 are down about 14% and the first quarter 2007 is forecast to be down. One point
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03/23/2007
How do you use technology in your real estate career? Obviously, you are using an active rain blog, but how are you using the other tools in technology to help you succeed in real estate? Coming out of the technology world and back into real estate, I knew I needed to have an internet presence
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03/22/2007
I'm looking to improve upon my slogan for my kansas city real estate web site at www.heritage.net and would like some input from you marketing guru's. I have selected a theme around the Lighthouse. Everything I do, I use the following logo and picture (at the end). Currently, my slogan is "Int
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03/21/2007
