Drop Bids & Foreclosure Auction Properties So as I mentioned yesterday, we have drop bid detection coming next week. Throughout our Beta, we got tons of feedback. By an overwhelming margin, the most requested feature was that of the drop bid. What is the Foreclosure Auction Property Climate? In
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12/02/2009
Foreclosure Grove News: Listings Update Every 30 mins + Drop Bids Checked Every 10 mins It's been a very busy holiday at The Grove. We, in tandem with out little Grove elves, have some new features to tell all of you about. The features in question will greatly benefit everyone looking to purcha
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12/01/2009
Keeping The Service Behind Closed Doors: There are so many sites on the internet promising a competitive advantage to realtors. That makes sense, realtors are a market like any other. Though, what bothers us here at the Grove, is that many of these sites offer a service and make you jump through
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11/25/2009
Don't delude yourself: a decent web site is going to cost you money. A website is your identity on the web. It is your BRAND. You dress decently in everyday life because you know that people are going to judge you on your appearance. You don't skimp on that, so don't think you can skimp on doing
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11/24/2009
How to style your blog post on Active Rain Notice how our posts have a bit of custom style? Red headers, green links, etc. Well, this is super easy to do. Here's how: First click the HTML tab above the text area where you type your blog posts. Then, write some very basic html. For example, a para
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11/20/2009
Everyone's talking about social networking - and for good reason. When done right, social networking is an incredibly cheap, incredibly effective way to market your business. But unfortunately most people have it all wrong. This is especially true with Facebook. Most people create a profile for
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11/19/2009
In the startup community this problem is pretty universal. When you start something new, you'd like to get people excited and talking about it. But of course the same idea applies to any business - especially real estate where creating and maintaining contacts is critical. But this isn't always
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11/18/2009
As I peruse the shelves at Barnes and Noble and surf through the internet’s slew of expertise real estate advise, the picture I am presented with is a world filled with people asking critical questions, doing detailed research, and conducting grueling interviews to choose the “right” agent. B
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11/17/2009
We've noticed that the idea of 'social media' has become commonplace among real estate professionals. There are tons of conferences on topics like using WordPress to expand one's client base...or Twitter...or Facebook - all promising to teach you the arcane secrets that will 'take your busines
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11/16/2009
Two of our favorite books here at The Grove are "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug and "Emotional Design" by Donald Norman. While the latter is aimed at designers and the former is targeted at web developers, both books are an invaluable resource for those who provide services to customers. Over
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11/13/2009
