Joy Roussell's (joyroussell) Blog

Lead Generating is described as gathering up information about potential clients and taking the information you gather and using it to expand your contacts in the real estate industry. In Layman's terms, it's how you get clients! And we all know that we need clients to be successful realtors!  Ho...

Happy Independence Day America! We all know what comes up after Independence Day...  The rush of real estate buyers!  All the people that want to buy a house before school starts come to us realtors! So Happy Independence Day and good luck to all the agents that are about to get their rush of buy...

Emails are the most important way, we Realtors communicate with each other. My email is linked to my website, which means I use Microsoft Outlook to access my emails. Emails are a way for us Realtors to get our message across. It can be anything from Campaign emails, to important zipped files wit...

Here is an easy DIY you can create to spruce up your next Open House! Or maybe even give it as a gift for your next closing!  WHAT YOU NEED: A vase- I bought mine from the Dollar Store River Rocks- I bought mine from Hobby Lobby; but you can find them in any craft store Hot Glue Gun Flexible Rubb...

Lately, I've been looking into switching my real estate website company. The person that actually handles my website is needing to retire! So I've been looking into other companies that can create a new website! Do any of you guys have any recommendations?  All the companies that Google has provi...

Sugar Land, TX.  Where the rich are.  That's pretty much what people think when they hear Sugar Land.  Or... Do you guys sell a lot of candy? Let's just address that question, we sell as much candy as any other town in the United States. The amount of times I have gotten that question.. is just s...

Curb Appeal. Google defines it as the attractiveness of the exterior of a residential or commercial property, as viewed from the street. That is true. People will buy the house if they like the way it looks! People probably won't buy a house that has a couple of shingles missing, or a bad paint j...

I have been blogging for a couple of weeks now, and my favorite thing on here is Spell Check! Seriously, it's a life saver! In Real Estate, we all have to appeal to the looks. The looks of the home, the looks of our websites', and the looks of our writing. When it comes to our writing, which coul...

YES!!!! People like to shop by appeal. If your listing photos don't appeal to the average person, than you are more likely to not sell quickly! Your first 5 photos on HAR really matter! When making fliers, or anything pertaining to advertisement, usually people use the first 5 photos. If the phot...

The past couple of weeks has been fairly regular for Rosenberg!  The median list price for a property has been $170K and the average list price has been $261K. There are currently 156 properties on the Market in Rosenberg. With the market staying the same in Rosenberg, it's not giving a good outl...