A Real Estate Blog

A few minutes ago I concluded a class on Social Networking and Blogging at our Glendora office in Southern California. I have discussed blogs to our agents before but up to now the message had not hit home. The difference in my approach (and the reason why it was so impactful) came when I mention...

The stock market had 4 days of gain over the last week and some are saying that this may be a water shed moment in turning the tide towards a recovery.Let's see what the next few days will bring but if we were to assume that this is the "bottom" we've been looking for, how can we (as an industry)...

I am very proud to have been the ambassador for our team at CENTURY 21 Adams & Barnes (www.c21ab.net) at CENTURY 21's International Convention in San Antonio, Texas. At General Session of the convention we were presented with the award.At that point I had the privilege to have an exchange on stag...

My relatively new Nikon D40 is an attention getter and I love that. For a long time, I researched SLRs because I knew that I wanted to snap photos that were more relevant to listings and better at portraits (I take most of the photos of our incomming REALTORS). I have worked with a point-and-shoo...

Now we all know that Californian's tend to be laid back but I was taken aback by her flip flops, wrinkled slacks and unruly hair.Not soon after, at another home an agent greeted me who was wearing tennis shoes and a knee lenght silver chain that made sure his wallet would never be less than 5 fee...

At a recent Tech Training seminar I taught at the Arcadia Association of REALTORS a newer agent walked up to me after the class and asked me what school or degree I had attended to learn all 'these programs' (i.e. Photoshop, Publisher, Outlook, Excel, AgentOffice, Blogger etc).I looked at her, sm...

I like new an flashy things! So it should come to no surprise that I have been eagerly awaiting the new and improved interface for 21Online.com Though there are a couple of bugs that still need to be worked out (I have to sign in numerous times to access different pages on the site) the new syste...

At least once a month, colleagues will ask me about blogs vs. websites. In all, I have a fairly simple opinion on the question.Most people will never be prepared to run a full time website. Most though should easily handle a blog and use it effectively to generate business and/or accomplish their...

By Hugo Torres - www.hugotorres.com www.c21ab.net The Tech Committe for the Arcadia Association of REALTORS is thrilled to announce Tuesday, April 21, 2009 as the date for its 23rd Annual Tech Business & Green Expo. The no-cost (to all REALTORS) has recently been re-engineered to incorportate and...