Mark Rienzie's Blog

Why weekly brokerage meetings and ActiveRain are so important. Celebrity Real Estate Agent Aaron Auxier explains why weekly brokerage meetings and the Social Networking site ActiveRain are important to consumers and Realtors alike. From the intangibles of niche markets such as Las Vegas guard-gat...

In a continuing effort to keep my real estate clients and others "in the know" with the latest and greatest, I have stumbled upon a fantastic tool that Google has created to help make your website and blog even more visually appealing and engage your reader.  Have you ever wondered how you could ...

I’m sure you all have noticed the popularity surge of real estate reality TV shows.  It started with the success of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Then it really caught on when HGTV rolled out a slew of real estate shows and soon became much more Home and much less Garden.  House Hunters, What Y...

I’m sure you all have noticed the popularity surge of real estate reality TV shows.  It started with the success of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Then it really caught on when HGTV rolled out a slew of real estate shows and soon became much more Home and much less Garden.  House Hunters, What Y...

As I think I have grown somewhat wiser with age, I have stopped "mainly" trying to push boulders up steep hills. Predominantly cause I get tired of them rolling back over me. Namely, quit trying to fight reality. There's a great expression that when you get your own planet then the rules that you...

It's important not to assume to know what is relevant to your clients. You must ask intelligent questions, run reports on this information, and then proactively meet your customers' relevant needs. This completes our analysis of Bill Gates' quote regarding managing information, and brings us ful...

Google, Tweet and find me faster! Tweet, tweet says I!  If you'd like to propose real time information to your clients, potential buyers and sellers or just reach out to folks who haven't embraced all that the social media world offers...your words will now reach people faster than ever.   Think ...

No one will argue that the Internet has changed the way that consumers do business. The free flow of information has dramatically affected the way that properties are exposed to the buying public, as well as a plethora of advice about the nuts and bolts of a real estate transaction. Anyone can se...

Whether you want to admit it or not, you are using something to your advantage to get someone to buy from you.  You do it all the time.  Sales people are the kings and queens of taking advantage of the things we call “buying signals” and applying leverage in whatever way we can in order to get a ...

BLOGGING AS AN INTERNET MARKETING STRATEGY When it comes to building an internet marketing presence, real estate agents should have a mult-prong strategy that includes a brokerage website, an agent website, a blog, listing feeds to search portal sites, participation in forums, and social networki...