NFSTI Blog

I've seen comprehensive WordPress "TOP 10" lists of plugins, but haven't come across anything that gets right down to the best all-star lineup for real estate blogs/websites. Maybe they exist and I know for a fact that this list could be added to/substituted, so bring on your opinions.  I've pro...

Earlier this year (2010) I started to consider the idea that a fee-based membership for NFSTI would no longer be advantageous to the real estate community.  The economy was going into the dumpster, it was more and more difficult to close deals, and the shadow inventory of foreclosures was steadil...

BPO UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES FIRST CE CREDIT APPROVED COURSE!   This week the BPO University, based in Bellingham, WA, announced that it will host its first of many continuing education-approved BPO Course.  This is a giant step for the company and for real estate agents alike.  Historically BPO cour...

Hey REO agents... I know you're always looking for new ways to get new accounts....well, here you go!   DanREO agents have many tasks starting with the email received from the asset company stating a new REO has been assigned to you. This is where many agents and brokers start making their first ...

As some of you know I've been pumping up the social networking thing since 2006(ish) and have seen many brokers look at me the same way that my dog looks at me when he hears a sharp noise.  Something told me years ago that this was an amazing way to grow business...and it just so happens on this ...

This is a re-post from RealtyPilotCEO (Christian Broadwell):   Historically, summer has been a peak season for real estate.  Statistically people look at more houses and buy as well.  It makes sense - the weather is more condusive to driving around and viewing property in most reagions (sorry Ari...

Would you like to know how to pickup new escrows with very little work? I am starting to use a system called www.OfferRunway.com and there is a setting on each listing that an agent can choose to send the selling agents' contact information to a title officer when a selling agent places an offer....

I have a friend and colleague who always finds himself in the middle of cutting edge technology and projects that seem to redefine the REO and related industries.  Over the past few months he's been telling me about a project that he's helping out with that will "revolutionize how BPO's are done....

Wouldn't you like to know what the secret to bouncing back from the foreclosure bust is?    Read on to Discover Classified Material About Your Power...   The government has developed a multi-billion dollar bailout plan (TARP).  There have been committees formed.  The most intelligent economists a...

    Have you every wished that someone would simplify the start-up process for Twitter?  As many of you know (particularly if you listened to Jesse Gonzalez on the Coach A Thon last week - http://reopro.ning.com) Twitter is not just a fad and is taking over marketing strategies all over the nati...