Joseph J. Chang's (realtynj) Blog

Sometimes when you do business with certain companies you will be amazed by how giving they are. We believe in customer service and helping people realize the American dream.  So while others may be too busy to return your phone calls or too busy to help you work on your credit to qualify for a h...

In today's web-centric world, real estate photos are more important than ever. Many home buyers will "shop" homes online for weeks or even months before actually calling their agent to set up showings of their favorites. If your home isn't presented well online, the number of in-person visits can...

The April 2010 issue of "Texas Realtor" shows interesting results of a new survey of home sellers. 62% of home sellers only interviewed one agent before listing their home. 19% of home sellers talked to three agents before they selected one 22% were more interested in determining the list price t...

ActiveRain University Thu, Apr 8, 2010 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT Signup link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/496413472     The Cheese has moved in online lead generation! What to do?   Please join us for this power webinar presented by RealBird’s founders at the new ActiveRain Online Univer...

Is BofA Servicing Your FNMA Short Sale? If So, You Need To Read This.... Day after day, we read about the horrors that BofA puts our clients through when conducting a short sale.  Much of what we read are "rants" from disgruntled agents. Today's blog is somewhat of a "rant", but also contains wha...

In my home state of Minnesota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul have nearly 39 percent of homeowners under water.   I've had the question, "I'm upside down on my home, what are my options?" so many times that I wanted to prepare a menu of options for people to reference.  This article briefly outlines ...

I just received a "rebuttal" to feedback I left on a home I showed earlier this week.  The issue was that this 3 bedroom home wasn't really a 3 bedroom home unless you like walking through one bedroom to get to another. The only solution would be to cannibalize the middle room with a wall to crea...

ActiveRain University - How to Use Video and Youtube to Enhance Your Blog and Business How are you using Video in Real Estate and on your ActiveRain Blog? Are you creating or using Video Listings, Virtual Property and Community tours?  Does your video show up on Google Earth? Can your videos make...

This post has the potential to be inflammatory so let me begin by saying, "I'm just the messenger." In Georgia there are two attorneys who are considered to be and are, in fact, held out to be the real estate contract experts. By experts I mean they wrote the book on Georgia real estate contract ...

In New York we have cooperatives as a form of ownership.  You need to pass a Cooperative Board who reviews your finances, references, and does background and credit checks in order for you to close.    Be careful what your kids put out there on Facebook as the couple in this story found out their...