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Real Estate Agent - Realty Executives Metro One
Join me for lively discussions about the Greater Kansas City area. I am a Real Estate Agent for Missouri and Kansas. I enjoy selling quality houses to buyer's looking for homes in Kansas City, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Independence, Raytown, and more!
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Recently, I discovered these two sites:  LifeAt & Fatdoor.  Both are related to the social-networking features that we enjoy on ActiveRain and could be beneficial to your clients.  They seem to be like Angie's List. but for real estate.However, LifeAt & Fatdoor seem to be limited to certain citie...
11/02/2007
Hello,How many of your clients are concerned about their potential Home Owner Association?  Do they view it as a friend or an enemy?  Do they base their buying habits on the HOA's guidelines?  I have a friend who recently painted his home a terracotta color.  In the HOA guidelines, there were for...
11/02/2007
Have you heard of Brightcove???  I stumbled upon it this evening and HAD to blog about it!!  I've been trying to find new ways to market my services as a Real Estate Agent.  My focus has been on blogging, website content, and press releases - but look out world!  I've found BrightCove!  And you d...
08/02/2007
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Hello,I became a Squidoo Newbie this week!  Such strange language - lens, modules, SquidU!  I was curious to discover what Squidoo was all about, so I decided to join for free!  Lens are like web pages - I like that name, "lens."  I thought it was a very creative name for potential clients to vie...
08/01/2007
Hello,There was some concern from my previous post about the customer reach the free press release websites have.  I decided to do some research of my own to determine how many potential customers visit the websites on a short-term and long-term basis.  My findings are below:http://www.theopenpre...
07/28/2007
Hello,This week, I have been working with a family who contacted me through my participation in a city type forum.  I encourage everyone to review these forums below.  Each one has regulations (like no advertising) but some do allow for a "Real Estate" logo by your name as well as a link back to ...
07/27/2007
For those of you that don't know about http://www.zillow.com/, it is a website that focuses on estimating home values.  Some of my homes listed are close to their "Zestimates" while others are not.  I currently have one of their banners listed on my website but I am hesitant to do so. Have any of...
06/06/2007
Hello,Looking for a fun, fresh website?  Tired of a single page with no interaction?  Websites are no longer one-way anymore.Users enjoy:VideosPodcastsBlogsForumsChatRSS ReaderRecognition for participationPrivate Messaging with other usersCommentsAll this, too good to be true?  Not at all.  BIG n...
06/05/2007
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Has anyone researched using press releases to advertise special promotions?  One such press release I have found is related to my local community: Realty Executives International Gives Top Honors to Kansas Real Estate Brokers Some press releases I'm thinking about creating are:Buyer's Guide - For...
06/04/2007
Do many of you have your own websites like I do?  Do you completely rely on your hosting provider or consultant to make changes to your website?How costly is it per month for you?  I was paying $80 per month for my http://www.rondamarchant.com/, however; I have recently switched hosting providers...
06/04/2007
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