According to a recent press release by the National Association of REALTORS, existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – were down 2.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate1 of 4.93 million units in March from a level of 5.03 million in February, and remain 19.3 percent below the 6.11 million-unit pace in March 2007. A rise in condo sales in March was offset by a drop in single-family sales. Regionally, sales rose in the Northeast and West but … [Read more...]
How to choose keyword targets – by Dave Smith Real Estate Blog Lab
April 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Dave writes about SEODigger.com and their tool for choosing keywords Universal Soldier: The Return dvd . Great read.Save the Last Dance 2 dvdrip … [Read more...]
Who is your website for?
April 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Who is your website for? Kelly Koehler looks at rebuilding or remodelling websites and considers how information should be best presented to the consumer.Universal Soldier: The Return release The Holy Mountain release … [Read more...]
Monday Morning Masters Mayhem – Lydia Taylor
April 8, 2008 By 1 Comment
What is life like for a REALTOR in a small town with a BIG sporting event? Lydia Taylor explorers that in her post from her Savannah Georgia blog. … [Read more...]
Want a Better Real Estate Agent? ask for it! – Teri Lussier
April 8, 2008 By 1 Comment
Teri Lussier runs TheBrickRanch.com a real estate blog in Dayton OH. Here she talks about the importance of communicating your needs in a real estate transaction Direct Contact release and how that will raise the bar industry wide. … [Read more...]
Don't be a Real Estate Blog John – From the Real Estate Blog Lab
April 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Authoring Real Estate Blog Posts needs to be Authentic and creative. It is what brings people to the REALTOR and develops the relationship Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes movie downloadStar Hunter film … [Read more...]
Are Smart Phones the way to go?
April 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This is a preview of a much larger post to come on REIW. Among the technology community, there is little doub that the wave of the future (long term) is going to be to the more complex "smart" phones as opposed to the simpler cell phone counterparts that are (essentially) for making phone calls and not much else.Some of the conversations that I have had indicates a split in how users ACTUALLY use their cell phone. Some prefer to use it for phone/voice mail only. I prefer to use it for phone … [Read more...]
What do I do Now?
April 6, 2008 By 2 Comments
Brilliant piece by Russell Shaw on the Bloodhound Blog about attitude in todays market. American Pie 2 filmRaising Cain psp … [Read more...]
Retiring Agents looking for Exit Strategies
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In one Louisville RE/MAX real estate firm, the average age of the 120 agents is 55 years old. This is typical of many brokerages who have many of their agents over 60 years of age. These experienced agents are not being replaced by near as many younger agents. They have built up solid books of business over the years and are now starting to need exit strategies that will provide them passive income into the future.A growing trend is to try to pair agents up into a mentoring relationship with … [Read more...]
Is your brokerage profitable?
April 6, 2008 By 1 Comment
Many brokers have to sell as agents or teams in order to make ends meet. A brokerage is not profitable unless it is stand alone profitable with out the income generated by the sales efforts of the broker. So where does your brokerage stack up? Real Estate Industry Watch is taking a survey.To participate in the survey, you need to click whether or not your borkerage is profitable on our "survey section" on the right hand side of this page. … [Read more...]
