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2010
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Yay, I just sold a home, but then it unsold? What? A home can unsell? Watch The Rambling Realtor and find out...
04/27/2010
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Good morning Fellow Rainers. I recently came across a local agent who indicated over the weekend he SOLD 2 homes. My immediate response was--that's interesting I didn't know homes sold on the weekend. I, of course know what he meant--he received an accepted offer. Later in the week he put out a m...
04/27/2010
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We have all been taught that REO stands for Real Estate Owned. But recently I began to think about it-as a non-bank entity I own a home and I don't say I live in an REO. So, what does REO really stand for? When you list and sell REOs, what is the 1 common denominator? Maybe the properties get van...
04/21/2010
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Earlier this week I filmed an Episode of our BS Show. We discussed the now infamous question in short sales of, "Do I have to miss a payment?" As Realtors we should obviously never be answering that and telling our clients they should or shouldn't miss a payment. But the reality is our clients st...
04/18/2010
The BS Show: Taking The "BS" Out Of Short Sales. Episode 5 takes on the latest BS, that you need to have a hardship to qualify for a short sale. Do you need to miss a payment in order to qualify for a short sale? Watch for the answer: http://bit.ly/BSEp5
04/16/2010
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Social media--what has it done for you?What has social media done for you? Maybe it's helped sell more homes? Get you more listings? Find more Realtors if you are a consumer? For me-- it hasn't accomplished everything I wanted but it's sure done other things. Watch and find out what!http://bit.ly...
04/15/2010
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Up until recently I was never much of a numbers guy. For whatever reason I just felt numbers didn't always tell the whole story. Being a Realtor, the numbers pretty much form everything. They help tell us if we make 100 contacts we get x amount of appointments, and x appointments = x listings,...
04/14/2010
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So, Mr. Realtor, you told me you sold 100 homes this year but I only see that you sold 20...should I really list with you? Do I need to check everything you say? What things should I look out for? Watch and find out! http://bit.ly/Areyou
04/13/2010
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To all my fellow agents, what postcard companies would you recommend for developing a campaign to stay in front of our clients every 3-6 months? Maybe a home anniversary card, birthday card, some holiday ones, etc? Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thank you, Rainers!
04/12/2010
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And the winner is...? I recently made a video on our local market comparing 2009's numbers vs. 2010's numbers for March. There are some very interesting trends and I thought I'd point out a few of the main points (in my opinion at least). Mar-09 Mar-10 Total Sales (Single Family Detac...
04/12/2010
