Sarasota Real Estate

I am certainly amazed at how many Active Rain members just blog for the sake of increasing their points count on Active Rain! Though it is certainly a good feeling to be ranked amongst the highest active rain participants in your market, you are really missing out on the best opportunity to promo...

Many of us slave here to write blog posts to help with search results but did you know that 1 link from 10 different URL's is better than 50 links from one? A major factor in the google ranking algorithm is how many different IP addresses link back to you. An IP address is the Internet address fo...

I have more than one website that I use for my marketing efforts, they are segmented by the different markets that I serve. They are also great for providing one way links to Realtors that I like to provide referrals to. I am always looking for new Realtors in different markets to send my referra...

I hope everyone has a prosperous New Year!!!! Here are a few tips you can turn into New Years resolutions to make it better: 1. Enhance your Internet marketing presence by taking advantage of sites like Realtor.com, Trulia, Zillow, etc. Love 'em or hate 'em, they are a nest full of buyers and som...

  I think everyone on ActiveRain should try this, I checked it out throughly and it is 100% legit. The Meebo functionality that you can add to the contact form on the listing pages you can create with home87.com can also be used on your website to allow perspective buyers to contact you while you...

My websites contain the best listing information for homes in Manatee, Charlotte, and Sarasota counties in Florida. Currently I have over 22,000 listings in my Sarasota MLS search database.You can find homes in popular subdivisions such as Bird Key, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Prestancia, The Oaks ...

Think Sarasota and you can come up with a lot of things to indulge in from a breezy ocean dip, to an enlightening historic places and museum pop in and even an invigorating lively bike ride on many of the natural park trails in the area, even a walk in some of the best botanical gardens. There is...

For those trying to short-sale their Sarasota homes and avoid foreclosure, earlier this spring, the U.S. Treasury department announced a new program.The Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program or HAFA as it commonly referred to, is a secondary part of the Home Affordable Modification Pro...

For those that try to find the ideal Florida golf community to buy real estate in and set out on a quest to investigate all the golf communities the state has to offer, I would like to offer a bit of advice; by the time you have researched every golf community in Florida you will likely be too o...

When you have been a Realtor as long as I have, you begin to see a pattern that home buyers make when looking for and negotiating the price of a new home. Try as I may, I never seem to be able to convey to buyers what the hurdles are or convince them what should be done during the home buying pr...