Lisa Ray's (rentmarketer) Blog

RentVine has been doing PodCasts and our CEO Dan Daugherty was interviewed. You can listen to the interview here.From Dave Dugdale:We talked about: His history at GoogleThe current consolidation of online rental ad sites and what it means for his businessWill all online rental ad site be free in ...

Successful Rental Marketing Survivor Guide Step 1: The Internet: Getting More Leads for Less  According to recent data, last year 82% of home searchers used the internet to search for homes. Among people who plan to find information on real estate, 62% expect to use a search engine – substantial...

We have been doing some research on places to search for residential property managers and we have found some of the below sites. If you are looking to rent out your property and need a property manager you can begin your search at one of these sites. Please let us know if you know of more that c...

"The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest"Albert Einstein    What exactly did the brightest mathematician in the World mean by this? Well, would you believe me if I told you your 200,000 dollar home would be worth more than $864,388.48 in 30 years. Why is this, well this is th...

Phoenix, Miami, Denver, Bombay, Mexico? Kiplinger published "12 great places to retire"View article In which they say the below cities are the 12 great places to retire and therefore where baby boomers may migrate to: The active life St. George, UtahBellingham, Wash.Beaufort, S.C.Sarasota, Fla. ...

How many times have you been so frustrated that you pull up to a house that has a for sale sign and a box you assume has more information on the home. And every single time you get to the box and look in and find nothing. You double check by sliding your hand in the dirty empty box. Then you get...

Have you taken a cruise lately? Perhaps to southern France or the Bahamas. Have you ever wished you had the entire cabin all to yourself. Well, now you can. In fact, you can now buy a condo on a ship that you actually own. That's right, live on it, rent it out, leave it vacant. What ever you wish...

ISSUE AT A GLANCE (Issue 1):   PHOTOS — PHONE LEADS — SEARCH ENGINES PHOTOS Statistics show that adding at least one photo dramatically increases the amount of qualified leads that are sent to you. Adding more photos, increases the quality leads even more. Many times, the best leads are those wh...

When dealing in real estate, I always buy where I would be comfortable living. According to Morgan Quitno Press, who compared violent crime rates in 327 U.S. cities, found the top 10 Safest US Sities are:CITIES OF 100,000 TO 499,999           POPULATION: (208 cities)1) Amherst (NY)2) Thousand Oa...

ComScore just announced that traffic to online classifieds has grown 47% in the last year. Many of these sites that have seen the largest growth, Rent Marketer posts too. We will continue to see more and more of these sites enter the market and our goal is to make sure your property is on these ...