Top 10 real estate posts of the day for 1/27/2010

1) Should you do a Short-Sale or just keep paying and wait? – Interesting look at the situation form a math point of view, but I disagree with the notion it is just a math problem.

2) The Top Five Signs of More Real Estate Pain to Come – Well when you put it that way…. a look at 5 troubling aspects of the economy and housing market.

3) Welcome to Acronym Week! RESPA, HUD, and the GFE – Oh My! – Great job by Kelly on talking about some relevant acronyms and not some useless 3-4 letter designations agents like to throw around.

4) Listen to Trulia’s Real Estate of the Union Industry Call – A good listen, but who could have possibly given Obama an A over the last year on how he has handled the housing situation?

5) Dual agency: Why Would You Allow it to Happen to You? – I agree with his notion that the buyer and seller should each have their own agent in most cases, but I believe it is possible for them to use the same brokerage, but still have the agent representing and fighting for them to the hilt.

6) Uh Oh, Bank of America Forecloses on a House They Don’t Have a Mortgage On…AGAIN – This is just mind-blowing.

7) dsIDXPress: Search Engine Friendly IDX – This new plugin could be a game changer if you have Diverse Solutions. If you are not blown away by this, you need to have someone who understands it explain it to you.

8) Why Do Agents Suggest That Sellers Price Their Home “At The Market”? – Great advice for home sellers and for agents looking to explain pricing better to their clients.

9) The Secret Recipe for Email Success – If you think about this one in depth, there is really some good marketing advice here for agents.

10) Electronic Signatures and Records: What’s the Current Law? – This is a MUST for all tech savvy agents. Know the law.

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Top 10 real estate posts of the day for 1/6/2009

1) What’s Wrong with the New Good Faith Estimate? – The government once again trying to “protect consumers” has made things a lot worse. Rhonda lays it out here.

2) Homeowner Benefits of Real Estate Short Sales – Kristal continues her short sales series on taking a look at the benefits of sellers doing short sales.

3) Luxury Real Estate Marketing: Find an Underserved Market Space – Good advice for anyone who is still trying to discover what they want for their niche market.

4) Strategic defaults scenario – “Everyone is doing it” – I had a call on just this subject yesterday. For some people it just makes to much sense not to do it.

5) Negative Amortization to the Rescue- Fred Glick on CNBC – This is a great discussion on what to do about healing the housing system as soon as possible.

6) Make Over $150K a Year? Excellent! Here’s a Strategy For You – Looking for real estate investment advice, there are few that give it better than Jeff Brown. Never  light read.

7) Seller Subsidy or Seller Paid Closing Costs: Friend or Foe? – Good post on is it offensive to ask for seller to help pay some closing costs?

8) Fannie and Freddie Get Unlimited Financial Backing – What is one more bailout?

9) Winds on the Horizon: Why Mobile Will Matter – I don’t think there is a real estate blog out there right now that makes you think more than 100watt blog. Here is their latest post which talks about the future, which is really the present.

10) Google Real Estate Search – New Trend Away from MLS Based IDX – Now things will start getting real interesting.

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Today’s Top 10 real estate posts of the day for 12/23/2009

1) Top 12 Women Real Estate Bloggers 2009 – A great list of 12 of the best real estate bloggers in the business.

2) New vs Old Good Faith Estimate – A comparison of the current GFE and the new one which starts January 1st.

3) DS Drops A WP Spider Bomb… – This is going to be awesome if you are a Diverse Solutions user for your IDX.

4) Compelling Landing Tab or Lose – Making sure you convert visitors on your Facebook page to new fans, by the way Mike great use of Cooliris.

5) Real Estate in 2010, Google, Technology, and Your Real Estate Business – Those who stay up with the Google changes are the ones most likely to come out ahead online.

6) Darth Vader With a Toothache – A Better 2010 – When I was running political campaigns I used to tell my candidates one good rule of thumb was he who shook the most hands every day won. The same theory here, if you want to succeed, you need to talk to a lot of people.

7) Oh great! Potential to be taxed on short sale debt forgiveness – Hmmm am I the only one who thinks this is not a horrible idea? If you purchased a house for 200k, refinanced for $300k in the boom and got yourself some toys, and now short sale your house then you may be responsible for paying taxes on the refinance gain.  Interesting.

8) Facebook Tools & Tricks at Virtual Real Estate Bar Camp January 4th – Over the last month I have been spending more time on Facebook so I look forward to this Virtual Barcamp session.

9) Facebook Real Estate Success: Ask a REALTOR – A short video on how one agent uses Facebook in his business.

10) FHA Loans After A Short Sale – Yesterday it was how long before you can get an FHA loan after a foreclosure, today it is short sale.

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Top 10 real estate posts of the day for 12/3/2009

1) We’re the Treasury- We’re Here To Help You With Short Sales (kinda) – More on the new short sales program. Rathbun has a reserved opinion, me, not as reserved, I think the new short sale guidelines are going to fail.

2) BofA to Repay $45 Billion in TARP – My take on this? The government is making the short sale “suggestions” listed in #1. When it fails will they make the suggestions mandatory for those who still owe TARP money? Don’t be surprised and BOA being one of, if not the worst to deal with when it comes to short sales may want no part. Just a thought.

3) FHA Downpayment, FHA Insurance Costs To Rise? – It is going to get tougher to get an FHA loan. Will be interesting to see if they do require a larger down payment. I for one hope they do!

4) Get a free credit report before you look for a house – I like her recommendation of getting one of your reports every four months. I used to do that when I cared about my credit score.

5) REW’s New IDX Map Search is Coming – For the other agents out there this is going to be an very interesting one to watch.

6) Exactly How The Long Tail In Real Estate Blogging Will Bring The Ready-To-Act Home Buyer – Determine what keeps home seller and buyer up at night and blog about that? So what is it?

7) Stop Thinking About It. It’s Time to Sell Your House. Inventory is Very Very Low in Northern Virginia – Looking for content for your site? I bet this is relevant to many agents out there and well done.

8) Christmas Comes Early For Some FHA Borrowers – Not to be confused with number 3 in this list. 2nd appraisals appear to be going away.

9) I can’t tell you how disgusted this makes me…. – Is Bloodhound becoming the Thom Vanderwell blog?  He is just cranking out content. Great story he picks up here, if true everyone involved should lose their license.

10) “The Digital Handshake” by Paul Chaney – Don’t Miss This One! – There are very few books out there on social media worth owning. This sounds like it may be one

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Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 9/22/2009

1) Big changes coming for FHA loans – Starting in January it will be harder for buyers to qualify for an FHA loan.

2) Bonus offers in MLS are bad PR for the industry – Always interesting topic, does more money make the buyers agent push one house over another? I hope not.

3) What’s the downside to investing today? – Every other article on the web these days seems to be how now is the best time ever to buy a home. Here is a post that points out some cautions to keep in mind.

4) Sellers, please evacuate the building – Great topic, but what is really interesting is what @ECNewlin is doing with her blog. She has made it a day in the life of a real estate agent blog.

5) What’s important in an IDX real estate website – Some things you may want to consider when selecting an IDX vendor.

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Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 9/17/2009

1) IDX is dead – here’s why – Now that most real estate websites have IDX does that make it less effective for you?

2) What you won’t learn by watching tvJustin McHood talks about how to get the best deal on your next mortgage.

3) Fight in Congress looms on tax break for home buyers – With 40% of all homes sold this year qualifying for the tax credit, can the housing market complete it’s recovery without an extension of the credit?

4) Comparing website apples to website oranges – Don’t look at the expense of a new website to what it cost to build your old one, times have changed.

5) 5 things about blogging I didn’t know 359 days ago – After a year of blogging, RERockStar talks about what he has learned to make blogging effective.

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Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 9/8/2009

1) Is your landlord in foreclosure? – Talk about taking advantage of a market condition? Great idea for a new site.

2) First time buyer tax credit will it be extended? – There is a lot of talk about extending the first time home buyer tax credit. Then again not everyone thinks it should be extended.

3) Over-updated, under-updated – When making improvements to your home make sure you are making them in the right area.

4) Wading through the online real estate minefield – Just because you can find homes online and on different websites does not mean the information you are finding is accurate.

5) REBarcamp – With 6 more REBarCamps coming this year alone, and a host of them already scheduled for next year, there should be one coming near you soon. If you have not been, make sure you get to one.

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Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 9/2/2009

1) 3 reasons you should stop wasting your time online and call an agent instead – Most people start out looking for houses online, but that does not mean they shouldn’t seek the help of an agent to help them find their home.

2) Home selling strategies: Listings needs words that match buyers searches – You mean buyers don’t Google “custom home with majestic views?” PropertyNut has some good free classes on just this subject too.

3) First time home buyers NAR numbers – Almost half of all sales right now are first time home buyers, more reason to consider extending the first time buyer tax credit.

4) Thoughts on the NAR IDX enhancement group – For those of you who have been following the IDX/scrapping controversy, here is a must read by Jay.

5) Google Reader helps you blog more efficiently – Some good ideas on using Reader to help with your site that I had never thought of.

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Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 8/26/2009

1) Looking for a struggling real estate agent who wants to be a free video blog guinea pig – If you have wanted to add video to your blogging, but not sure what to do this may be a chance for you to do so.

2) Why I think the $8000 tax credit will be extended – I tend to agree it will be extended.

3) VA loans offer 100% financing – If you served in the military you really should consider using a VA loan. I have personally used them for myself in the past and believe they are a great deal.

4) Another internecine debate: Home search registration – Because this topic has not been debated enough over the last 72 hours.

5) Lookie loo or genuine buyer – how do you tell? – There are a lot of buyers out there in today’s market, how do  you tell the real ones from the tire kickers?

 

 

 

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Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 8/24/2009

1) A day in the life of a Hollywood real estate agent – Great entertainment

2) Ask the Broker: Is it legal to place offers on multiple homes? – Legal or not I would love to see a discussion on if buyers should or not. I have weighed in.

3) Obama 125% refinancing now available – Program has been around for a few months, but it appears there are now lenders willing to do it.

4) If you want to close deals, force registration – Always a hot topic, and I must admit, I am a new convert to the idea.

5) Buying a home: Inspection and repairs – Jason has a good series going here and this is just another quality segment.

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