Top 10 real estate posts of the day for 3/15/2010

1) Can SMS Real Estate Marketing Attract more Home Buyers? – There will be more text messages sent this year than phone calls made. Why fight it any longer. People like to communicate that way, make it easy for them and place a rider on every sign you have.

2) Gifts from the Bank of Mom and Dad – Part 2: Conventional Financing – In only a way Rhonda can do she takes a boring subject and makes it easy to understand and enjoyable.

3) February 2010 : 4 States Account For More Than 50% Of Foreclosure Activity – What is really amazing about this list is no sign of Nevada or Arizona? The have dominated this list in the last 18 months.

4) How To Succeed in Anything in Life – Don’t Do This And You’ll Fail… Every Time! – OK tell me you are not going to read that one with that title. I did, and it was worth it. Nothing earth shattering, but a good reminder of what we should be doing.

5) Listing Icons: Is Adopting Abandoned Buyers Stealing or Smart? – Now this is an idea  I admit I never heard of. But I love it!

6) The Purpose Of Real Estate Photography… – Want to learn something? Read this post! You will never think of photos for a house the same again.

7) The Source of Confusion – What do you get when take one of the top thinkers in the business dissecting the work of another top thinker? You get something that makes you question the very work model which you love.

8) Top 5 Tips for Securing an Accurate Appraisal – Be prepared if the appraisal comes back and you know it is bad.

9) “Gearing Up Your Web Presence” Seminar – I dont agree with those who believe you need to be successful online to be a successful agent, but if you are making it part of your business plan, are you doing it right.?

10) Top 10 Tips for !st Time Homebuyers in Northern Virginia – There are a lot of Top 10 lists out there for home buyers and sellers, This list is as good as any of them.

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Top 5 real estate posts of the day for 8/12/2009

1) 5 dumb reasons you can’t get mortgage help – Ok, not to get to political, but read this then tell me you want the government taking over health care.

2) Can you really lose your home over 7 cents? – This is one of those ones where you really are not sure what to believe.

3) Preventing foreclosure: Protecting your home – If you are facing foreclosure or have a client who is this is a good piece to read. And of course contact a real estate attorney.

4) Good things from REConnect SF – Missed Inman Connect in San Francisco last week? Here are some good tools you may want to look into that one presenter talked about.

5) 8 ways to use photos to promote your business online – There seem to be a good number of real estate agents who are also into photography. Some of them are using the photographs to build their business, some are wondering how they can do so. Here are some ideas from Jason Crouch.

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