Today’s Top 10 real estate posts of the day in no particular order.
1) Mortgage Rates Will Probably Keep Rising, But Don’t Fret – Rates are up half a point from their winter low, but still are very low.
2) Consumers want experiences over products, do you know why? – Interesting study, but did we really need a study to tell us this? People want to know you care, and they can tell when you are faking it.
3) Buyer : How Much Cash Do I Need? – Lender’s fees, points, prepaids, insurance, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
4) Rule your own Magic Kingdom – Technology is great, but sometimes you need to be a good old-fashion real estate agent to help dominate your neighborhood.
5) The Concept of A Break Even Income Property OR 2 RE Investors Walk Into a Bar… – The one law about real estate investing that most investors will forget… Murphy’s Law.
6) Am I Wrong? or Was this “Trulia Voices” Exchange “Crossing an Ethical Line”? – I understand the intent of this part of our code of ethics, but sometimes it bothers me. When I know someone is talking to an agent and I think the agent (in my opinion) is giving them really bad advice why cannot I say something? Isn’t that looking out for the best of the consumer? And if someone is working with an agent who is never available to help or unwilling to help why cannot I step in and help the client. Sometimes we care to much about not hurting fellow agents instead of protecting the clients.
7) Real Estate Conspiracy Pondered By Home Owner – This was kind of funny… Getting a large group of agents to agree on anything is almost impossible and if you did get them to agree to a conspiracy half of them would talk.
8) BuzzRE: Internet Marketing Education for Realtors – Who wants to sponsor me to attend? Will travel from Phoenix, will get a t-shirt made up with your logo on it and will proudly pimp for you while I am there all you need to do is cover the hotel and airfare. And I will feature you as a sponsor for the rest of the month in my top 10. You know you want in ;-)
9) Credit Concerns When Buying a Home – Another one of those that is good information for a consumer to know and one agents can share with their buyers.
10) On Site SEO Vs. Off Site SEO What Is The Difference – Know them both, use them both, they don’t work without each other.
Today’s top 10 real estate posts of the day, as always in no particular order.
1) How to talk to buyers who view your home – I debated to include this one or not. The tips are good if you are doing a for sale by owner, but if you are using an agent to sell your home you should not be home when someone is there viewing your home. They will spend about 1/3 the time in the home compared to if you were not home.
2) The Paper Trail Every Rehabber Should Follow – The market is flooded right now with people wanting to flip houses in the heavily hit housing markets. Here is some great advice if you are a newbie looking to get involved.
3) Tips On Preparing Your Home For Sale – How To Enhance The Perceived Value In The Eyes Of The Buyer – If you are trying an equity sale right now you have two choices, drop the price to that of short sales and foreclosures, or make your house shine like a superstar.
4) Are Drip Email Campaigns a Good Idea? – I have to completely disagree with Jeff here. I recently implemented some drip campaigns and I love them. Here is the thing, they came to my site wanting information about homes and signed up on my site. I am providing them a service with the drip campaign about the current market that can help when they buy or sell their home. And there is a nice big opt out at the bottom. Over the last seven weeks, one person has opted out.
5) I’m officially a Realtor! Time to… wait. Now what? – I admit I have a love-hate relationship with the NAR, first as a former Republican political consultant I always loved REALTORS because they often came to the rescue of good conservative candidates and causes. But then I have this feeling all they really care about with agents is getting more in even though they know they are going to fail so they can get those initial dues. This is where RTB comes in in the licensing department.
6) Don’t fire the agent that brings you offers – If you are selling hour house, what are the rules about your agent showing you insulting low ball offers.
7) A Refresher on the Mystical Zestimate – Great job Kris. One of my favorite subjects. I love this line and am going to steal it. “Steve likens them to the proverbial broken clock – right a couple of times a day.”
8) 5 Things Your Unprofessional Email Address Says About You – Amen brother. It always blows me away when I see agents with MyCollegeEmailNickname@aol.com .
9) Vandalized Queen Creek Foreclosure Video – Check out this house. I have seen them like this before too. I am guessing they did not get cash for keys. I wish banks would go after these home owners.
10) MAKING A QUALITY PRESENATION – Want to improve your listing presentation, read this, then go back and read it again.
