Here is today’s list of top real estate posts of the day.
1) Why we don’t need more professionalism among REALTORS – It is time to RTB, raise the bar. We have heard that over and over during the last month from real estate agents. Daniel Rothamel says let’s not worry about it.
2) #RETT Opens its Doors to Anyone & Everyone – What the heck is all this #RETT talk on Twitter over the last 48-hours. Well here is a good explanation of how the Real Estate Tech Tank started.
3) Simi Valley Home Buyers 3 Important Concerns with Short Sale Offers – If you are a buyer looking at possibly purchasing a short sale there are a list of things you should really know, Ted Mackel does a good job here of taking the concerns and making a top 3 list.
4) Finding Customers in the Palm of your Hand – “The mobile web is the flyer box for the 21st century” I love that line.
5) Bank of America Achieves Surrealistic Central Status – Bank of America is not the brightest group when it comes to short sales, that is not a shock. The reason this post is so valuable is there are two hidden lessons on short sales. First when you do not get the results that you should be getting, escalate to management levels who are much more educated and understand the process and they will get things that make sense done. Second it costs $3800 just the first day after a bank forecloses on a house, then come repairs, carrying costs and more… that is why it makes sense for banks to do short sales vs foreclosures.
6) Feb. 10, 2010 – Industry News Sites Announce National MLS – This shows you how long the national MLS has been coming. What no one has been able to really express to me is why as a licensed Arizona real estate agent I need to know what is on the market in Harrisburg, PA. It is a little outside my realm of expertise.
7) Controlling Your Real Estate Deals and Handling Catastrophes – This is a great lesson I learned the hard way in the last two months on a couple of deals that were having issues. You need to control your deals at all times.
8) Secret Squirrel and the Redfin Home-buying Class – Great marketing idea for home buyers and sellers that I see now and then, but could be done more for sure.
9) Rewards to Stop Mortgage Walkaways? – Idea has some merit, but it really depends on where the program is run. I could see it working in Iowa or NH where you may not be that far under, but somewhere like Las Vegas, Phoenix or Southern California where you may be $300,000 underwater $10k is not going to make much of a difference.
10) Are Banks Discriminating Against VA Homebuyers? – We all know banks are favoring conventional loans to FHA and VA, this post just highlights the point how we should maybe give a little better consideration to VA offers.
