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This web log records my activities with nwRealty.Net, Inc. and nwRealty.com. I endeavor to remain objective but frequently express my personal opinions.
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A loan officer friend quickly shared some possitive news from the mortgage industry the week ...A few companies are making "Stated Income" products available again. IndyMac successfully auctioned off a bundle of their Jumbo Loans on Wall Street. A handfull of "Subprime" lenders are reintroducing ...
09/01/2007
If you own a website it is inevitable that sooner or later you will receive notice from your tech provider that they are conducting "Emergency Maintenance".  This is caused by an infinite number of things ... software upgrades/patches, router upgrades, hardware failure, etc.These notices will alw...
09/01/2007
We have many broker/REALTOR customers with numerous blogs and websites in addition to the sites that we manage for them.  Every once in a while I'll catch some little detail (photo, phone, email, etc.) that needs correcting ... and when I call/email them, they share how difficult it is for them t...
09/01/2007
I'm noticing more and more REALTORS and agent licensees make what sound like some rather fantastic advertising claims in efforts to acquire more listings.  But it doesn't take much to see through their shimmering vale of disctraction and discern the truth that their "special guarantee" lacks subs...
08/31/2007
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For the past couple of weeks it has become obvious that Google has dramatically slowed the frequency that it is crawling our sites.  But I haven't notices any real cause for alarm ... search rankings, saturation and link popularity are all holding or improving.This isn't limited to our main site ...
08/30/2007
I've seen several text and banner ads on Activerain and I've grown curious ... how it is working out for the Sponsors?  How are you tracking results ... click throughs or tracking URL's?  Is it effectively reaching your target audience? Making your phone ring? Making your email chime?  Or, am I j...
08/29/2007
Yep ... I've already had one of "those" calls this morning.  We all have these stories ... Welcome to Monday Part III.We generate leads for our agent/broker advertisors from all around Washington and late last night a web lead arrived for some Gifford real estate located on Lake Roosevelt in Stev...
08/29/2007
"Your Bank of America account is blocked!"  was the opening sentence in the latest Phishing/ID theft email that arrived last night.  OH NO!  What do I do now! (sarcasm ... sorry)The troubling thing was another questionable email that arrived at almost the same time with the subject "Help Improve ...
08/27/2007
I just commented on Shane Taylor's "Why place listings in your blog?" acknowledging his statement that this is "relatively poor advertising".  The real value of posting your listings on AR is the less tangible SEO value.  Presuming that you're posting listings from around your core market area .....
08/26/2007
I recall not very long ago hearing about people receiving texted "SPAM" messages on their cell phones.  Well it happened to me last night.  Now SPAMMERS are not only clogging my inbox and wasting ink in my fax machine ... now their adding charges to my cell phone bill when they send TEXT SPAM.  I...
08/26/2007
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