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2011
One of my home sellers recently asked if I had heard about the current administration attempting to pass a bill where home buyers would be partially responsible for helping fund the payroll tax for the next 60 days. USA Today printed an article with their insight. Personally I don't think the bil...
12/29/2011
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Hi Friend's, a friendly reminder: Did you recently take a new listing during the holiday season that included Christmas Trees and blow up Santa's? Once the second of January arrives it's important for you to retake those pictures. Not doing so makes you look lazy and unprofessional. You will also...
12/27/2011
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It's rare, but reverse offers do happen. After a Realtor show's my listing I could simply discuss a strategy with my seller & present an offer to the buyers agent. Since it’s the holidays lets pretend the list price of the home is $10,000,000. After the home has shown I type up the offer with my ...
12/15/2011
Gang violence on the decline in Austin: kxan.com
12/13/2011
If you're going to blog about anyone's death you should get the facts straight. Did the deceased have 2 children or three? What type of Cancer did the deceased die of? Did you just assume it was Colon Cancer because someone else said so on Facebook? Did the family give you permission to spill the...
12/13/2011
Zillow was recently interviewed by Bloomberg T.V. Good for Spencer & Zillow. Here's a few interesting quotes from the interview by Spencer Rascoff: "Home values nationwide according to Zillow's data are down about 29% from the peak." 1:58 "We're the biggest real estate company." 3:00 "Real estat...
12/13/2011
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I just completed my Angie's List profile. Just like the commercial says.. "I can't pay to promote my business." Or can I? The free profile allows you to upload You Tube videos, pictures, logo's, documents (my flyers and even listing presentations), audio files and much much more. If you want to s...
12/12/2011
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CNN writes an interesting article about QR Codes. Research group Archrival conducted a survey with 500 college students from 24 different colleges and universities around the country. Here were some of the results: 1. Of the 80% of students who owned a smartphone and had previously seen a QR code...
12/12/2011
What do the following thingies have in common: 1. Open Houses2. Magazines3. Glossy post cards4. Social Media: Facebook, AR, Twitter5. Working Short Sales, Foreclosures and HUD Homes6. Drip Campaigns7. Cold Calling8. Seminars9. Working Internet Leads10. Working Leases And the answer is... The av...
12/11/2011
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