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I have talked to my overseas clients today in Germany and UK. Both of them are looking to buy vacation property in Naples. However mortgage is needed in both cases as well. It turned out my British client managed to get a 65% LTV mortgage commitment and is very hopeful of buying the home of his d...
08/29/2009
There is a bunch of rumours flying around among real estate agents that Naples Florida foreclosure market is slowing down because the best deals have been sold already. Now foreclosure deals in Naples are not that easy to come by in nice areas. I have looked at what's going on in internet searche...
08/29/2009
I have started a new website project with Interactive Video Map which allows my clients preview Naples Florida areas, communities and individual homes and condos using Google Maps. My clients can click on any balloon pointing to the area of the map and see a video instead of just text description...
07/25/2009
If you market to international clients using British and other property portals as a marketing tool, it's good to know about a new aggressive player in the British real estate portal market - Zoopla. Zoopla bought Thinkproperty owned by Guardian Media Group just recently and is eyeing Property Fi...
07/15/2009
I have been doing real estate videos for quite some time now and noticed several things that might interest my colleagues in the field. Google's YouTube uploads are probably most popular, but if you are looking for international distribution of your videos Yahoo is quite competitive. When I check...
07/15/2009
I am inviting all real estate professionals and developers interested in marketing their listings and properties to one of the most dynamic real estate investor countries - Russia. We are going to buy several booths at International Property Show in St. Petersburg in October and Moscow in Novembe...
06/30/2009
There is a new international real estate show targeted at selling second or vacation homes in Europe this year in Cologne, Germany. The name of the show is self-explanatory - Second Home International. It claims to be the largest property fair in Europe for second home market and boasts over 350 ...
06/06/2009
You might be surprised but there is a real hunger for US real estate video, company, community and listing video in Europe. I have so many requests especially from UK about Naples area and community videos I might have to hire somebody to do that for me exclusively. Quite frankly I can spare as m...
06/06/2009
It's not an easy job to look for new content to your e-mail marketing campaign and keep it going. Consistency, however, is what earns loyal clients, good traffic to your sales websites and ultimately brings buyers and sellers to your business. There are a lot of questions how to structure your e-...
06/06/2009
I have read a bunch of comments from real estate agents that web 2.0 websites do not really help promote their business or sell homes. Well, the answer to this - anything helps for one thing and if you know how to use web 2.0 websites to your website advantage you will definitely help yourself. O...
06/04/2009