I talked with a mortgage professional who was very good with his database marketing. He added names over time and developed friendly HTML newsletters to email his clients, acquaintances, and prospects. The keys to his success were a non - threatening, non - salesy informative newsletter and above
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10/26/2007
A sales manager once explained to me that Sales and Customer Service are about the business of love. Not romantic love but caring and concern for the true benefit of others. In real estate we are given the opportunity to do that each and every day.Mother Teresa had a great quotation in this area.
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10/26/2007
Connectivity is the new buzz phrase in technology. Being connected - with data, voice, video, anwyhere, anytime is what's happening. Which begs the question when working with REALTORS, have you asked, "Is my agent mobile?" Do they embrace the latest in technology to best serve the client? Much mo
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10/25/2007
From New York Times reports they say from Jan 2003 to Mar 2006 mortgage companies, homebuilders and contractors added 1.3 million jobs to the economy or about 23 percent of all jobs created. From that point on housing category jobs have lost 383,000 jobs while the rest of the economy added nearly
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10/25/2007
Weekly we hear about large losses by homebuilders and the lender institutions. A bright spot today for the $200,000 and lower loans may be FHA. In the past FHA loans were thought of by most as having tough requirements to get the insured loans. You may need to revisit with your favorite lender an
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10/24/2007
They say when you make a misstep that is a mistake. When you do it again it is called experience. The reason I bring this up is a tip I have learned in buying in the new construction category. Before plunking your money down on a house in a Master Planned Community get yourself a map. Also check
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10/24/2007
In recent months there has been much negative press surrounding the housing industry. As the REALTOR portion of that industry I think it is time to pause and reflect on much that we have to be grateful for:we are independent contractors running our own businesseswe set our own hoursour creativity
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10/23/2007
I am dumbfounded at times at the general lack of awareness many people have about representation by real estate agents. Some I talk to say they just call the agent on the For Sale sign. Some have never even heard of the term "buyers agent." Many states now have mandatory Information About Brokera
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10/23/2007
I always personally had a hard time believing that buyers determine the price of your house. The reason this mystified me was because I thought for example in a strong sellers market with limited inventory the seller could get multiple offers and trump up his price pretty much as high as it could
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10/23/2007
This topic is a little more on the title company or lender side than my background in real estate but since the closing is where it all comes together I thought I would shed some light on it. In applying for a mortgage there is a federal law that requires lenders to provide buyers an itemized "go
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10/23/2007
