Love Facebook? Hate Facebook? Have a personal Facebook profile, but not sure how to use it for your real estate business? (All of the above?) Regardless of which category you fall into, here’s what you need to know: Having a Facebook business page (also called a Facebook fan page) is a great way for you…
Are you getting questions about mortgage refinancing from your real estate clients? I am, and I recently found a good consumer’s guide to home loan refinancing by the Federal Reserve Board. One of the reasons I like it is that it seems to clearly explain some mortgage topics that people commonly get confused about, including:…
Yesterday I had to call ValueWeb to help out a client who needed his domain name pointed to a different server. During my over half an hour on hold (starting out as caller number 44 — the horror!) I was reminded of how important it is to choose a reliable company for domain names and…
Looking for a nice way to reconnect with your real estate clients? At this morning’s office meeting I heard from some agents who are popping by their clients’ homes to say hello and drop off a Hot/Cold thermal bag as a gift. These bags keep items hot or cold for up to 3 hours, and…
If you’ve been in real estate any length of time you know what a pain it can be to have to change the dimensions of a large batch of listing photos so that they’re the right size to use online. Shrink-O-Matic is a free program that you can download to your computer and use to re-size…
Think you need to spend a lot to market yourself effectively online? Think again! This video shows how one smart agent, Yuno Marioni, is using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Biznik and Active Rain to create a strong online presence. (Without a fancy website, and virtually for free!) Important Social Media Links from the Video: www.Biznik.com www.LinkedIn.com…
Here’s a short video showing how to search for FHA-approved condominium complexes on the HUD list, with some tips that will help you pull up the correct search results. Tweet
The number of U.S. Twitter users more than doubled in March 2009, jumping to 9.3 million users. What’s really interesting is this demographic tidbit reported by the internet measurement firm comScore in the Puget Sound Business Journal: “…45- to 54-year-olds are the most likely to use the service at 36 percent above the average. They are…
Just a reminder that if you have condominium buyer clients using FHA financing, the condo building will need to be FHA-approved in order for the loan to go through. You can look up condo complexes on the HUD website using their FHA-approved condominium complex search tool. Tweet
I found a good recent post on how to prevent your WordPress blog from being hackedover on the Velvet Blues blog. It’s worth taking a look, and/or passing the info on to your web designer if they’re managing a WordPress blog for you. Just a note, for the table prefix rename I like a WordPress…
