In the course of researching this month’s real estate email newsletter article I stumbled upon Diana Olick’s Realty Check column on the CNBC site, and I have to say I wish I’d found it long ago. Each weekday she posts a short, well-researched blurb about some current real estate topic, from recently released housing reports to new legislation, [...]
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 [...]
by Irene Dorang on April 14, 2009
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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. Share and Enjoy:
by Irene Dorang on April 1, 2009
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Have you ever gotten a call from a strange number that you suspected was a marketing call, but when the call went to voice mail no one ever left a message? It can be annoying, especially when you’re in real estate. (After all, don’t we secretly always wonder if this was some great referral from [...]
by Irene Dorang on March 25, 2009
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HousingTracker.net is a cool resource that provides housing data for major cities in the U.S. They track listing prices and inventory levels, and providing housing data charts and graphs going back a few years. Here’s an example of some of the information on the Seattle page today, 03/25/09: They also provide charts of housing data [...]
The best real estate logos not only look good, they also get the message across about what the company does. Ideally they do it in an imaginative way that leaves you saying “I get it!” and “Whoa, how cool!” at the same time. Can I tell you how DIFFICULT it is to find a designer who actually [...]
by Irene Dorang on February 9, 2009
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This morning in my email inbox there was a message that was supposedly from the “Internal Revenue Service” with the message line “You have one new message from the IRS United States Department of the Treasury.” I’m writing about it here because even though I am SUPER skeptical about emails I nearly clicked on it, which [...]
Thinking about sending out a monthly email newsletter to your real estate clients? The first question to ask yourself is, “What information am I going to be sending?” Or, more specifically, “Why should someone open this email?” This is HUGE. Let’s face it, can you think of any one of your clients who’s not already [...]