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Homebuyer Tax Credit Extended for Some Military Personnel
8/26/2010 1:25 AM
Due to the U.S. military’s involvement in overseas conflicts from 2008 to the present, the government has extended the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit until April 30, 2011, for some military personnel.Those who have been unable to receive this benefit due to military service now have the opportunity to utilize the $8,000 tax credit for first-time h...Read More
 
Engage your community by giving them what they want: Daily Deals!
8/23/2010 10:55 PM
You may have been introduced to Groupon from last week's $25 for $50 worth of Gap clothes offering. It sold 441,000 coupons across America and made "Daily Deals" the war cry of the new local advertising model for the Great Recession. We've always believed the best way to engage your community is to give them what they want. In today's economy, dee...Read More
 
Why HOW (Home Ownership Workshop) is the new WOW!
6/14/2010 12:57 AM
Real Estate and Lending industry has always been ridiculed for not doing enough towards educating the home buyers. In fact a lot of blame for the mortgage meltdown was placed on the fact that the buyers were not made aware of "what they were getting into." Now real estate professionals across 15 states have come together to put Home Ownership Works...Read More
 
The Breaking News Network is meeting at Inman Connect in San Francisco
5/19/2010 8:19 PM
We're having our first face-to-face gathering of our Breaking News Network participants at Inman Real Estate Connect between July 13-15 in San Francisco. Inman has generously offered us a 25% discount if you register here with the code BNN . Register before the prices go up this Friday, May 21! ...
 
Guest post: Buying Real Estate While in College: A Very Possible Dream
5/8/2010 7:19 PM
Melissa Tamura approached me to write an article about a collegiate perspective on real estate. The best thing Melissa has done in this article is to tangibly describe how college students think about real estate, and she has outlined a mission statement that can be applied to any college student. I wish Melissa all the best. In the future, with th...Read More
 
Our sponsor charity at Mortgage Revolution
5/2/2010 1:19 PM
The contraction of the news reporting industry has been well documented, and leaves behind a nagging social question. Who is funding the stories that will illuminate the good causes going unnoticed, and the investigative reporting that uncovers the Watergates. Even more important, who is charged with this kind of reporting at the local level when ...Read More
 
Mortgage Panel at Virtual RE Bar Camp
4/10/2010 1:49 PM
At the recently concluded Virtual RE Bar Camp, I was on the Mortgage Panel with Mark Madsen, Chris Brown, Scott Schang and Justin McHood. The purpose of the panel was to show real estate agents who are active bloggers why it makes sense to have mortgage content on their blog. From the Loan Officer's perspective we talked about that the main pu...Read More
 
Virtual REBarCamp April 6 - my new presentation on the Impact of Geolocational Media
3/31/2010 1:15 AM
I'll be presenting next week at Jim Cronin's brilliant Virtual REBarCamp. Register here and meet me on April 6 at 2:15 in room #4. My new presentation is on "The Impact of Geolocational Media" Geolocation is the new social buzz with Foursquare and Gowalla, butTwitter and Facebook are closing in with mobile services. What is the impact of thes...Read More
 
Automating Mobile Services for Real Estate
3/9/2010 10:51 AM
Chris Thorman who blogs about real estate technology at Software Advice shares leading edge concepts that are aligned with what I see coming down the mobile social media pipeline. Turnkey / automation / service delivery and execution are critical to mass adoption, and when service companies can provide this instantly in one click, they will get cus...Read More
 
The problem with social media marketing - it's still push marketing
2/18/2010 6:43 PM
The sales methodology of the real estate industry is unique. Its sales force, primarily agents and brokers, needs to market themselves widely to a local community in order to capture transactions that happen infrequently. The traditional way has always been a form of promotion, or "push marketing" - advertising, drip email marketing, direct mail, o...Read More





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