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Getting the Most out of Craigslist

Think quality, not quantity.

The “common wisdom” is that you need to post to Craigslist multiple times per day for it to be effective. That, pardon my French, is a load of crap put out by Craigslist posting service companies that want you to pay for more and more ineffective Craigslist ads and reinforced by people

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Agents; Wow your sellers and buyers with interactive floor plans

Dennis Norman

At the REALTORS(R) Conference and Expo in San Diego yesterday, a la mode, inc. announced the realease of it’s new DaVinci TourSketch System for real estate brokers and agents.  According to the company, tens of thousands of real estate appraisers currently use the product.  The new agent version of DaVinci  includes  the drawing and

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NAR has new widget to show your listings on Facebook

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The National Association of REALTORS(R) has just come out with a new widget for it’s members that allows them to easily post their listings on their Facebook page.
The widget is free to members and is quick and easy to install.  If you are a REALTOR and want to add this feature to your Facebook

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Using the MLS to find cash buyers for your foreclosures, REO’s and short sales

By: Dennis Norman

I just did a post to a real estate investors blog about a video by Steph Davis, the Tampa-based bartender turned wholesaler, on how investors can use the MLS to locate cash buyers for their “flip” deals.  While doing this, I realized many agents may find this information useful as well.  With a

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Overpriced Listings; Is the agent to blame?

By: Dennis Norman

This morning Trulia, the online real estate search company, announced that “25.6 percent of homes currently on the market in the United States as of October 1, 2009 have experienced at least one price cut. More than one in four current listings on Trulia have been reduced in price for the fourth straight

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Is it Live or VIRTUAL??

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By: Dennis Norman

For anyone in the real estate industry the word “virtual” has become a familiar term.  VOW’s, or Virtual Office Websites, were in the headlines for a couple of years while the National Association of REALTORS® dueled with the Department of Justice over the REALTORS® treatment of VOW’s.

Personally I’m a fan of

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Using social networking in your business..a quiz for REALTORS(R)

By: Dennis Norman

Most agents and brokers today are probably familiar with one or more of these logos from social-networking sites.  In addition, many are probably using one or more of these sites, in addtion to personal websites, blocks and other sites, to market themselves, their businesses as well as reach out to the consumer and

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NAR working to get the word out on the first-time home buyer tax credit

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By: Dennis Norman

The National Association of REALTORS(R) is working hard to get the message out to consumers about home-buying opportunities in the current market.

One of the ways NAR is going this is by it’s “Real Estate Today” radio show which has been steadily increasing it’s local affiliates across the country and, just this

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