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There’s nothing more painful than working hard to increase your web traffic, only to succeed then sit there waiting while nobody actually contacts you. Every day you see dozens or even hundreds of people visiting your site, but your blackberry stays tragically silent, no rings, beeps, chimes or anything.
The problem is that most agents spend [...]

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If you haven’t heard, Apple just released their latest iPhone, the iPhone 3G S.  With the iPhone becoming more and more popular with real estate agents, I thought I’d explore the implications of it’s most powerful feature: the ability to shoot video.
Video For Dummies

The biggest upgrade to the new iPhone is the ability to record [...]

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Ths article about 10 Free or Cheap Tools For Realtors from Inc. Magazine is actually meant for startups, but as independent contractors real estate agents are often in the same boat as other entrepreneurs: limited funds, not much time, and the eternal love of free things.  They have several great tools, many of which I [...]

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So admittedly, I’m way late to the twitter party.  However, as I explore it more I realize that for the real estate industry, I’m still almost an early adopter!  While there aren’t a ton of real estate voices on twitter yet, there are several good ones.  I’m going to be compiling a list, and if [...]

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Image Source: My Single Property Websites Data Source: 2008 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
As part of it’s “Right Tools, Right Now” program, our national association is generously providing the 2008 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers free as a download to Realtors (go to www.realtor.org to download).  I spent some time reviewing [...]

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A little while back I decided to purchase a camera for taking better real estate photos, specifically one with a wide angle lens.  My criteria were:

Under $300
Must have wide angle (28mm or better) lens
Able to to double duty as my personal camera

I did some searching, and ended up purchasing the “Canon PowerShot SD870IS 8MP Digital [...]

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I recently wrote an article about 7 ways to save money, and thought I’d highlight a couple of them here. If they seem helpful, you can read the full article here.  I personally use all of the products in the article, and for full disclosure the links to Basecamp and Highrise are part of [...]

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While there’s been some debate about the value of single property websites , I’m a firm believer in using single property websites to market your listings.  Such a firm believer, in fact, that I’ve created my own web app to more easily create my own single property websites.  It’s open for anyone to use and [...]

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