Category: Real Estate
Building a referral-based clientele
Sellers love referrals. They are the sincerest form of praise and a remarkably profitable route for new business. The idea of attracting referrals is so popular that sales coaches who bill themselves as referral gurus make fortunes promoting magic systems that supposedly bring in more referrals than an agent can handle, all in exchange for…
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Faithbook – 3 Barriers That Could Be Preventing You From Creating Your Spiritual Legacy
Barrier #1 So maybe you should think about it Many people have good intentions to create their Spiritual Legacy for their grandchild. The Bible tells us in numerous places to tell the next generations what God has done for us. However, procrastination seeps into our lives. Creating a spiritual legacy is high on the “it…
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Smart Strategies for Renting Homes, Condos, Duplexes, and Townhomes in a Tight Real Estate Market
1. House hunting and apartment hunting are two completely different animals and require different approaches. In apartments there is always another one available next week. In homes, each one is unique, and once rented it disappears. That’s why being prepared is especially important when you need a home. That’s particularly true of high-end or well-located…
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Learn From Real Estate History: Markets Are Cyclical: 5 Important Factors
If we learn from the past, in a meaningful way, we will better understand, the history of real estate should teach us, housing markets are often cyclical! There are bull and bear markets, as well as periods, with a greater degree of balance, between these two. Most have heard references to buyers markets, plus sellers…
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Hard money loans for beginners
Hard money loans are good for first-time investors as a source of credit, as most of the time, people in California start their debt before they even start their credit, this phenomenon stems from the influx of student loans. This could be a good indication of the future success of hard money lenders. This is…
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Tips for selling your own house
Home values over the last sixty years have risen steadily. Everyone (even those who should have known better) believed that the rise would go on forever and the entire real estate industry was built on that concept. So the worst comes after the hyperinflation of home values starts to plummet. That bursting of the real…
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Time is running out fast for real estate bargain hunters
CAVEAT! If you really want to buy a house in 2010, you may not have much time left! With the 2007-2009 recession fading into history, buyers are returning to the real estate market in droves. However, what most shoppers don’t realize is that there are many forces working against them that could make it difficult…
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Where to start: creating a practical home gym
Our lives are getting busier, people have less time, and we all need daily exercise to keep our bodies fit and healthy. Gyms are great if you have free time and need more motivation from other people, but how often in a week do you have enough time before or after work? When trying to…
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Does my auto or homeowners insurance police cover damage to the mailbox?
Since 2013, the United States Postal Service has promoted a measure that will save the agency billions of dollars. By requiring owners of newly built homes to use curbside mailboxes like those used by millions of other homeowners and renters, the associated costs will be significantly reduced. Although the change favors cost-cutting efforts, it does…
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Landlords: how to determine the amount of rent for your property
I want to present several resources where a real estate investor or property owner can determine what rent they can charge for their investment property. The three most popular websites available for this purpose are Zillow.com, Rentometer.com and Craig’s List. Zillow is the most popular and respected, so we’ll start there. To go Zillow.com and…
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