Use my iPhone, Android, Blackberry to look at homes or a Real Estate Agent website with home for sale or for rent while driving around or even walking in a neighborhood..... Who would do such a thing? Is this a marketing waste of time and money? Or, is this the next big marketing opportunity that provides that selling and buying edge both buyers and Realtor® Agents are looking for? First, the Facts.... 17% of Adult Americans have a SmartPhone = approximately 42,000,000 adults in the U.S. About one quarter (1/4) of SmartPhone owners are 18 years to 41 years of age = about … [Read more...]
Real Estate Marketing Smartphone features Find Homes and Realtor® Marketing
we “get by giving” – the real formula of success
What is the root of the word Sell; to give?? The word Sell comes from one of the Old English translations of the word Sellan, which means to serve. More simply, to give. We could each introspectively ask ourselves right now; “Do I act in selling by truly serving the needs of others? Do I care for and work for what they need and not what I need? Do I determine the value of my services with a formula of; My true worth is determined by how much more I give in value than I take in payment. If yes, then our successes are more likely assured as this is a critical factor in the formula … [Read more...]
July Home Sales Plunge is Good NEWS?
Buyers LOVE the plunge in a real estate market, Sellers don’t. Sellers LOVE the peaks in a real estate market, Buyers don’t. Aug 24, 2010 - Home sales down 27 percent in July 2010..... Aug 12, 2010 - Existing-home sales in Scottsdale jumped 36 percent in the first half of this year...... It seems so obvious to say that the time to BUY is when sales plunge or are holding down. And the opposite for selling. On the news of the July home sales "plunge", go rally those buyers armed with the knowledge that it’s “the buyer’s turn” to make out on the deal. In other words, … [Read more...]