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It seems like not a day goes by that we don't hear about the rising price of either groceries or gasoline. This might not be such a difficult pill to swallow if we were talking about luxury items, but food and fuel are hardly that. They are everyday necessities that we cannot live without.

  To release or not to release that is the question (press release that is) – and if that is the question, my answer is always to release! To follow are 5 simple tips to get more loved up with the media: 1. Set yourself a press / media release goal. I think once a month is a good frequency, but if you’re not doing any now – what about once a quarter. Don’t have enough to write about each month? (new staff member, award, record sale, new premises, community involvement) – why not...

RE:  Not showing short sales, short sale commissions, etc.I'd like to elaborate on my last post vis a vis showing or not showing short sales.  As real estate professionals we are charged with looking out for the best interest of our clients and that responsibility comes in many forms.  When representing a buyer we typically (or should be showing) are showing properties based on several criteria, i.e., location, condition, price, etc.  In the literal sense not showing a short sale could be co...

Zillow recently announced that they have appointed 10 influential real estate leaders to its Broker Advisory Board to provide counsel on existing Zillow services for the real estate industry, and evaluate ideas for future products and services.Zillow® has quickly grown its number of real estate industry partners since the launch of its listings feed program in November 2007, with nearly 3 million for-sale listings today, and hundreds of prominent listings partners. More than five million unique...

Lavern ponders:I am a new agent to the Tampa area, I understand SOI very well and have used it before with success. But in this situation I do not have that luxury, I know no one in the Tampa area. so my question is do I just prepare myself by just doing as many Open houses as my time and tenacity will allow along with Farming? Or does anyone out there have any better ideas.Jack muses:Welcome Lavern! Most of us have been in this or a similar situation if we really think about it. There will be p...

that property. I would like to see the CDOM on all our reports rather than having to print out listing history reports to staple to the client report. By not providing CDOM to buyers, I can see a lawsuit waiting to happen……."If had known the house was on the market that long, I would have offered a lower price and the seller might have accepted it.">>>  Our market also started adding CDOM. Our office however has been having buyers ALWAYS sign off on a history report whether or not CDOM sho...

"I'm glad to see that this thread has some legs. Agents need to hear real life examples of how an effective Web presence leads to CLOSINGS."I too have read Lou's post with great interest and appreciate the comments from Dirk and Rich as well.I too have disengaged myself from the traditional brick and mortar office and opted for a 'work from home' business model. I am not suffering any loss of business at all. I am not being fed by walk-in or call-in traffic to a brokerage --- which dropped to ze...