Have a clear direction of where you want to be in your career, and align your efforts to reach your goalsWhen you’re starting out in real estate, you wake up every day hoping and praying for success. You’re trying new things on the daily. Mailers go out to the masses with your branding plastered all over them.Your email campaigns reach anyone who’s given you an email address. Pounding the pavement and networking have become second nature t
Share your positive reviews on the sites that matter to attract more clients -- it's all about visibilityKey Takeaways The popularity of each real estate review site varies by market. Find out which sites are most popular in your market, and focus your attention there.Leverage reviews to build your business’ credibility so you can attract more clients and earn more real estate commissions.With a proven system guiding your efforts, leveraging
About ChristopherPurchasing property is a major decision and it is important that you choose an agent who you have confidence in and feel you can trust. There are many issues to consider when selecting an agent but few as important as your agent's dedication. Our view is simple – clients count!Successful investment is comprised of three main factors – long term capital growth, maximum rental yield achievable and near constant occupation. Long
Instagram boasts more than 200 million active monthly users. It has quickly emerged as one of the most popular social media platforms. How can you use it to grow your own network? Forbes.com columnist Tom Ward recently offered a few tips, including:Create a theme for your page. Figure out what you are trying to promote on Instagram and stick to it, Ward writes. Have a separate account for your personal posts, if necessary. “You can’t expect
More Americans are renting homes today than at any time in the past 50 years, and more investors are looking to cash in, newly released data shows.HomeUnion, which helps investors find single-family rental homes, released a list of projections for investors looking to rent out and hold properties for the next five years. Researchers considered factors like vacancies, rent appreciation, permitting activities for both apartments and single-family
A shortage of homes for sale combined with growing buyer demands will likely spark home builders to construct the most homes this year than in the last decade, economists told HousingWire.“Most likely a result of the trending imbalance between homes for sale and demand for new homes to purchase, housing starts finally edged up in the month of June to 8.3 percent,” says Greg Parsons, Semper Capital Management CEO. “The need to balance the g
After Dallas-area real estate pro Laura Barnett put a listing on the market three weeks ago, it quickly received 22 offers. But Barnett didn’t take the highest bid.Instead, she took the cash offer because she wanted to ensure that there were no hang-ups along the way toward closing, she told CNBC. Appraisals, she says, are not keeping up with the sales prices. If the appraisal doesn’t match the contracted price, buyers usually can’t get
About BrianRaised in South San Jose- Almaden ValleyAttended College in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo @ Cal Poly University. 25+ years of Business/ Sales Experience. Short Sales, REO's and Investment/ Flipper Properties. Licensed Realtor since 2004 Licensed Contractor Since 1997iPro currently deals throughout the states of California and Texas with new offices in New York and Florida. We continue to strive to broaden opportunities for real
Key Takeaways Effective online and offline marketing must be consistent. Recognition is built over time and multiple channels.In the pre-digital age, marketing was straightforward: You placed an ad in the newspaper and sent out postcards. All marketing was physical.Enter the internet, which now dominates consumers’ attention as they toggle from their desktop to their smartphone, amid their daily life. Today’s marketing needs to reflect these
The Los Angeles beachfront neighborhood of Venice may be one of the most in-demand areas in the nation—but it hasn’t gained a single housing unit in the last 15 years.Venice was ranked as the country’s toughest place to build new homes, according to an analysis by contractor website BuildZoom.com. In fact, the neighborhood had about 700 fewer housing units in 2015 than it did in 2000. Apartment development has come to a standstill there, an
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