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Business today Keeping up with Mobile computing in Real Estate. I sat through a great presentation by  Matt Dollinger. His presentation was all about “The Future of Computing in Real Estate?”  He gives you some great ideas as it pertains to mobile computing and connecting PC and Macs to mobile devices such as I pads and smart phones. If you have some time I strongly recommend you […]
Business today A blog vs a website! As  Windermere solutions gets ready to launch their new agent.com tools set there will be lots of discussion on the topic of blog vs website. 8 years ago a website was a good idea. Today that has shifted especially when it comes to having a website that lives in the world of Real Estate. Today we are seeing a […]
Real Estate Related Selling a home the right way! Well inspection is complete and everything looks good. Closing set for 20 days from now and I couldn’t be happier. So what are the take aways from this process I just went through? 1. make sure your working with a skilled Realtor that knows the market your home is in. 2. Listen to what they […]
Real Estate Related Day two (Pending inspection). Just wanted to give you an update on the process of listing my home. So day two and we accepted an offer over the listing price. I can’t express the importance of listening to your Realtor and making sure that you stay realistic on the value of your home. I’m always  surprised when a seller […]
Real Estate Related Day one of listing my home. So my home is on the market, Yeah! From the listing detail page on Windermere I love that you can see what other sites value your home at. Here we have Eppraisal.com and Zillow.com. Wow, why such a big difference you may ask. Well that has a lot to do with where the data comes […]
Living How much water do you use a year? so I just moved into a new home and I’m wondering what the monthly utilities will be for this larger home. I found this article to be very interesting as it pertains to water consumption. Click on the image to read the full article.
customer services Making your home shine. So I’m going to be a seller in about a week. Prior to getting my house listed my Listing agent and I talked about what we should do so that my  home looks it’s best when it goes on the market. 1. Pricing it correctly. This is always a tough one. As the seller we always think […]
Education Learning how to create lists on your personal Facebook page. Lists are a very helpful way to narrow down the groups you want to interact with within your Facebook world. Hope this is helpful!
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Real Estate Related Why is Windermere investing in technology? A recent article form Geek Wire talked about Windermere and Brett Eddy the new CTO for the new company Windermere Solutions. After reading the article I began to read the comments. It was amusing to me to see the wide gap between the individuals that want to change the way we do real estate and the existing […]
Living Are you being realistic as a Seller in todays market? Photo by Paul G. So I just finished being a buyer in this market place and now I’m stepping into being a Seller. I want to be clear, I do work for Windermere but not as a Realtor. My opinion’s are my own on this particular topic. As I was a buyer I want to […]
Business today How being on the Web is drastically changing! Graph Sources: Cisco estimates based on CAIDA publications, Andrew Odlyzko “You wake up and check your email on your bedside iPad — that’s one app. During breakfast you browse Facebook, Twitter, and The New York Times — three more apps. On the way to the office, you listen to a podcast on your smartphone. Another app. At […]
Business today Be a curator on social media rather than a watcher! Recently I saw a great slide presentation on Socialgraphics in relationship to social media. It shows how many people today in the social media world fall into the area of sharing and watching and only less the 1% are actually curating. This is where I see a huge opportunity for you to excel. Sure it […]
Interesting stuff Where to go to get educated on Social Media! Image by Stephen Poff Are you overwhelmed today? Not sure if you should be using Twitter, or Facebook, what about linkedin? Do I talk about business or personal stuff? What is too much information and what is not enough? I get asked these questions all the time, so I thought I would just give you some […]
customer services How are you leaving your mark? I recently read a  post by Seth Godin called: Soles: where he said this. “There’s a sign on most squash courts encouraging players to wear only sneakers with non-marking soles. I’m not sure there’s such a thing. If you’re going to do anything worthy, you’re going to leave a mark.” I really liked this article […]
Business today The great Realtors put their knowledge out into the transparent world! I get asked the questions all the time from Realtors , why would I want to blog? This isn’t always an easy questions to answer not because I don’t have the answer but because many times my answer isn’t what the Realtor wants to hear. I just read a great article from Brian Boero with 1000watt on […]
Real Estate Related The value of a great real estate broker! Being in the house buying arena again I’m very much aware of the need for the expertise of the real estate broker. In saying that, the type of services that I need today vs 11 years ago has not really changed. What has changed are the tools that a broker can use today to enrich the home […]
Business today Let’s be “REAL” people! I want you to think about this quote for just a min. “To utilize social media tools effectively and properly, you must absolutely generate spontaneous communications in direct response to what others are saying or to what is happening in that moment. Be yourself. Be conversational. Be engaged.” – Aliza Sherman, co-owner of social marketing firm […]
Business today Let's be "REAL" people! I want you to think about this quote for just a min. “To utilize social media tools effectively and properly, you must absolutely generate spontaneous communications in direct response to what others are saying or to what is happening in that moment. Be yourself. Be conversational. Be engaged.” – Aliza Sherman, co-owner of social marketing firm […]
Real Estate Related How strong are your relationships? I have to laugh because I was at a Starbucks coffee shop the other day over hearing two 20 somethings talking about all the friends they each had on facebook. It was almost like a competition between the two of them. Not that having 3000 friends is a bad thing but really whats the point. […]
Interesting stuff Being factual today is more important than ever. Seems that today everyone and their mother are walking around with hand held smart phones and they have them in quick draw mode. More so than ever you need to make sure you know what your talking about these days. My father is a great example of this. In his day when you told a […]