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Business Marketing
Social media tools and the sinking ship/speed boat theory
I don't think I'm sinking, but I'm no speed boat... yet. My Facebook Biz Page Tribe is tiny, but the size of my Twitter Tribe is healthy. Per common...
Coaching
Buyer wants to make an offer contingent on the sale of their home
In the State of Washington, an Offer Contingent on the Sale of the Buyers Home Selling is often fraught with all kinds of issues...
How to
Intelligent Design: The Evolution of WordPress
Wikipedia describes WordPress as " an open source blog publishing application and can be used for basic content management". At WordPress.org the description reads,...
Housing News
Obsolescence- What Real Estate Classes Fail to Teach
Many properties can exhibit some form of obsolescence - either functional, external or both. Don't know what that term means? You're not alone. Real estate classes often dart past these terms because real life situations that occur nationwide are difficult to cite. Yet as an appraiser I encounter homes with one or more of the following examples every week.
Housing News
Managing Content For The Multi-Tasking Visitor
When it comes to an easy to use out-of-the-box content management system (CMS), WordPress is about as good as it gets. For the ready-to-go...
Housing News
Websites For Dummies – Is That Really The Goal?
When it comes to options for a web site, agents and brokers have numerous options at literally every price point. I wanted to see...
Housing News
Help the Appraiser Kill Your Deal
Recently the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) has been blamed for being the main reason appraisal values are low. It definitely hasn't helped...
Economic News
FHA Appraisal Issues
One reason I was brought on board here at AG is because I'm both a Realtor and Certified Residential Appraiser. In the 8...
Social Media
TweetDeck for Newbies
There are a lot of aggregators out there for Twitter. I’ve tried many of them and found that TweetDeck is my favorite.   (I also...
Business Marketing
How To Create Client Videos That Sell
Creating Killer Videos
"Of course you'd tell me that, you want my business." Yup, our efforts at creating credibility can only take us so far....
Tech News
Optimizing your AdWords
Back to AdWords. If you've been following along, you've now a set of ads and keywords, which you can enter, bid on, and generally...