News, articles, and advice for Maine real estate licensees, loan officers, and all professionals who assist the consumer in the real estate transaction.
| Posted by: | Matt Richfield |
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| Posted on: | January 29th, 2009 at 12:35 pm |
| Filed under: | Ask The Experts, Maine, New Hampshire, Real Estate Education, The Real Estate Learning Group, Your Real Estate Business |
As a new homeowner or potential seller, it is not likely that you are acquainted with the inner materials of a home. However, most buyers seek an updated home inspection before closing on a new property. It is important to reassure buyers that the home is safe and does not contain any potential health hazards. These inspections are critical to clearing hurdles down the road that may slow the sale of property.
| Posted by: | Matthew Ferrara |
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| Posted on: | January 23rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm |
| Filed under: | Ask The Experts, Real Estate Education, Real Estate Licensing, The Real Estate Learning Group, Your Real Estate Business |
As part of a new ongoing series of posts on our blog, we’re going to apply our brainpower here at Matthew Ferrara & Company to looking at the latest numbers from real estate industry research and helping our readers make sense out of their meaning. Many organizations from NAR to Case-Schiller to research firms and universities worldwide study consumers, agents, brokers and the business of real estate. They release “findings” - lots of numbers - but rarely interpret their meaning. Of course, that’s where we have always been helpful to our clients: leveraging the research facts about the marketplace to make sensible decisions - not gut reactions - to be one step ahead of the consumer. And forget about the competition - since they’re mostly not really competition, when you look at the numbers. In that spirit, let’s start with some startling numbers that may indicate that NOBODY in this business is really in competition for the online consumer: The sorry state of social networking usage by real estate professionals.
| Posted by: | John Herrigel |
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| Posted on: | January 14th, 2009 at 6:30 am |
| Filed under: | Maine, Real Estate Education, The Real Estate Learning Group, Your Real Estate Business |
Real estate websites come in all shape and sizes. The best way to begin your development is to take a look at what is currently out there. If you are a real estate agent in Portland Maine, try Googling “Portland Maine Real Estate“, and see what sort of results you get. I like to categorize these search results into two basic categories - major agencies/companies (Re/Max, Coldwell Banker, Realtor.com, Homes.com) and minor agencies/independent brokers which make up the rest. Focus on this 2nd set of results. Take notes on what you see, both from a design perspective as well as from a content/functionality perspective.
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