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RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—What’s the number one absolute best way to get more organic traffic to your real estate blog, website or lead capture pages?

Content creation. (“But, what on earth am I supposed to be writing about or videoing,…

RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—Lately I have been talking to a lot of mortgage lenders and title reps who are trying to find ways to get real estate agents and brokers to start sending business their way in the form of…

RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—Thanks to some favorable conditions, like perceived value and affordability, international home buyers, especially from Canada, Mexico, China and India are eyeing the U.S. a bit more these days. Over 40% of the international home-buying transactions…

RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—With more cell phones than desktop computers and more text messages being sent than phone calls being made, it is no surprise that mobile technology is hot topic in many industries; real estate in particular. …

RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—“The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is giving homeowners and buyers until October 4, 2010 to lock in a low monthly insurance premium,” said Gibran Nicholas, chairman of the CMPS Institute, an organization that trains and certifies…

RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—The economic roller coaster we’ve been riding for the past two years seems to have taken its toll—right down to the shoes Americans are wearing and how they are thinking about them. KIWI Shoe Care, part of…

RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—Foreclosures and REO’s have flooded the market. You need this training to capture all this business. Foreclosed homes usually require a degree of patience in listing them and selling them, and this designation is uniquely equipped to…

RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—Zillow.com and Apartments.com, two of the nation’s leading online destinations for real estate and multifamily housing, respectively, announced a partnership to bring the Apartments.com national database of 90,000 managed apartment rental listings to Zillow. Apartments.com rental listings…

RISMEDIA, September 2, 2010—Is the REO market winding down? And is it too late to get into the market, if you’re not already getting listings? REO experts Michael Krein, the president of the National REO Brokers Association; Gary Acosta, chairman…

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RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—E-mail marketing lists are a necessity in any real estate market for industry professionals who are serious about getting their name and message in front of as many people as possible. While building an e-mail marketing contact…

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—This week’s headlines from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® include: a free article on maximizing profit through Facebook from NAR’s Right Tools, Right Now initiative; travel deals from NAR’s REALTOR Benefits® Program Partners; and promotional materials…

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—With a number of real estate markets still reeling in the midst of the nation’s economic crisis, bargains persist for savvy investors looking to add to their portfolios of rental properties. Prices have even gone low enough…

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—With hyperlocal marketing, I would expect you to want to dominate your market, right? The three most important factors to real estate market domination are:

1. Laser focus on your target market area
2.…

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—With existing U.S. home sales diving to 15-year lows and millions of homes stagnant on the market, home sellers are suffering increasing anxiety, uncertainty and financial stress. To address these symptoms, motivational author Joan Gale Frank…

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—(MCT)—Ruth Roseboom checks her Facebook page at least once a day. The 78-year-old grandmother from Celebration, Fla., has 40 Facebook friends and likes to see what they are up to at any given time.

Roseboom is…

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—There is only so much real estate on the first page of Google, Yahoo, Bing and MSN…do you want to own your market, or will it be someone else?!! Our proven systems and technologies can have you…

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—It’s hard to think about enjoying a cozy fire when the temps outside are still sizzling. But September through November is a peak real estate sales timeframe and your clients want inviting spaces for holiday entertaining. Suggest…

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010—The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties dropped to a seasonally adjusted rate of 9.85% of all loans outstanding as of the end of the second quarter of 2010, a decrease of 21 basis…