Archive for the ‘Real Estate Tips’ Category
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Google has partnered with other public data sources to offer one place to look at historical trends at the state and local level as it relates to population, education, Unemployment, etc.Below are a variety of interactive graphs. View how Colorado compares with the rest of the nation:Population Growth:Unemployment Rate:Personal Income Per Capita:Disease ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
As an Apartment Marketer, you are responsible for generating as many high quality leads that turn into leases for the lowest amount per lead. You are prepared to have a meeting with your CEO on marketing recommendations for 2010. Your spreadsheet is filled with data, assumptions, cost per lead numbers, ...
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
We wanted to have a little fun so we published our first rental tips as a movie. This one is entitled "Rental Search Frustration." Enjoy.....
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
By Denise ZocchiDuring my daily browse of the real estate news on NYTimes.com, an interesting article popped up which ties in well to yesterday’s posting about making your home a little greener. The article speaks about Michael Namer, a NY resident and condo developer, who chose to design his condos with ...
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
By Dennis ZocchiIn one of my latest searches through home discussion forums I’ve found a lot of unanswered posts about how to open up small living spaces. Part of the solution is how you choose to furnish the room and the other part is how you use your furniture. ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
By Denise ZocchiWith the millions of sources out there trying to guide consumers in today’s hostile real estate market, the bestsellers on BarnesandNoble.com may have something to offer as well.Below are today’s top 5 sellers on BarnesandNoble.Com: Fool’s Gold by Gillian Tett: A behind the scenes look at the current financial crisis ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Google just released Google Insights for Search and it allows users to compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames.
I compared Apartments for Rent and Houses for rent and here is what I found:
There is a cyclical nature to rental search.
Florida has the highest concentration of renters ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
For those of you who are concerned about the fight that has been going on between Rosie and Donald Trump, you can now take sides in this interactive video game. Waste endless hours of your life. Go ahead, you know you want to....
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
One thing to consider when buying any service or product is that everything is negotiable. Below are some tips and tricks to use when trying to save money on your lease.
1) Look for rental properties during these months (Nov - Dec - Jan - Feb) :
These are historically the worst ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
There are millions of widgets being designed by programmers and added to WidgetBox, FaceBook, and Google.
What are the top real estate widgets?
Here is what we found:
For Sale Properties
Trulia Widgets:
Home Appraisal
Zillow Widgets:
eppraisal Widgets:
Rentals and Rental Rates
rentBits Widgets:
Zilpy Widgets:
Classifieds
vFlyer widgets:
Real Estate Investing
BiggerPockets Widgets:
Real Estate Research
AlosResearch Widgets:
Mapping
RentVine Widgets:
Real Estate News
MSNBC Real Estate Widget:
Topix ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Odd Number Pricing
From - Ohio State University Fact Sheet
Odd number pricing refers to setting a price just below the psychological breaks in the dollar, such as a price is set at 49 cents or 99 cents rather than 50 cents or $1. Prices may be set at 19 cents or ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Blog Rush, the widget we have on the side of our blog, recently released their blog search product called Traffic Jam. It aims to make sense of the millions of blogs out there.
As the consumer traffic to this site, I think this could be another great way to increase traffic ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Seth Godin recently gave a presentation to real estate agents and he told them "to quit selling real estate." He states:
"The agents who built their business on low interest rates, easy money and speculation (the order takers) have left the building.......In fact, I think this is an extraordinary opportunity for ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
I wanted to add a list of rental sites that have a blog. I think all sites should increase their presence with a blog. It helps the rental industry if more of us speak out and share information.
If there are more, comment and I will add.
RentVine Blog
MyNewPlace Blog
Hotpads Blog
ForRent Blog
TenantMarket ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
In 2006, AOL released information of over 20 million search queries collected from 650,000 users over a 3 month period. AOL released the information and stated, "The goal of this collection is to provide real query log data that is based on real users. It could be used for personalization, ...
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