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	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Zillow Starts Charging for Mortgage Leads</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/zillow/zillow-starts-charging-for-mortgage-leads</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Daugherty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Zillow, which launched a mortgage market place for free in 2008, will now be charging lenders on a cost per lead basis. This announcement follows Google&#8217;s to test comparison ads for verticals like &#8220;mortgage&#8220;.
How much will it cost?The market will determine the price for each contact; Zillow will not be setting price. Leads will vary by market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landlords Decreasing Rent Prices Across the Nation</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/rental-market/landlords-decreasing-rent-prices-across-the-nation</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rentBits Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s blog concerning renovation negotiations with landlords could not have come at a better time.  A few days ago the National Association of Independent Landlords published survey results on landlord’s current behavior with rent prices and their willingness to accommodate tenant’s financial needs.  With an overwhelming 69% of independent landlords willing to reduce rent, now is the time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renting and Renovating, All For The Cost Of Rent</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/rental-market/renting-and-renovating-all-for-the-cost-of-rent</link>
		<comments>http://rentbits.com/blog/rental-market/renting-and-renovating-all-for-the-cost-of-rent#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rentBits Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has been through the rental-search process has seen the worn down apartments, which may have met the desired location and price point, but essentially did not make the cut.  The scratched walls, stained floors, and water stains are hard to settle for and therefore the search continues.  However, for one San [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rental Scams - What to Look For</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/rental-scams/rental-scams-what-to-look-for</link>
		<comments>http://rentbits.com/blog/rental-scams/rental-scams-what-to-look-for#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rentBits Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For a while now, we have been doing our best to educate renters, property owners, and all other web-oriented audiences of online rental scams.  Although it is a growing dilemma, there are a few simple precautions that can help avoid the problem altogether.
The scam begins with an ad plagiarized from a rental site and edited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Rule #4 - FOCUS ON PEOPLE AND SERVICE</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/rent-marketer-book/success-rule-4-focus-on-people-and-service</link>
		<comments>http://rentbits.com/blog/rent-marketer-book/success-rule-4-focus-on-people-and-service#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Daugherty</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Rent Marketer Book]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dan Daugherty
&#8220;Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.&#8221; - Walt Disney
It is very difficult to make your customers happy if you don&#8217;t have happy employees. Derek Kalles of Kalles Properties says, &#8220;People are the key to successfully sustaining, growing and developing a company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Rule #3 - LAUGH AND SMILE, AND DON&#8217;T TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/rent-marketer-book/success-rule-3-laugh-and-smile-and-dont-take-things-personally</link>
		<comments>http://rentbits.com/blog/rent-marketer-book/success-rule-3-laugh-and-smile-and-dont-take-things-personally#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Daugherty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Branam
&#8220;With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.&#8221; - Abraham Lincoln&#8221;
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.&#8221; - Bob Newhart
Laughing. Smiling. We know how important these things are in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Rule #2 - SOLVE PROBLEMS</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/business-tips/success-rule-2-solve-problems</link>
		<comments>http://rentbits.com/blog/business-tips/success-rule-2-solve-problems#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Daugherty</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dan Daugherty
“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” - Henry Ford
“We are too busy mopping the floor to turn off the faucet.” - Unknown
When asked, &#8220;If you had only one word to describe the day-to-day life of a property manager, what would that word be?&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success Rule #1 - SET GOALS, AND HAVE A VISION</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/rent-marketer-book/success-rule-1-set-goals-and-have-a-vision</link>
		<comments>http://rentbits.com/blog/rent-marketer-book/success-rule-1-set-goals-and-have-a-vision#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Daugherty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow-up to our recent post entitled &#8220;Property Management Published Book - The 9 Laws of Success,&#8221; we wanted to post each law as a post in its entirely. We hope you enjoy it.
Success Rule #1 - SET GOALS, AND HAVE A VISION
By Mike Branam
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Property Management Published Book - The 9 Laws of Success</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/rental-market/property-management-published-book-the-9-laws-of-success</link>
		<comments>http://rentbits.com/blog/rental-market/property-management-published-book-the-9-laws-of-success#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Daugherty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently participated in the NARPM convention that was held in Orlando, Fl. Every year, over 400 property managers from all over the US come together to share ideas, meet with vendors and receive credits for classes.  This was Rent Marketer&#8217;s 4th National NARPM convention. Every year, vendors give away prizes, shirts, pens, etc. This year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Safest Cities to Live</title>
		<link>http://rentbits.com/blog/real-estate-news/top-10-safest-cities-to-live</link>
		<comments>http://rentbits.com/blog/real-estate-news/top-10-safest-cities-to-live#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rentBits Team</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ideal city is one that provides the thriving culture of like New York City, with the safety of suburban neighborhoods like  Greenich, CT.  Cities that meet these qualities do exist and according to a ranking published last week by Forbes.Com, they aren’t that far off the map.
Forbes.com safest cities in America determined ranking based on the [...]]]></description>
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