There were a couple of posts on Active|Rain today that reminded me of a situation I encountered a couple of years ago. It was a short sale/foreclosure. Let me summarize the posts that made me think about this…
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It’s a Dirty Job, and nobody has to do it…
- Wednesday, 13 August 2008 22:13
- Written by Lane Bailey
- 1 Comment
I like cool tools…
- Tuesday, 12 August 2008 22:10
- Written by Lane Bailey
- 0 Comments
Just ask my wife. And I have a LOT of tools… again, feel free to ask my wife.
I have a wide variety. Welder, Plasma Cutter, Bandsaw, air tools and compressor, hand tools… LOADS of tools. In fact, the biggest issue I face with my tools is organized tool storage. And that is a whole different post.
Back to the tools…
Lilburn and Localism
- Monday, 04 August 2008 22:58
- Written by Lane Bailey
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For a little over a year I have been a member of a real estate social networking site called Active|Rain. For the whole time there has been a sister platform called Localism. And also for that whole period of time, Localism has been in a beta stage.
**Side note. Beta stage means that it wasn’t really done, but was running full speed.**
The beta Localism platform was nice, but wasn’t great. It pulled a fair amount of search traffic from Google, and that was always great… but it wasn’t sticky. That means that people would do a search, go to the result, read it and then leave.
The new site isn’t that way. And it isn’t all about real estate. Make no doubt, real estate is front and center right now, but as the the site matures, real estate won’t be the center.
So, Localism has been completely redesigned, and it isn’t in beta any more. And it is pretty cool.
Anyway, on to the point…
Come on in and take a look at Lilburn. Look around. Let me know what you think. I’ll be adding more content, as will all of the other participants. In fact, ANYONE can join and contribute content for Localism. Come on in, the water is fine.
I’m entering a new age… Video
- Friday, 04 April 2008 22:35
- Written by Lane Bailey
- 2 Comments
Active Rain, a real estate agent centered community that I blog on, is having a contest for agent promotional videos. The contest has pushed me to do something that I have been resisting… make a video.
Here it is.
I certainly intend to make more. I’ve been wanting to alter my Gwinnett County Market Reports to a friendlier format… perhaps I can utilize video to make them faster and more interesting.Anyway… Enjoy. Feel free to comment.
Also, I’d like to thank the people that helped out with this video. I won’t embarrass you by naming you… they did great, any failings are mine.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?
- Friday, 21 March 2008 23:28
- Written by Lane Bailey
- 0 Comments
First, here is a video…
The Thrashers played the Caps tonight. The Caps jumped out to an early lead, but the Thrashers came back to score 3 unanswered goals. Going into the 3rd period, the Thrashers had played great hockey, and controlled the game. They had a 3 – 1 lead, and looked to be in a position to hold it.
Here is a link to the game tonight…
Then came the 3rd period…
The Caps scored 4 unanswered goals. Not just that… the Thrashers weren’t there. They were outshot 23 to 2. Keri Lehtonen just couldn’t keep up.
So, let’s talk about real estate…
I’m going to say something that many agents don’t want to say… If it is for sale, your house is in competition. Let’s think about it for a minute.
One of the first things almost every agent does is perform a Competitive Market Analysis, or CMA. We look at the other homes that are currently listed… the competition.
So, a good agent makes sure that the house is well prepared… staged. We make sure that it is well marketed. And we make sure that it is properly priced coming out of the gate.
If we fail at any one of these, we can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Here is the bottom line… A house that looks better than the competition, marketed better than the competition and priced to beat the competition… will be sold before the competition!
In this market, where only 1 of 3 or 4 or 5 or 10 homes that goes onto the market will end up selling during its initial listing period, if your goal is to get your home sold, call an agent that has the same goal. I look forward to your call. Take a look at GarageHomesUSA.com for the latest offers on new listings.