Archive for March, 2008
Mile-High Skyscaper Planned to Be Built in Saudi Arabia
If you are a fan of big buildings expect to be thrilled because Prince al-Wahid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia is planning on building a tower that will stand a mile high into the sky.
No, that is not a misprint.
If you do not think that the 100 dollar barrels of oil are creating [...]
Detroit’s Housing Sales Up As Investors Buy Bulk Deals
This is a phrase I never thought that I would read about housing, buying in bulk.
But with Detroit is a cataclysmic housing free-fall that is now how the banks are selling their foreclosed upon homes. Not one at a time but in bulk often at prices in the twenty thousand range. So when you read [...]
Maggie Williams, Clinton Campaign Manager, Director of Bankrupt Subprime Lender
The tangled web of the housing market and politics is getting deeper. Hillary Clinton is proposing a 30 billion dollar bailout of the housing market. This obviously is a move to gain a populist edge in the coming election. Typical politics, nothing to see here, right?
Well not so fast. Her campaign manager and chief adviser, [...]
HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson Qutting Position
Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is expected to resign his post as head of the Cabinet Department. The timing of this resignation is not a great indicator of how the White House and Congress are dealing with housing issues.
There have been reports that one of the stumbling blocks is the relationship [...]
Wordpress 2.5 Is Out
Lots of cool updates in it but I would still recommend not putting it on your main blog sites for a couple of days till things shake out and any bugs that are in it are found.
Wordpress 2.5 Link (1.2 mb download)
Tags: Wordpress+2.5
Top 10 Metropolitan Areas With Biggest Population Gain
With all of the dire news on the real estate front, many areas are still growing hand over fist. Much of it is organic population growth but relocation also plays a big part.
Dallas Fort Worth led the way in growth between July 1st, 2006 and July 1st, 2007. The city grew by over 162 [...]
RETech South – Widgets, Plug-Ins, and Tools
Participants:
Kevin Boer, Moderator, 3OceansRealEstate.com
Mark Warner, RealEspace.com
Micheal Simonsen, AltosResearch.com
Dustin Luther, 4realz.net
Discussion:
Widgets are easy to install is the opening salvo of the discussion. As Dustin said, if your webmaster is telling you that adding the widget is expensive, you probably need to get a new webmaster.
Business Benefits of Widgets:
Michael says the widgets will answer questions that people visiting [...]
Selling Real Estate in the YouTube World
Participants:
Matt Fagioli, DiamondDwellings.com Moderator
Rudy Bachraty, Trulia.com
Christian Sterner, WelcomeMat.com
Bob Stewart, ActiveRain.com
Tony Grey, Vidlisting.com
Tara Jones, AtlantaDwelling.tv
Session:
The talk is about using video to sell homes. The need for quality production is an important part of the theme.
An interesting interview by WelcomeMat that shows the power of a professional presentation and a testimonial.
Fun video from AtlantaDwellings.tv. Tara is [...]
RETech South – The Dreaded SEO
Participants:
Kevin Boer Moderator, 3 Oceans Real Estate
Jason Benesch. Real Estate Tomato
Matt Dunlap, RealEspace.com
Desiree Scales, Bella Web Design
Bo Gilbert, MLC New Home Marketing
Mary McKnight, RSS Pieces
Session:
Jason talks about how Google looks at content as a research paper. Layout of posts is very important.
Matt gives an overview of SEO as a part of your total web strategy. [...]
RETech South – Been There, Blogged That; What’s Next
Participants:
Kevin Boer Moderator, 3 Oceans Real Estate
Pat Kitano, Transparent RE
Dustin Luther, 4Realz
Rudy Bachraty, Trulia
Jason Benesch. Real Estate Tomato
John Washburn, Active Rain
Carol Flammer, Flammer Relations
Session:
Kevin Boer starts things off with Is blogging a waste of time? Great question for realtors.
John Washburn is recommending that hyperlocal is the way to hit the market and become the top of [...]
My mom told me to put the statue in the ground, just seems wrong to me but I did it. ...
What about RE/MAX Commercial? Where this classification came from?
I am pretty sure RE/MAX Commercial in volume sales must be above ...
Well Tom, once again you have said it much better than I could have. Unfortunately the folks at Move, ...
It certainly does not bode well for a fast recovery in the economic climate. This will affect all real estate ...
I HAVE 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS..HOW DO I APPLY AT KAI. 
Definitely not a fan of Move Inc.!!! 
A lot of you really need to go back to kindergarten and learn to spell correctly. If you cannot spell ...
In 2008, there was an extension to push first-time home buyers to purchase their homes quickly since the program did ...
I also need HELP and don't know what to do about my problem. I have a garden apartment off ...
I have the same situation. I sold my home in July and am scheduled to to close in a few ...
