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2008
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Jay Thompson, HomeGain Guest blogger just posted a thought provoking piece on the HomeGain blog entitled "The Future of Real Estate Communication" In it Jay references his children's incessant use of text messaging. Jay also notes the increased use of Facebook and Twitter. Are these new communica...
12/31/2008
I am pleased to annouce that Russell Shaw of Phoenix has joined our guest blogger program on the HomeGain Real Estate blog. Mr. Shaw has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top 200 agents in the United States! Russell joins a star studded cast of guest bloggers on the HomeGai...
12/31/2008
Looks like yesterday Google updated its page rankings yesterday. Its been quite some time since they have provided an update. When the new page ranks are made I always check to see how HomeGain does. The HomeGain home page has remained at a 7 and the HomeGain Real Estate Blog at a 6. What is asto...
12/31/2008
This old house recently ran article entitled "Brokers Tell All - Ten ways to boost a Home's Value" The author, Jeanne Baron actually subtitled the article with "10 Ways to Hold House Value". As with anything relating to home improvements, this old house article doesn't disappoint and is worth a ...
12/29/2008
Brian Brady has assembled a few thoughtful responses by sending out this question to this Linkedin contacts. Brian starts his HomeGain Real Estate Blog post entitled "Mortgage Broker or Direct Lender" with the promise "One of my resolutions this year is to be more active on the Home Gain Blog"...
12/29/2008
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Just for fun I was comparing the with the "famous TV homes" zestimates on Zillow's site. HomeGain home values On HomeGain's site, the company that pioneered the web-based instant home valuation tool, (no, it wasn't Zillow!) you can look up the same homes. Not surprisingly, the values on HomeGain ...
12/27/2008
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HomeGainRadio.com is now live. HomeGain Radio is our most recent offering designed to connect real estate agents with each other. It is a forum for estate agents to exchange tips and advice. You can check out this free resource at http://www.homegainradio.com You can also visit the HomeGain Rea...
12/23/2008
Eliminate the mortgage interest tax deduction??? An unthinkable proposition! Eliminating the deduction would deter home ownership and in the current envrionment accelerate the rate of foreclosures. The mortgage interest deduction is generally considered untouchable among law makers. What, however...
12/23/2008
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Now is the time to start setting goals. Specific goals. Not goals like "sell more houses". Setting goals that you can measure along the way that can help you sell more houses. Knowing what these metric are and setting them now is important. The metrics also need to be tracked often throughout t...
12/22/2008
HomeGain Agent View subscribers are fortunate to be enrolled in the HomeGain blogging school run by Joe Ferrara of Sellsius. Each week Professor Ferrara emails a new lesson to the HomeGain Bloggers that are subscribed to AgentView. Recently, we began providing free short versions of the HomeGain...
12/20/2008
