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2009
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My friend Spencer Rascoff of Zillow and I recently discussed HomeGain and Zillow. I noted that HomeGain, not Zillow, pioneered the web based instant home valuation, despite the myth making of the Zillowites. Spencer chided me "After all, if Homegain pioneered AVMs, then how come no one thinks o...
01/16/2009
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There has been a lot of talk lately how many real estate professionals are eschewing print in favor of online media. Susie Hale of Frog Pond recently interviewed Tom Kunz President and CEO of Century 21 who signalled his move away from print media towards online interactive media. Is this the wa...
01/16/2009
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I was on a panel at Inman Connect last week and the topic of what HomGain can do for Realtors came up. One thing that I mentioned was that HomeGain features Realtors, not Advertisers on our site. Whenever HomeGain, the company that pioneered the instant homevaluation concept six years before Zill...
01/13/2009
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President-Elect Barack Obama ran on the nebulous, yet effective theme of "hope and change". He promised few specifics and people projected their hopes on him, propelling him to the White House. Since Obama's election we have gained some insight as to how he might conduct his presidency. So far Ob...
01/11/2009
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I was interviewed by the Charlotte Observer for an article that appears on the front page of today's Sunday Business section! The article is entitled "Clicking on your Home's True Worth -Web Tools Popular, But Can't Replace Appraisal" I wished it had read -Can't Replace Realtors, but I was happ...
01/10/2009
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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 HomeGai...
01/10/2009
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Are you using what you've got or still searching for more tool, avenues of marketing etc? Linda sagely advises: "Upon review, I discovered that I already have all the tools needed for a very successful 2009. I have more than enough websites and blogs and I am registered and active on social netw...
01/06/2009
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Greg Swan over on the bloodhound blog wrote a sage post entitled If selling is not a viable option, you need to fall in love with your house all over again The jist is make the most of it! If you aren't able to sell your home now, or if its not economically feasible to do so, chances are you are...
01/03/2009
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Answer: Page Rank and high ranking in the the search engine result pages. Google updated its page rankings on December 30. According to Google "pages that we believe are important pages receive a higher Page Rank and are more likely to appear at the top of the search rankings". The most recent ...
01/03/2009
