Gerald's Real Estate Facts

There are as of 8 May 2008, 296 active single family homes on the market with another 59 homes under contract for a total of 355.  By calculating what percentage of that total the 59 homes under contract are you know if Syracuse is a buyers or a sellers market.   59 divided by 355 = 1%.   If the ...

There are as of 8 May 2008, 488 active single family homes on the market with another 109 homes under contract for a total of 597.  By calculating what percentage of that total the 109 homes under contract are you know if Layton is a buyers or a sellers market.   109 divided by 597 = 18%.   If th...

If you're think of buying a home in Utah then you might as well get all the information you can on the home buying process.  There is a web site that has been set up to give you all the information you will ever need and you don't have to register to take the seminar.  Just go to www.utahhomebuye...

Did you ever get an E-mail from someone who wants to buy or sell a home and replied and then never heard back from them so you didn't follow-up with them?  Did you ever have anyone go to your web site and request something, i.e., CMA, homes list, something, and you sent them what they wanted and ...

Do you do a lot of blogging?  Do you write books or reports to give to your clients or post to your web site?  Well if you do then this will really help you a lot.  There is a program call Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 that you can load to your computer PC or laptop that will allow you to talk and ...

Did you every have a great idea and then later couldn't remember what it was?  Was there every a time you wished you could leave yourself a reminder to do something so you didn't forget it?  If you answered yes to these questions, you will love this site I'm going to tell you about today.  It wil...

This is a very cool site and should come in handy when working with buyers who want to know more about the home inspection process.  This site will show and tell your client all about a home inspection and was put on the Internet by the American Society of Home Inspectors.  It's a virtual tour of...

I built a site www.pcstohill.com about 4 years ago and it is definitely a money maker.  For those who don't know, PCS stands for Permanent Change of Station to the military.  To a civilian it would be called relocation.  Anyway, this site has gotten me a lot of good solid leads over the years.  I...

I received an E-mail recently from a real estate agent who was trying to sell domains names to Realtors® at a price of $599 each.  He said it was because he had bought too many domains names and needed to sell some that he wasn't going to use.  I thiink it's really bad when someone in our industr...

We've tried everything else, so here's something new we are trying.  A FSBO Tour.  Every Monday night from 5 to 7 PM we have a realtor tour of FSBOs.  Our team members go out from Tuesday to Friday talking to FSBOs and ask them if they would like to be on our Realtor Tour.   The script goes somet...