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Sol Kahane, Real estate agent in Toronto (Right At Home Realty Inc.)

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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Congratulations on the sale. Just write another post about the sale.

Jul 06, 2019 05:55 AM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Just writed a post announcing the sale. Leave the original post alone.

Jul 06, 2019 06:48 AM
Rainmaker
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

I think it would depend on your state laws regarding real estate.  In Texas we would be required to edit that blog and mark it as sold.

Jul 06, 2019 06:33 AM
Rainmaker
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
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You can change it to SOLD - [subject], or write a new one. Nothing succeeds like success so make sure you toot your horn!

Jul 06, 2019 07:24 AM
Rainmaker
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

The options are many as you can see. Congratulations on the sale.

Jul 06, 2019 06:41 AM
Rainmaker
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Bob,

You can write a post that the home is sold, or you can add a comment to the original post that the home has sold.  The first would be more effective because it is 'FRESH" news.  A

Jul 06, 2019 05:47 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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Congratulations on the sale Sol!!

Now click the edit button, and put a big old "SOLD" in the title.

Jul 06, 2019 08:25 AM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Write another blog about your sale! 

Congratulations on your sale - here's to many more!

Jul 06, 2019 07:34 AM
Rainmaker
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

You have the ability to edit any of your posts.

Even better, post another blog about the sale. Every transaction provides stories to tell.

Jul 06, 2019 07:14 AM
Rainmaker
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Congrats on the sale!  There are a couple schools of thought on this:

  1. Go back to the for sale blog, click the pencil icon to edit it and write in that it's sold.  
  2. Delete the old blog.
  3. Leave well enough alone and write a new blog that says "Sold".

 

Here's my take on the three schools of thought:

1) This leaves you with one blog and one chance to show up on Google.  However, this is the most accurate way because you're not leaving any outdated info out there.  The downside is, if you did any other blogs (price changes, open houses, etc.) then you'd have to edit them as well for consistency.  If you're concerned about points in this system, then you miss an opportunity for another 250 points.

2) Deletion removes permanent advertising, backlinks and the chance to show up on Google.  Plus if you care for the points, you will lose your 250 points for posting the blog in the first place, if it's been less than 6 months.

3) You get 250 points for posting another blog.  You also get ANOTHER chance to show up on google, more backlinks and in general more chances to show up in the search results.

 

I choose option 3 for the more opportunities to show up on google.  Plus, with the wide variety of places I post to, it would almost be a full time job to go and edit each one for every status update.

Jul 06, 2019 09:49 AM
Rainmaker
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Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

Sold - and write new post.

Congratulations!

Jul 06, 2019 09:18 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Congratulations on the sale of your listing!!! 

Consider what Richard Weeks said. 

If it were me, I would write a new post and link back to the listing post. Tell the story. Make it engaging. 

Jul 06, 2019 08:49 AM
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Leave it and you will be surprise - in a few years somebody will call and ask...:)

Jul 06, 2019 08:47 AM
Rainmaker
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

 It is your call. 

Jul 06, 2019 07:49 AM
Rainmaker
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Seems like Doug Dawes and Ron and Alexandra Seigel have you covered on this one.

Jul 06, 2019 06:19 AM
Rainmaker
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

Edit the blog and change it to sold 

Jul 07, 2019 06:51 AM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

We just post a new blog announcing the status change.

Jul 07, 2019 06:40 AM
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Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

I write a second "Sold" post. And, often, a "Under Contract" post in between :)

Jul 07, 2019 05:29 AM
Rainmaker
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

When a listing sells about which I have written a blog, I go back and enter the pertinent SOLD information as a comment on that blog.

Other suggestions in response to this question are also good.

Jul 06, 2019 03:48 PM
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Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I try to edit and market it sold and put a link to "similar" homes on the market on my IDX site.

Jul 06, 2019 01:54 PM
Rainmaker
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

I'm going with what Ryan said. Gives you optimum results.

Jul 06, 2019 10:10 AM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

I would write a seaprate post to advertise the sale. Congratulations to you and your sellers!

Jul 06, 2019 09:41 AM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I have had buyers find my blog where it was just for sale.   Best to go in and edit it, (I use red font) and say it is now sold.

Jul 26, 2019 09:13 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

I always write a new blog about it.

 

Jul 10, 2019 11:36 AM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
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For sure write another post and gain more traction for you in that area!  Congrats on the sale!

Jul 07, 2019 02:33 PM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

New blog to "boast" about the sale! Congrats!

Jul 07, 2019 07:57 AM
Rainmaker
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Peter Testa
Nationwide Homes - Danbury, CT
PETER TESTA

Write another post for the Just Sold. Leave the original one alone. I only go back & edit old posts if the price was changed. 

Jul 06, 2019 04:48 PM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Celebrate

Jul 06, 2019 10:01 AM