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What a Real Estate Agent Won’t Tell You

Published on April 22, 2013 By Being BOB

A good real estate agent is very familiar with the neighborhoods where he or she shows properties. But because of legislation called the Fair Housing Act, the agent can’t legally share all of that information with you. Why the restrictions? The government wants to make sure that home purchase decisions are based on a property’s [...]

Ways To Use Social Media For Real Estate

Published on April 17, 2013 By Being BOB

Over the past two years, real estate professionals have found creative ways to overcome the real estate crisis, including finding innovative uses for social media. After facing drops in home sales well into 2010, real estate pros have been forced to utilize their offline skills in an increasingly social way online. By using photo and [...]

Changing Real Estate Marketing Technologies

Published on March 15, 2013 By Being BOB

Although many may not believe it, the real estate industry is actually one of the most tech savvy industries around today. The necessity to cover numerous territories and the demand to provide all inclusive services makes the real estate professional almost dependent on the technologies available to them. This dependency has pushed many real estate [...]

5 Main Reasons Real Estate Agents Should Blog

Published on March 10, 2013 By Being BOB

Blogging is quickly increasing into a device whose main purpose is to create an online visibility, to create a sense of communion with the same interests, to be able to continuously talk and update clients and other prospects  in which you can offer each other helpful information – all of such are established in an [...]

How Real Estate Agents Can Use Social Media

Published on March 1, 2013 By Being BOB

When it comes to real estate, you know the saying… it’s all about “location, location, location!”  To me, as a blogger and social media enthusiast, that is just music to my ears.   The phrase “location, location, location” has the implication of a local market – which is where real estate thrives.  And social media [...]

Rich Real Estate Agent, Poor Real Estate Agent

Published on February 27, 2013 By Being BOB

What separates Rich Real Estate Agents from Poor Real Estate Agents? Are men better real estate agents than women? Does age or experience matter? Do top real estate agents use Trulia or Zillow? Or Realtor.com? Or Homes.com? Does FaceBook sell houses?   In real estate there is no “right answer” on how to be successful. BUT, we have [...]

Social Media Instincts For Real Estate Agents

Published on November 9, 2012 By Being BOB

Chances are as you have built your real estate business, a part of any success you have had has come from your own natural abilities and skills. Many real estate agents falsely believe that the more technical you are, the more readily you should be able to use social media. Actually, being good at using [...]

Facebook Real Estate Marketing

Published on September 16, 2012 By Being BOB

Facebook is one of the most widely used social networks in the world. Recently reported to have over 550 million active users, Facebook is quickly becoming THE social destination for online users. With so many existing active users, and new users signing on each day, the amount of opportunity for acquiring new clients, friends and [...]