Consider Setting Up Self-Storage Facilities on Land that You Own There are many sound reasons to invest in land. Insurance costs are low, or even non-existent. Land costs very little to maintain – there are no heating bills to pay or windows to repair. And as a smart real estate investor once said, “The best [...]
Why New Real Estate Investors Should Avoid Partnerships Many new real estate investors partner with friends to create real estate investing companies. At first, entering into a partnership can seem like a great idea. If you pool your assets with another person, you can buy more expensive properties from the start and – hopefully – [...]
Specialists in real estate marketing believe that in 2012 the slump that affected the housing marketing in the United States will disappear. Yet, in case the marketing approach that you’re making use of is out of date, the revival will not occur too soon. In this article you’ll find out which are the most successful [...]
1. Social Networking: Get on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and any other service that can help you connect with prospective clients. And it’s not enough to just be there, you have to be active. Actively network with prospects, colleagues and industry heavyweights, and be sure to post frequent, interesting updates and maintain sleek, professional profiles. 2. [...]
Your real estate website can be one of your best forms of marketing and lead generation. It can also go ignored. To ensure the latter doesn’t happen you’ll need to rank high on search engines, the best way to do this is through Search Engine Optimization or SEO. You may be thinking, “Great! Something else [...]
If you’re a real estate agent and you’re wondering why you’re not getting responses, it could be because you have a boring bio. Your bio should be appealing to potential buyers and before you post the bio, write a list of five to ten things that differentiate you from the competition. Then write a paragraph [...]
The first thing to remember when using direct mail marketing is to be persistent. You rarely get a crop of new clients on the first and second try and if your current direct marketing campaign isn’t working, use different methods. For example, if you’ve been using postcards but with no success, start an e-mail newsletter [...]
As a real estate agent you should build an effective website for homebuyers and one way to do this is by taking beautiful and glossy pictures of the homes. One thing you should do is use the homes’ natural lighting because it does a better job of capturing all aspects of the home you’re selling. [...]
In an ideal situation you want to take as much time as you need to sell your home so you can get the best price from potential sellers so you can find a new home or use the profits from your sale to pay down debts and downsize to renting for awhile. But there are [...]
For many people their lifelong dream is to own a home and for good reason. When you own a home you’ll not only have a place to live for you and your family, but it’s a good way of generating income. This is because you can rent out part of your home to tenants for [...]