Create a salable real estate brand

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser  |  Prefer mobile version? LOWESREALTORBENEFITS.COM LOWES MOVING LOWES.COM INMAN.COM DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS July 26, 2011 Create a salable real estate brand By BERNICE ROSS If you want to maximize the worth of your business, how you brand, niche and document your business is critical. Having the right brand today can help you build your market dominance, which in turn will make your business more valuable when you are ready to sell. For many years... ALTA looking for new CEO American Land Title Association CEO Kurt Pfotenhauer is leaving the position he's held with the trade group for more than three years to take on an executive position with First American Title Insurance Co. Pfotenhauer has joined First... Continued » Arizona REALTORS® eye statewide MLS The Arizona Association of REALTORS® is a board vote away from acquiring the state's largest multiple listing service as part of a larger plan to build a statewide MLS. At their Aug. 8 meeting, board members of the Arizona association will... Continued » Using tech tools to get the most out of conferences It's Inman week in San Francisco. For me that means the Data Summit, Real Estate Connect and a massive list of parties, dinners, breakfasts, and hopefully a run or two. When in full-on conference mode I find it's always best to be as... Continued » The real victims of strategic default My phone rang the other day, and the conversation that ensued was so familiar it might as well have been scripted. On the other end was a family friend who rents a home. She was flipping out -- understandably -- because it had dawned... Continued » More News Stories Half of Keller Williams agents live on eEdge Underwriting rules stacked against independent contractors Loan contingency protects buyers from mortgage SNAFUs Real estate exec jailed on drug trafficking charge How to grow a company in a recession From clean slate to 21 states in 2 years, Sherry will share her strategy and the 7 fundamentals that are the key to her success. Presented by: Sherry Chris, CEO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, @sherrychris Watch the video InmanNext [STRATEGY] Paying It Forward With Airbnb Inman News recently did an in depth piece on the unique company and the tremendous growth they are experiencing in the real estate space which you can read here. I have also added a video from Airbnb below explaining their model and how it is uniquely driven by people not properties. Continued » Use our free toolkit to send your buyers and sellers customizable direct mail and email with co-branded tips, Lowe's coupons, discounted gift cards, and more. FREE Direct Mail — 10% off Lowe's coupon Send personalized direct mail with your own message, logo and picture. Learn more » First Time Home Buyers Guide! Send a FREE Lowe's Creative Ideas First Time Home Buyers Guide. Learn more »   About Inman News™ Agents and brokers around the world turn to Inman News first for accurate, innovative and timely information about the industry. Known for its award-winning journalism, cutting-edge technology coverage and forward-thinking conferences, Inman News is the leading independent source of real estate news, education and insight. customerservice@inman.com  -  800-775-4662  -  www.inman.com This newsletter is intended for: roballeyrealtor@gmail.com If you wish to edit your subscription or unsubscribe from Lowe's Daily e-News, please click here. Lowe's Customer Care(CON8) 1065 Curtis Bridge Rd. Wilkesboro, NC 28698. © 2011 by Lowe's®. All rights reserved. Lowe's and the gable design are registered trademarks of LF, LLC.

7 qualities of a top listing agent

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser  |  Prefer mobile version? LOWESREALTORBENEFITS.COM LOWES MOVING LOWES.COM INMAN.COM DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS July 25, 2011 7 qualities of a top listing agent By TARA-NICHOLLE NELSON Q: I'm preparing to list my home, and am starting to research listing agents to represent me. Besides being comfortable with my broker, what is the most important quality I need from them: negotiating skills or marketing skills? Both are very important to me. Frankly, I'm afraid of being... Want a real estate client? Ask for one Last November I wrote a blog post about Black Friday and about how I would be happy to show a home on that busy shopping day to anyone who wanted to see one -- and no waiting in lines. I wrote that I would help them buy any home on the... Continued » Historic grist mill-turned-artist studio for sale Set on a 3.5-acre lot -- and bordering 400 acres of protected state lands -- this former grist mill has been converted into a home and studio for a prolific upstate artist. From the hard-worn exterior, one might never suspect that the interior... Continued » New York, San Francisco, Boston among most walkable cities New York is the most walkable of America's 50 largest cities, and Jacksonville, Fla., is the least, according to the latest rankings compiled by Walk Score. Walk Score uses an algorithm that generates a walkability score based on the... Continued » Is it time to sell your real estate business? No matter what your age or experience level is, creating a real estate business that you can sell is simply smart business. A profitable business can generate income for you now as well as provide an additional source of revenue when you... Continued » More News Stories Trulia launches mobile lead notification system Mortgage rates settle near lows for the year What's behind reverse mortgage exodus? Ten new apps you can put to work now The Web is no longer wired, it's ambient. Your office is wherever you happen to be. Cables, cabinets and cubicles seem crazy. Here's how to make the switch. Watch the video InmanNext 6 Best Posts on Google+ The preliminary verdict is in. Google+ for REALTORS® is a MUST. But before I get to that, let's slow down and summarize the two opposing views on Google+ that I've seen bandied about so far. In a nutshell, here they are: Continued » Use our free toolkit to send your buyers and sellers customizable direct mail and email with co-branded tips, Lowe's coupons, discounted gift cards, and more. FREE Direct Mail — 10% off Lowe's coupon Send personalized direct mail with your own message, logo and picture. Learn more » First Time Home Buyers Guide! Send a FREE Lowe's Creative Ideas First Time Home Buyers Guide. Learn more »   About Inman News™ Agents and brokers around the world turn to Inman News first for accurate, innovative and timely information about the industry. Known for its award-winning journalism, cutting-edge technology coverage and forward-thinking conferences, Inman News is the leading independent source of real estate news, education and insight. customerservice@inman.com  -  800-775-4662  -  www.inman.com This newsletter is intended for: roballeyrealtor@gmail.com If you wish to edit your subscription or unsubscribe from Lowe's Daily e-News, please click here. Lowe's Customer Care(CON8) 1065 Curtis Bridge Rd. Wilkesboro, NC 28698. © 2011 by Lowe's®. All rights reserved. Lowe's and the gable design are registered trademarks of LF, LLC.