Future of Real Estate Marketing » Friday Fun http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:16:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Why Don’t You Just “Go Google Yourself” http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2010/10/01/why-don%e2%80%99t-you-just-%e2%80%9cgo-google-yourself%e2%80%9d/ http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/2010/10/01/why-don%e2%80%99t-you-just-%e2%80%9cgo-google-yourself%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:06:55 +0000 alice http://www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com/?p=2941 REAL ESTATE AGENTS GET FREE ADVERTISING by being one of the first to rate a neighborhood. Market yourself LOCALLY online. Share your knowledge and get free advertising on NabeWise.com today!
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MIKE BOWLER, SR. has been in the real estate business (Lansing, MI) for the past 32 years. During that time he’s educated and consulted hundreds of REALTORS. Mike is a former owner/broker of Coldwell Banker Bowler Real Estate and is currently an Associate Broker for Coldwell Banker Hubbell Briarwood in Lansing Michigan, who bought his company in 2001. He also owns his own company PRETEC (Professional Resources, E-Business, Technology, Education, & Consulting) and is also an avid fan of social media in the workplace. Mike was named in 2009’s Top 25 Most Connected Real Estate Professionals by PROXIOand selected by Inman News as one of the 50 Most Influential Online.

OK, that might sound a little crude for a title, however it’s “Fun Friday” and I was told to make this post fun.  With all the amazing changes, challenges, and innovations coming at us real estate agents in this industry, it’s difficult to find much fun in the fact that we need to be thinking about and doing something about the following everyday:

  • Websites
  • IDX
  • Blogs
  • Social media
  • Having a profile on various portals
  • Syndication of our listings

Let alone…

  • Bank foreclosures
  • Mitigation
  • Short sales
  • Price reductions

Most of the items above didn’t even exist a few years back, however that’s what makes this business so much fun and yet challenging.  We have an opportunity every day to learn something new.  So, if you take offense to the list above or the video below and think I’m full of it, you can “Just Go Google Yourself” and see what you find.  Happy Fun Friday!

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Guest blogger Tina Merritt is a Realtor® and Real Estate Trainer in Virginia and recipient of NAR’s Realtor Technology Spotlight Award.

Real Estate Humor
Image courtesy of www.reallyrottenrealty.com

We’ve all been in this situation: you just listed a property and are desperately searching for something…anything…positive to say about the property in an ad designed to entice a buyer. Thanks to the Department of Mathematics at Washington State University and the ConstructionDeal.com Blog for their definitions of real estate terminology.

• Old charmer – an old and ugly house
• Stunning house – the house is not ugly
• Tudor – two bedrooms are in the attic which is not insulated; very hot in summer and very cold in winter
• Cape Cod – styled after Third World slum dwellings
• Sunny corner lot – noisy intersection of two busy streets
• Easy freeway access – noisy arterial street close to freeway
• Low maintenance lot – no yard; the kids will have to play in the street
• Meticulously maintained in the original condition – the appliances are 50 years old
• Ready to remodel – the house is about to collapse; you will have to invest twice the asking price in remodel before you can move in
• Newly remodeled kitchen – 50-year old cabinetry and faucets have been replaced with cheap modern equivalents
• Ready to move in – the interior has been painted with one coat of cheap paint
• Desirable neighborhood – this little house is extravagantly overpriced because the neighborhood has a snobbish reputation
• 1-car garage – you can drive your Ford Escort into the garage but there is no room to open the door
• In-city living – it is not safe to walk in this neighborhood after dark
• Recreation room with wet bar – basement has been painted and has a faucet
• Large family room – large basement
• Bedroom in basement – basement has a 1′ by 2′ window
• Lots of storage space – basement too small to be called a family room
• Partial mountain view – you can see the tip of Mt. Olympus if you climb the roof
• Territorial view – good view of your neighbor’s bedroom window
• Build sweat equity – the house is not inhabitable
• Storybook – the house is old and the roof is not flat
• Efficiently designed kitchen – the kitchen is too small to fit two people at the same time

I have a few of my own to share:

• Great water pressure – the house is next to a water tower
• Quiet neighbors – the home backs to a cemetery
• Cozy bathroom – you can shower while sitting on the toilet
• Won’t last! - this property will never sell as the agent just jinxed it
• Unique – it’s weird, just weird.
• Park-like setting – you will spend all weekend, every weekend, doing yard maintenance

Feel free to comment and add your “definitions”. Have a great weekend and thanks for reading my posts this week!

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Street View, the song.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsKik2Y5r5k[/youtube]

Bonus Track.

“A Social Network for Two” by zefrank

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The world is changing so fast, and we’re all running to catch up. I
don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but look. Dinosaurs and man…
two species separated by 65 million years of evolution, have suddenly
been thrown into the mix together. How can we possibly have the
slightest idea of what to expect?
- Jurassic Park (1993)

See what happens when a T-Rex is unleashed on your web site (Warning: Sound). Meteors, Nukes, Aliens and doggie mess too.

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Builders and developers, are you struggling with what to name your next development? Middle Earth-themed neighborhoods not going to fly in your neck of the woods?

Check out The Suburban Name Generator...

e.g.

Windsor Place

Narrative: The word windsor is another one of those English Royalty words that translates into “cha ching” for developers. While place is a word that eloquently creates place from no place.

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