Real Estate Designations and Certifications Designations GRI – Graduate, REALTOR® Institute is a nationally recognized educational institute dedicated to furthering the fundamental knowledge and skills of REALTORS® with less than five years experience. The GRI series is also available to more experienced real estate practitioners to help them stay current on timely issues
I love photography! I have travelled long and far, and shot thousands of Photos. Pictures, just like music, tell a thousand stories. I also love to share with others when the viewfinder shows me what is "Right with the World." I hope you'll enjoy some of these shots. They were taken with a Panasonic Lumix FX7,
Many of you probably know this already, but I was asked to share anyway. If you are using Winforms Online, or Zipforms, you have the ability to create Templates that contain all the contracts and forms you need. A Template for buyers, sellers, investors etc. You can create new transactions on the fly, and simply import the
I have found that after watching the secret, there are many laws of the universe we may not be aware of or intuned to. Just like the law of gravity, we see it, we know it exists, yet we work and live around it. Still, our mind does not have to think about it, it's
One way to target buyers to open houses, is to have a "VIP PREVIEW" open house for just the neighbors. Invite the 10 houses on each side of the listing and the 20 houses across the street. Make this the first "open house" before opening to the public. Personally invite each neighbor to come see
The http://www.norcalrealestateexpo.com/ will happen on May 11th and end on May 13th 2006. 9 Pavillions, 50,000 people, The largest Real Estate event in the history of the Solano County Fairgrounds. It Promises to be a very successful event for all vendors and fair goers! Click the link above or below for all the details. Turn
When a buyer purchases property in California, often times they will ask us, or you, "How should we take title?" We cannot advise the buyers, we can only suggest they speak to their CPA or attorney etc. Now, there is a tool that helps one understand the ways in which they can take title and the different methods
Here's a post that might pull out your thinking cap… Put on your consumer (buyer, seller, borrower, investor) hat and tell me,how would you find the Real Estate Professional that you want to work with in Activerain? You should run through the "Find A Realtor" exercise with me. Here was my scenario: As an investor, interested in buying
If you read the post "Try Changing Hats – Maybe a helmet?" Have fun with the game below: What is the "ActiveRain Real Estate Network"? This is what the homepage reads:The "ActiveRain Real Estate Network" is a free online community for real estate professionals run on behalf of its members. We are building this community
The best time of year to generate more buyers is tax time. In my opinion, converting renters into homeowners is the way to do just that. We all know that there is no real benefit to renting unless we absolutely have to. There are so many first time buyer loan programs, 3 percent down loans,