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<p> I have spent the past few days speaking with two dominant Online Transaction Management Companies, and I am pleased to announce that they have agreed to provide this discussion group with the opportunity to have a live account to create sample real transactions online in order to have a hands on experience in understanding the benefits of online transaction management and processing listing and sales transactions online. </p> <p> Experiencing this live will be much better than reading information on a Website or viewing sales brochures and pdf documents. </p> <p> I also hope to be able to obtain a few other companies willing to provide us with the same opportunity. I am still making phone calls, returning voice mail messages and following up with email. </p> <p> In order to get this started, I am now working on creating user names and logs ons to accomodate the discussion group, creating a few listing and sale transations to get started with and hopefully having enough time to create some action plans and activities involved in marketing a listing and processing a sale trnasaction to get us started. </p> <p> I hope to be ready with two online transaction platforms to get us started within the next few days. In the meantime, mention this group to fellow RealTalkers, fellow e-Pros and other RealTown users and let&#39;s get discussion going. </p> <p> David Fialk, REALTOR<br /> Choice Realty Co.<br /> 732-283-3400 Office Direct<br /> <a href="mailto:David@ChoiceRealty.com">David@ChoiceRealty.com</a><br /> <a href="http://www.DavidFialk.com">www.DavidFialk.com</a><br /> <a href="http://www.JustRealEstateTalk.com">www.JustRealEstateTalk.com</a><br /> </p>

<p> I&#39;m wondering who out there has ideas about what we can do, if we care, to SHOW consumers that we care. Saying it is not enough. We need to do what we say. </p> <p> One way I have thought of is to consciously think each morning about each of my clients and THEIR goal. Then, I think about what I can do to assist them in reaching their goals. </p> <p> Do I need to give them information? Do I just need to call and say &quot;Hi, how are you today?&quot; What can I do, really, to be sure they know they come first? </p>

<p> Can anyone recommend a good VA that is also transaction manager or client care coordinator. I&#39;ve decided to go this route and I figure I&#39;ll use the favorite software of the VA. I like settlement room and Relay but I am open to trying anything. </p>

<p> Hello everyone. New to the site. </p> <p> I&#39;m looking for a recommendation on transaction management software. Something to organize me and my TC. </p> <p> I just found this one and it seems pretty robust, <a href="http://www.ezcoordinator.com">www.ezcoordinator.com</a> </p> <p> Any one used it before or have any other suggestions? </p>

<p> I&#39;m looking for a transaction management software package that&#39;s appropriate for my use as a single agent. I&#39;m not a broker and I don&#39;t need to manage any other transactions besides my own. I&#39;m mostly a buyer&#39;s agent but I have a couple of listings each year with a total of about 15 transactions per year so I need to keep the cost in proportion to the amount of business I have. </p> <p> Is anyone familiar with <a href="http://www.skyslope.com/">SkySlope</a>? It seems full featured and reasonably priced ($29.99 per month with a $99.00 setup fee). I do have a Transaction Coordinator so I want it to be accessible to the both of us. </p> <p> Thanks in advance! Your input is appreciated! </p>

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I work for a short sale negotiation company. We have one of the best negotiators in the business running our team. She has done over 2000 short sales and formerly was with one of the biggest banks out there. She has negotiated on both sides of the table so her list of contacts is tremendous. We charge 1% for negotiation services. I am on the phones throughout the day developing relationships with realtor's. Some use our business, and of course some don't. I am trying to better understand the mindset of a realtor and would like to know if anyone has any suggestions or tips on how to be more effective in my communication with them. Thanks!!

Hello! We're really hoping you can help us....my wife and I own 2.2 acres in alabama, free and clear, and we have started the process of building our primary house on it. Our understanding was that we would be able to use the value of the land as part of the down payment. Our builder has said that the construction cost would be $350,000. The bank appraiser came back and gave the finished property a valuation of $390,000, and valued the land at $50,000. The bank said they would loan us 75% the value of the home, $292,000 and change. Now here's where we need help....MY understanding was that if I subtract $292,000 from the $350,000 that we need to build the house, I get a figure of around $58,000. I thought the $50,000 that the land is worth could be used as collateral towards that $58,000 that the bank needs us to put in......BUT, the bank just sent us this "equity injection worksheet" that puts all this in a different scenario. Their worksheet adds the cost of home ($350,000) to the cost of the land ($50,000) and comes up with a total "cost" of $400,000. They then list "less loan amount -$292,000" and print the figure $108,000 as "required equity from owner" Basically the rest of the letter says "you need to put in $108,000, but we've given you 'credit' for the $50,000 that your land is worth, so now you just have to put in $58,000" Is this how it works? or is this just the bank we're dealing with? Please help....this is way more than we thought we'd have to put down considering we own the land free and clear! Thanks in advance for any help! Charles

In the state of CT: What is the property owner responsibility for bedbugs if the entire apt building was insect free and treated and then dirty or unclean tenant moves in and has tracked the bedbugs in? Could it be responsibility of the tenant?

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<p> I wanted to warn everyone to steer clear of EntireWeb.com, also known as ForumLinkBuilding.com. They proport to build many quality links to your web site, improving that site&#39;s placement in search engine results for your key words. </p> <p> Caveat emptor! </p> <p> If they did anything, it had no effect on my site&#39;s search engine placement. They are not capable or returning a phone call or answering an e-mail, yet they spam you to death, trying to get more of your money. Be forewarned. </p>

<p> <a href="http://socialmediasystems.com/blog/2012-checklist-for-automated-website-or-blog-audit/">2012 Checklist for Automated Website or Blog Audit</a> </p> <p> <strong>This list for a successful automated website that grows and has search engine optimization keeps changing: here is the third annual edition: <a href="http://boerne.uplog.org"><img alt="Boerne Community Blog" class="wp-image-2383 alignnone" height="300" src="http://guerrilla.uplog.org/files/2012/01/boerneblog-1024x500.jpg" width="614" /></a><br /></strong> </p> <ol> <li>Is it built in self hosted WordPress CMS (content management system)? WordPress is open source (free) and is the worlds most elaborate and still user friendly, most supported and supportable, most widely used content management system: it allows the website to grow and be easily optimized so that all you must do is post something new at least weekly and you will achieve rankings and traffic (related: <a href="http://guerrilla.uplog.org/2012/03/05/7-best-2012-websites-to-post-content-on-how-and-why/">7-best-2012-websites-to-post-content-on-how-and-why</a>) </li> <li>Does it offer easy, readily available, easy to see in first frame ways to connect, bookmark, subscribe, Facebook, LinkedIn, podcast, Google+1 (in other words is it social media enabled)? (There is a plethora of plugins and tweaks that can be used by the novice in WordPress to accomplish this connectivity and popularity) </li> <li>Can you edit it, change it at will? Can you easily pull up a free video tutorial to do so whenever you get stuck or anything changes? (If it is WordPress, the answer is yes) </li> <li>When you cant do a complicated edit or feature yourself, is there a readily available developer and contractor base to help inexpensively? (Again, if it is WordPress, the answer is yes) </li> <li>Do you control the domain as the registrant? (If not you do not own the real estate you are creating!) </li> <li>Does it get bigger every week? (The Internet grows, so, if your website does not, your rankings are temporary or non-sustainable) </li> <li>Are you posting correctly? (related: <a href="http://guerrilla.uplog.org/2011/12/04/5-minute-seo-blog-posting-guide-updated-for-2012-rothman-guide/">5 Minute Seo Blog Posting Guide</a>) </li> <li>Is it beautiful? Websites evolve - if it is over two or three years old it is definitely outdated by today&#39;s standards. </li> <li>Is there a clear call to action in the first frames? (You will not get leads unless you ask for them) </li> <li>It is too busy? People today are in a hurry, they make a decision to stay or bounce in a split second, so if there is too much on the page, they bounce. </li> <li>Can you track the results? With Google analytic being free, there is no excuse not to know everything about your visitors, nor is there any reason to pay for that service. </li> <li>Is your phone number and click-able email link at the top and bottom and sidebar of every page? </li> <li>Is your RSS feed formatted for podcast in any format on any device?? (Again, with Feedburner being all free from Google, this is not an issue with WordPress) </li> <li>Is there unique in all the world original content on your site? (IE regurgitated redundancy is spam, and it will not get you to the top of anything) </li> <li>Is there any non-commercial content anywhere? Strait sales sites with no personality do not work. </li> <li>Can I join, comment, or otherwise be sucked into interacting with you and becoming a lead? 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