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I am prepared to employ the latest techniques and services for your benefit, just like you've grown to expect from a professional. Real estate transactions are complex, involve large assets and demand competent representation. Marketing properties, home selection and financing are just a few of the skills today's consumer looks for when they select a real estate professional. I am prepared to offer my clients the knowledge and expertise to counsel them in relocating, buying, investing or selling the family home.
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Apr. 5, 2009
Categorized in: Agent Tools
Google has plenty to offer any Realtor looking to get property exposure, save time, prospect, organize, and not spend any money doing it. Here are a few of my favorites:
Google Base is a place where you can easily submit all your listings, which you can make searchable on Google (if your content isn't online yet, you can put it there). Here’s an example of a Goggle Base ad you can run for 14 days Free. When it expires, just renew it for another 14 days.
With Google Reader, keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email. Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. I can also share my reader items that I think others may be interested in.
Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Some handy uses of Google Alerts include:
- Monitoring a developing news story
- Keeping current on a competitor or industry
- Tracking an event, sports team or hobby
FeedBurner owned by Google is great to use for your Blogs and websites. Feeds are a way for websites large and small to distribute their content well beyond just visitors using browsers. Feeds permit subscription to regular updates.
This is just a sample of all the tools available from Google to market your brand, impress your sellers, and attract more buyers, plus become more organized. They also have one of the most complete Free Profiles that you can build for additional marketing.
"Expect the Best" Mike
Mar. 28, 2009
Selling your home is an involved process that affects your family and your future. Before you begin this process, you’ll want to ensure that you have the most up-to-date information. When should you sell? How do you get the best price? What kinds of renovations should be made prior to the sale?
These home selling reports will assist you in answering the many questions that arise during the home selling process. When you’re armed with the right information, and an experienced real estate professional, you’ll be closer to reaching your goal - selling your home fast, and for the best price.
A successful purchase starts with the right Realtor. In fact, once you’ve selected the best agent to represent you, it is likely that he or she can recommend other professionals to join your team, taking more of the responsibility off of your shoulders.
Below you can find your home buyer’s toolkit. Open it up, take a look around, and if you like, start equipping yourself with the tools necessary to make your best purchase. In most businesses, knowledge equals power, and real estate is certainly no exception.
Feb. 23, 2009
People move to Delta Township, Lansing Michigan because we have so much to offer when it comes to education, homes, and entertainment.
Delta Township has a full schedule of events taking place in 2009 for all ages. I have listed a few of the highlighted events below, however a more detailed and current schedule is always available at the Township site.
Delta Side Business Community Expo
March 7 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Waverly High School
April 11 for the 4thAnnual Run for Reading 5k Run Walk
Hayes Middle School Community Garage Sale - April 25
Fishing Derby - June 13
Kid’s to Kid’s Sale - June 13
Delta Rocks! Family Festival - June 27
Pre-School Olympics - August 11
Touch a Truck Day - August 15
Delta offers the best of all worlds to both residents and businesses as it is a central location with easily accessible inter-states, beautiful neighborhoods, shopping areas that provide for a wide range of products, a small town atmosphere that incorporates many services to its residents and businesses and proximity to Michigan State University, Lansing Community College, Cooley Law School and Davenport College of Business. Delta is a great place to live, work and play.
Mike Bowler Sr. ePRO, CRB, GRI, SRES
Coldwell Banker Hubbell Briarwood
1020 S. Creyts Road, Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: 517-492-3400 Fax: 888-832-6203
email: Mike@MikeBowler.com
Website for Clients: MikeBowler.com
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Jan. 18, 2009
According to NAR, if all home buyers become eligible for a tax credit without a repayment feature, it could result in an additional 555,000 home sales – enough to meaningfully draw down excess housing inventory, according to the National Association of Realtors.
An evaluation of options for a home buyer tax credit by NAR shows wide ranging implications and benefits. A full credit to all buyers means an additional 2.22 million households would meet the income requirements for purchasing a home, but only one in four of those households would actually make a purchase.
Under the current $7,500 first-time home buyer tax credit, which must be repaid over 15 years, 264,000 households meet the purchase requirements. Using the same assumptions, with plans to hold their home for a median 10 years, it would mean only 66,000 additional sales.
Read the rest of the story here. This would be a great shot in the arm for home buyers and sellers in the greater Lansing real estate market.
Want to educate yourself on the finer points of buying or selling a home? NAR and your local REALTOR® can help.
On a side note, the bank bailouts that have dominated the news for months now seem to be getting lost into the back pages of the media, while they spend the monies to pay down their own debt, buy up the competition and doing very little for the consumer, who was suppose to benefit from this. I have avoided this negative subject for months now, so I could focus on the basics of helping clients and customer continue their challenge in today's market. Better days are coming.
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