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WHAT IS THE BEST SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING PLATFORM FOR REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND HOW TO USE THEM
Source: Realty Biz News --- There are several social media platforms that can be effective for real estate agents, depending on your specific goals and target audience. Here are some of the most popular platforms and how to use them for social media marketing:...
HOW TO GET ON THE FHA CONDO APPROVAL LIST
Source: Ris Media --- If you want to buy a home but the down payment requirements make this seem out of reach, there are more affordable options. Choosing an FHA-approved condo allows you an easier option to buy with lower credit and down payment requirements. Changes...
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Guaranty Bancshares Makes $1 Million Investment to the Austin Housing Conservancy Fund for Affordable Housing
Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Guaranty Bank & Trust, announced a $1 million equity investment in the Austin Housing Conservancy Fund (AHC) to support workforce affordable rental housing in Central Texas. AHC is a private equity fund...
I Don’t Want a Reverse Mortgage. What Are the Best Alternatives?
Source: Yahoo! Life --- A reverse mortgage can provide you with a steady stream of income in retirement. Reverse mortgages do have risks and they can affect your ability to pass on assets to your heirs later. Fortunately, there’s more than one alternative to reverse...
The Crypto Native’s Guide to Real Estate Investing
Source: Blockworks --- Traditional real estate has been the “safe” investment of choice for decades. Because of the simple fact everyone needs a home, this need has long-provided stability against sharp declines in value that investors find indispensable. Because of...
A Peek Into Jennifer Aniston’s Real Estate Portfolio
Source:Architectural Digest --- The famously private Jennifer Aniston has made it a point to keep her personal life out of the spotlight all throughout her career, so it makes sense that her residences have always been little havens away from Hollywood. From her...
Real estate tech startup Side raises $50M more at a $2.5B valuation as it preps for an IPO
Source: Tech Crunch --- Side, a real estate technology company that works to turn agents and independent brokerages into boutique brands and businesses, has raised “$50 million-plus” in a funding round that more than doubles its valuation to $2.5 billion. The latest...
Secret ‘whisper listings’ on the rise in booming US housing market
Source: News Nation --- Houses that are not even listed are selling fast, experts say. They’re called “whisper listings.” Whisper listings are residential properties released directly to a broker who only allows specific clients to view the home. It’s not advertised...
The Most Important Housing Reform in America Has Come to the South
Source: Slate --- Braxton Winston had his epiphany in the spring of 2017 at Charlotte City Hall, watching the presentation of a city commission called the Economic Opportunity Task Force. It sounds boring, but the matter at hand had shocked boosters in one of...
Real Estate Agents Reveal How They Sell Houses With Sordid Pasts
Source: The Hollywood Reporter --- On Aug. 14, 1951, William Randolph Hearst, 88, lay dying in a gilded Mediterranean Revival mansion in Beverly Hills. Five years earlier — in declining health and with his reputation wounded by Citizen Kane — he agreed to move from...
3 Steps For Real Estate To Harness Data-Driven Transformation
Source:Forbes --- Digital transformation has been on the lips of most leaders the past few years, with achieving full data visibility the goal. This emphasis on making the digital transformation leap has revealed not only the vast amounts of data that exist within an...
Inside Blackberry Farm’s Stylish Push Into Real Estate and Home Design
Source: Architectural Digest --- Anyone who still thinks that the words Appalachia and luxury are mutually exclusive has never been to Blackberry Farm. Opened in 1976 on a lush 4,200 acres in Walland, Tennessee, a town of approximately 350 near the entrance of the...
Here’s why it’s not a great time to become a real estate agent
Source: CNN --- As home prices soared during the pandemic, people started racing toward the real estate sales industry seeking to cash in on the housing gold rush. But that surge in new real estate agents, coupled with a sharp decline in the number of homes up for...
Darden Restaurants CEO says speculation is driving up real estate prices
Source: CNBC --- Darden Restaurants isn’t seeing many deals on real estate right now despite the high number of permanent restaurant closures from the pandemic. “There’s tremendous speculation in the real estate market driving prices,” CEO Gene Lee told analysts on...
Pets Influence Many Older Homeowners’ Real Estate, Decorating Choices
Source: AARP --- Many pet owners are thinking of their animals when they plan home renovations, do some redecorating or even shop for a new place to live. About 7 of 10 boomers and Gen Xers — generations that together now range in age from their 40s to their mid-70s —...
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