Used Car Salesmen, Trial Lawyers and Real Estate Agents March 15, 2008
[Editor's Note: It's been a while since I added a new contributor to our mix here at Rain City Guide, but when Gordon Stephenson showed some interest (after at least two years of requests by me!), I can't help but be excited to have him on board! Gordon is the Co-owner and [...]
I have no intention of turning this into… October 23, 2007
a blog about southern California real estate, but I do have a non-fire related update from Southern California.
Brad Inman and I are going to be speaking at Beverly Hills REALTOR Association’s Head of High Office Tea this Thursday afternoon. From everything I can gather, it is going to be a pretty posh set-up [...]
Rules for Rain City Guide Contributors September 11, 2007
I’ve never been one for rules, but in preparing to take on a new RCG contributor, I thought it might be a good time to articulate some of the informal rules that we seem to have developed on the site in order to bring together such an interesting crew (often with competing interests!)
But [...]
A deeper look into town home joint maintenance agreements… August 9, 2007
In a previous post I wrote about concerns for townhomes that were sold over the past several years that didn’t have clear joint maintenance agreements. A recent deal I closed brought into focus exactly why my concerns are realistic and valid. Buyers need to be aware that it is their responsibility to read all the [...]
Starting with Community Outreach April 12, 2007
Even before we were done building out the InsideBu website, I recommended that Madison start doing some research. And I started by advising him to fill up his sidepanel with links. My logic is that the process of building up a blogroll forces a new blogger to read other bloggers. [...]
Steps to Hosting Your Own WordPress Blog
It has been so long since I initially set up a blog on a new server that I had to pretty much re-learn everything in order to build InsideBu. The process isn’t all that hard if you’re comfortable with terms like FTP and database. If not, there are many great blogging options for [...]
Choosing a Name for Your Blog April 11, 2007
The perfect time to name your blog is after you’ve blogged for a while and really developed a personality around your site. Only after a few months of regular blogging will most agents be ready to give their website a name.
However, the time necessarily to develop a personality (before a name!) doesn’t coincide [...]
Real Estate Blogs That Answer Questions March 31, 2007
Searching for answers to your Real Estate Questions? Here are a few tips to make finding answers a little easier and more productive.
Try to read blogs that are written by real estate professionals who are licensed in your State, or at least in an area with similar agency laws. Instead of Googling [...]
In Search of a Secret Weapon March 14, 2007
You: An articulate, interesting and dynamic real estate agent/broker with a desire and determination to turbo-charge your online marketing activities. You have a wild streak and are willing to consider the day (potentially sooner than later) when nearly all of your business is generated online (a la Ardell)
Me: A ruthless online real estate marketing [...]
Mortgage Blogging… February 28, 2007
Greg just pointed us to the latest installment of the Inman Blogging series (requires a subscription after today)…
He also beat me to the punch on the best quote of the whole series so far by RCG’s own Rhonda Porter:
You expose yourself to more resources so you can blog more. It’s a sickness, [...]
