The BVAS Connection

I am always talking about the importance of social networking and blogging, and some cool news was announced last week from Active Rain: Active Rain Launches Outside Blogs.
The awesome people over at ActiveRain had made blogging for real estate professionals that much easier by offering Outside Blogging.  Some of the coolest features about their outside blogging includes:

The ability to host outside [...]

Las Vegas real estate agent, and friend to many in the real estate community has been diagnosed with Guillian-Barre Syndrome and is in the ICU at University Medical Center in Las Vegas. It is a very rare neurological condition that causes paralysis and muscle weakness. The good news is that it is usually a temporary [...]

After a few days of decompressing from my trip to the NAR Conference in Las Vegas, today I am back in my office, and back in action!
I came back from the trip when new contacts, new vendor connections and full of new ideas that I can’t wait to share. I am energized and excited for the all possibilities of what I can do [...]

VA’s were featured in the news today on on of the industry’s leading news sources, the Realty Times. Kim Hughes, one of the founders on the the IREAA, wrote the article Is Technology Getting the Best of You, highlighting how VAs can help rescue you from the technology overload that may be facing you.
I am [...]

In many cities across the country, the real estate market has changed. Inventories have increased, buyers are taking their time, and pricing a home right has never been more important. It goes beyond just getting the listing. Sellers now need to be educated to understand the new realities facing many markets today. 
I found this great article by Steve Harney today, [...]

Have any plans November 13-16? Well you should plan on attending the 2007 NAR Conference & Expo held in Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. 
I am proud to announce that I will be joining my colleagues in the International Real Estate Assistant Association(IREAA) at the expo in this year’s NAR conference. Join in on the fun and meet me there at [...]

With the subprime loan mess that is all around us, and foreclosures popping up left and right, many are thinking that the foreclosure market is the next hot thing. Prospective buyers and investors are being lead to believe that foreclosures are where they will find the great “win-win” deal and have been calling on Real Estate Professionals [...]

 According to the Wall Street Journal… Home staging can bump up sales prices in a moderate market 2%-10%
With home sales falling, it is becoming increasingly important to really attract and impress buyers in this market.  Gone are the days of listing in the morning and having an accepted offer by sundown. Buyers have become much [...]

Calling all REALTORS…
This past Sunday on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Leslie Stahl did a complete hatchet piece titled “Chipping Away At Realtors’ Six Percent” . In this piece they practically tear apart real estate professionals and in my opinion depicted them as greedy scam artists, preying upon consumers.  I also believe it was more of in infomercial for the Redfin, a [...]

Widgets are nothing new to the internet world, but there are now many new widgets available that are relevant to the real estate world.
What exactly are widgets you ask? Widgets are fun little technology applications that you can embed into a website or blog that provide specific tasks or information.  They can be as fun as interactive games, a virtual [...]