Tuesday, December 19, 2006

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Fun, New Contested Created on ActiveRain

This contest is for anybody interested in participating...Good Luck!

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Tools for Georgia Real Estate Websites

Using the proper keywords to promote your site and your business is one of the most critical factors in search optimization.

Understanding the difficulty of promoting the keywords most relevant to your market is important too. SEOchat.com has some of the most valuable tools any webmaster can utilize to make these distinctions.

Here is a keyword difficulty tool that shows, by percentages, the amount of difficulty a keyword or keyphrase that you are promoting may be.

Other great tools from SEOchat.com can be found here.

-James

Help-U-Sell Real Estate, Alpharetta Georgia.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006

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Georgia Real Estate Buyer's Guide

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8 Ways To Better Personal Finance

1. Develop a family budget. Instead of budgeting what you’d like to spend, use receipts to create a budget for what you actually spent over the last six months. One advantage of this approach is that it factors in unexpected expenses, such as car repairs, illnesses, etc., as well as predictable costs such as rent.

2. Reduce your debt. Generally speaking, lenders look for a total debt load of no more than 36 percent of income. Since this figure includes your mortgage, which typically ranges between 25 percent and 28 percent of income, you need to get the rest of installment debt—car loans, student loans, revolving balances on credit cards—down to between 8 percent and 10 percent of your total income.

3. Get a handle on expenses. You probably know how much you spend on rent and utilities, but little expenses add up. Try writing down everything you spend for one month. You’ll probably see some great ways to save.

4. Increase your income. It may be necessary to take on a second, part-time job to get your income at a high-enough level to qualify for the home you want.

5. Save for a downpayment. Although it’s possible to get a mortgage with only 5 percent down—or even less in some cases—you can usually get a better rate and a lower overall cost if you put down more. Shoot for saving a 20 percent downpayment.

6. Create a house fund. Don’t just plan on saving whatever’s left toward a downpayment. Instead decide on a certain amount a month you want to save, then put it away as you pay your monthly bills.

7. Keep your job. While you don’t need to be in the same job forever to qualify, having a job for less than two years may mean you have to pay a higher interest rate.

8. Establish a good credit history. Get a credit card and make payments by the due date. Do the same for all your other bills. Pay off the entire balance promptly.

Alpharetta, GA Real Estate

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Thursday, December 7, 2006

Help-U-Sell North Metro Launches New "Smart Buyer Program" December 2006

Posted on my ActiveRain blog...

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

FSBO Facts...And Some Great Resources from REALTOR®.org

I spend a lot of time surfing the web, and when I come across items that I think may be useful to other members to AR...the first thing I think of is creating a post and sharing it with the network. Today was no different, and I stumbled across some great tools on the Realtor.org and Realtor Magazine Online sites that some of you may or may not know about.

More specifically, while thinking about what new, fresh content to add to GA-agent.com the thought came back to me...I remember reading Jim Lee's Post about his approach to helping Mr. & Mrs. FSBO. One of Jim's passages read this:

I offer a FSBO listing service on my website which is designed to make me Mr. Nice Guy to Mr. & Mrs. FSBO and give me 'top of mind' awareness when they come to the realization the odds are against them selling on their own and decide it's time to call in a professional.
http://www.knoxvillemls.com/fsbo.htm

Such a good idea...

A service like this to provide Joe and Jane FSBO some help would be a great way to add content and build traffic by targeting the "fsbo" aspect of keywords. Tie in the FSBO listing service with some facts re-inforcing the benefits of using a REALTOR® to sell your property and your good to go!

Some great content points may include:

Most Important Reason for Selling Home As FSBO
Did not want to pay commission fee: 51%
Sold it to a relative / friend / neighbor: 22%
Buyers contacted seller directly: 12%
Did not want to deal with an agent: 8%
Agent was unable to sell home: 3%
Seller has real estate license: 2%
Could not find agent to handle transaction: 1%
Other: 2%

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Method Used by FSBO Sellers to Market Home
Friends / neighbors / relatives: 53%
Yard sign: 51%
Print newspaper advertisement: 31%
Open house: 29%
Listing on the Internet: 22%
Direct mail (flyers, postcards,etc.): 5%
For-Sale-By-Owner magazine: 4%
MLS Listing: 2%
Television: 1%
None / Nothing: 3%
Other: 3%

Great information like this and other helpful tools for REALTORS® to learn about FSBO's can be found here.

Pending Home Sales Indicate Market Stabilization

Pending home sales are hovering in a narrow range, another indication that a stabilization is occurring in the housing sector.

Read the full story at Realtor.org.

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Monday, December 4, 2006

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Alpharetta Real Estate Agent

Current properties for sale by GA-agent.com:

3755 Holbrook Campground Rd Alpharetta, GA 30004 Listing#: 3380698

1620 Saddle Ridge Way Atlanta, GA 30350 Listing#: 3365198

4060 Walnut Creek Trl Alpharetta, GA 30005 Listing#: 3377883

5309 Davenport Manor Cumming, GA 30041 Listing#: 3347836

526 Brookeshyre Ct Woodstock, GA 30188 Listing#: 3362242

3210 Warbler Way Cumming, GA 30041 Listing#: 3307915

840 Greenvine Trace Roswell, GA 30076 Listing#: 3316624

2215 Traywick Chase Alpharetta, GA 30004 Listing#: 3350634

570 Birch Forest Ln Alpharetta, GA 30005 Listing#: 3300121

9920 Timberstone Road Alpharetta, GA 30022 Listing#: HUSX14922

3680 George Pierce Ct Suwanee, GA 30024 Listing#: 3316130

157 Primrose Dr Cumming, GA 30040 Listing#: HUSX16374

1351 Reddington Lane Norcross, GA 30093 Listing#: HUSX20911

1215 Waterville Ct UNIT 1215 Alpharetta, GA 30022 Listing#: 3357197

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December 4th, 2006

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