Orginial Post: FitSmallBusiness Local businesses face different challenges than national ones, particularly with how best to market themselves. We spoke to the experts on local marketing to get their top 37 local marketing ideas as well as tips to make sure you’re getting the most out of your campaign. Here are the top 37 local […]

via Realtor.com Before you go into full-on summer mode, bear with us: There are a few home maintenance tasks you should tackle to keep your home in tiptop shape all season long. Buzzkill, we know. But the good news is we’ve done the heavy lifting for you, identifying the top items to address—and what professional […]

via Realtor.com | Jun 11, 2019 Everyone hates getting bogged down with life’s little details. And guess what? You don’t have to! In our new weekly series, “Home Hacks: Real Estate Made Easy,” we’ll show you a slew of genius shortcuts that can save time and money, and streamline whatever task you need to tackle. […]

By Jim Dalrymple II | Source Inman Tremendous opportunities lie ahead for real estate professionals — but also risks, slowdowns, and potentially difficult transitions. That’s according to the 2019 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report released this month by the Urban Land Institute. The report, a joint effort with PwC, is based on interviews and survey responses […]

While ‘Coming Soon’ pre-market listings will likely remain useful for luxury properties and as a tool to test price points, there will be fewer of them all-around, Realtors tell Inman By Jim Dalrymple | Source Inman In the heady days of the seller’s market, pocket listings were everywhere and agents were like oracles, showing buyers homes that […]

By Cathie Ericson | Source Realtor.com We Google that new restaurant down the block, that handyman we’re thinking of hiring, and certainly our prospective dates. These days, we don’t think twice about Googling virtually everyone we meet. So it stands to reason that if you’re hoping to buy a home, you’d Google the seller—or, if […]

Source: Open Listings Blog Looking to get in on that perfect home in your dream neighborhood? So is everyone else. Whether it’s the killer school district, walkability, or central location that makes your target neighborhood a top pick, odds are homes for sale in hot markets are hard to come by. If you want to call your […]

Source: Open Listings Blog Let’s be honest: the real estate industry has its own set of lingo. For a lot of us, especially first-time buyers, it can be difficult to determine what all these terms mean and then how to act accordingly. Luckily, though, we’re here to do the decoding so that you don’t have […]

Social media platforms change with alarming frequency these days. Source: Neal Patel For years, Instagram was a haven of chronological posts that almost guaranteed engagement as long as you timed your post correctly and shared something interesting. But that reality is no more. Recent changes offer users more control over their feeds, which means it may be […]

By J Gurner | Source FitSmallBusiness The most effective real estate websites present information clearly and concisely. We asked 27 top-producing real estate agents, brokers, and website designers for their best real estate website ideas and tips to do so. These experts were willing to share real estate website tips from site design to content […]