Wallet-Wise Marketing for Realtors

by Matthew Rathbun

You may be a new agent starting out and need some ideas of budget friendly marketing or an experienced agent looking for new opportunities. Either way we could all use a reminder of some ideas on how to find and engage new clients. This presentation is the basis for conversations in a wallet-wise [...]

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GadgetTrak Helps Find Your Stolen Stuff!

by Matthew Rathbun

I admit it… I’m paranoid about my Mac or Blackberry being swiped by some nefarious gadget-grabber.  Today while searching for insurance options for my Mac, I found GadgetTrak.com.  For $25 a year it will embed software on your PC, Mac, iPhone or Blackberry that can later be triggered if the item is stolen.  Sound like [...]

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FHA’s New Policy Changes 2010 Edition

by Matthew Rathbun

I received a notice from a loan officer today, giving an update on the new FHA changes.  The Policies are an attempt to make FHA more stable in this economy.  Evidentially, the FHA is running out of money.  As with many of the Government’s fiscal policies there seems to be these significant changes once they [...]

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2010 NAR Changes to the Code of Ethics

by Matthew Rathbun

This was a fairly easy year for the ever-evolving Realtor Code of Ethics.  Just a few tweaks as you’ll find below.
You’ll find a higher emphasis on online communications and how to handle content that is misleading or untruthful.  You’ll also find an expansion on the violation re-transmitting untruthful or misleading information about fellow Realtors.  Here [...]

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Wordpress: Are You Seeing All Your RSS Stats?

by Matthew Rathbun

While looking at my visitor information on Google Analytics, I realized that the number of visitors was way up, but in contrast to Feedburner numbers it didn’t appear that the number of subscribers was increasing at the same rate.
What I realized is that visitors were still subscribing, but were not necessarily using the RSS Subscription [...]

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My Facebook Business Page

by Matthew Rathbun

I know, I know… When the Facebook Fanpages came out, I was one of the many who said, why would I want another “I love me” site.  I wish I had seen the vision sooner, but I didn’t.
After watching a presentation at the Virtual REBarcamp by Mike Mueller, I decided that there was a lot [...]

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