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In real estate, lead generation is an essential and never-ending task. If you’re looking for new tactics to add into your bag of lead generation tricks, here are five lead generation tricks you can test out today: Add social sharing
Atlanta Agent (AA): You’ve recently embarked on a re-branding of your business. What kinds of things would you recommend agents do, when they are aiming to brand their business? Ebony King (EK): I would stress the importance of digging
In a profession where personal interaction can make or break a business deal, it’s important to remember that as a real estate agent, exuding confidence and comfort through your body language should always be at the forefront of your mind
Every year, the Urban Land Institute, in collaboration with PwC, takes on the notoriously herculean task of understanding where the nation’s real estate market – and the patchwork of markets that make it up – is heading. The two groups
Atlanta Agent (AA): Your background is in market research – from your perspective, how is Atlanta’s housing market doing? Rorey Bridgeman (RB): The Atlanta market is continuing to grow and rebound from the recession. It’s currently a seller’s market, and
China’s presence in the U.S. residential real estate market is growing rapidly, and it’s creating opportunities for agents proactive enough to seize it, one expert says. Between 2010 and 2015, Chinese real estate buyers spent $93 billion in the
Atlanta Agent (AA): You host seminars for first-time home buyer clients. What are some of the things you cover in those seminars? Natalie Vuoriaho (NV): I host free first-time home uyer seminars, where I cover topics such as renting
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this month issued its new Small Entity Compliance Guide, which includes updated information for how to better comply with TRID. We’ve combed through the report, compared it to CFPB’s previous Small Entity Compliance Guide,
America’s demographics are transforming, and it will have huge implications on future real estate markets, said a new joint report from the Urban Land Institute and Terwilliger Center for Housing. The four biggest changes, analysts agreed, will take place
Cumming is one of the most active housing markets in Metro Atlanta, but don’t take our word for it – according to a new report by RE/MAX of Georgia, Cumming is among the area’s four most active markets, with its
The real estate market is subject to change, and over the next 10 years, it’s going to do just that – or at least that’s the conclusion of a joint report from the Urban Land Institute and Terwilliger Center for
This week, I took the opportunity to finish my business plan for 2017, and I now have my entire year mapped out. Here are the reasons why: 1. Some might ask, a business plan in October? Yes, you read that
Pam Breen and Audrey Gibson, the mother-daughter team behind GibsonBreen & Co., chat with us about teamwork in Atlanta’s real estate market. Atlanta Agent (AA): Housing in Metro Atlanta has been a bit inconsistent this summer, with sales rising
Sandy Springs is one of the top 10 suburbs in Atlanta, and for more reasons than one. Here are three key qualities that make Sandy Springs worthy of consideration for homebuyers: 1. Top 100 best cities for homebuyers – Ranked at
Ninety-eight percent of Realtors believe buyers respond to curb appeal, a National Association of Realtors report found. Improving a home’s curb appeal is a quick and relatively inexpensive way (as far as home-improvement projects go) to boost a home’s
In one of its more recent reports, analytics website Niche ranked Roswell among the top 10 places to live in all of Metro Atlanta. That ranking came as no accident – as we detail below, the Fulton County community has