SEO is really very simple. There are just two factors in its core concept. They are, content and poularity. No expert is needed to understand that.
Content: You construct a website in a way that search engines can read it and get a good idea what the website is about by what is written there. SEO is text oriented.
Popularity: How popular is your website? How many people mention it? How many people visit on a regular basis. How many new people do you attract? And finally, (and probably most important for any commercialized SEO undertaking) how many other sites link to your website and what do those links say about your site?
Keep these two factors in mind when learning about SEO and you’ll go far. There are lots of techniques, rules of the road and preferred configurations that go into beating competition for search engine rankings but at the end of the day, you have to have better-than-your competitor standing in these two core factors in search optimization and Google placement for your website.
The job of an SEO expert is to understand how best to apply these factors to promote your website in a way that Google will find acceptable and ensure that people are finding you when they want to obtain your product.
If your return for being high in search results is worth the investment into SEO then SEO pays for itself.
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Far from home. Even farther from luxury real estate in Houston, My favorite interlude plays in a song that is a running theme. Across blocks we drive, finding the same beauty and thematic grace in home after home. Premium residences arrayed in finery of stately trees and generous views of spacious properties. These are the planned communities of refuge from metropolitan hustle and bustle of downtown Houston.
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Google Plus has 54 million, no, 60, no, 90 million users. If you ask Larry Page as of the year-end call it’s 90. Forbes writer, Jeff Bercovici says it’s substantially less when you look at daily engagements but in terms of real estate SEO, the numbers are staggering regardless of who’s right. Whether it’s 40 million or 90 million, the fact is that a lot of people, especially people oriented in any way toward business, are on Google Plus or have at least created a profile. Many of them simply remain signed into Google by default, using Google’s tools, including search, any time they want information.
Since preference is given to Google Plus content and profiles in Google’s “Plus Your World” search. Personalized search is the real and sustained experience for close to 100 million people on the Internet all the time. Eschewing involvement in “just another social network” by ignoring Google plus may be a huge mistake for anyone intending to market in the search engine.
From Forbes:
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A lot of tech writers are currently going a little bananas about something they thought they heard Google CEOLarry Page say on the company’s year-end earnings call: that Google Plus, just six months after its launch, has 54 million daily users. That may or may not be what Page hoped they would hear, but it’s not actually what he said, and it’s probably nowhere close to true.
One thing is certain, just a snippet of “real estate” search on Plus shows there are a whole lot of people working in real estate who have already bought into the G+ strategy.
By Cheryl Mercedes – bio | email Scam artists have found a way to target the Baton Rouge real estate market. They’re using popular websites like Craigslist and HotPads to reach renters. One homeowner found out his listing was hot, only when a potential victim showed up at his front door.…
Nice thought of the day, this quote by Einstein… Me likes it! Related to this: If I find I’m “stuck” with someone (sitting next to them at a dinner, for example) and I can’t locate anything of interest in them, I try to ask myself “what are you not seeing?” It’s not their fault. It takes two to be boring. I like to think that nobody is boring, just two people interacting might be boring. It’s better to enjoy things than to criticize…
Update: Several people have pointed out this quote is not from Einstein. Personally, I’m not real concerned where it came from. Apologies to Albert’s estate if, in fact, this has been falsely attributed to him.
The Los Angeles Real Estate Voice. We are a network of community-focused websites that bring insight and clarity into the real estate market in and around LA. Visit us at LosAngelesRealEstateVoice.com…
Type in your Fresno or Clovis home’s address and we will do the rest! Let us know if you have any questions. No computer, no matter how sophisticated, can give you a completely accurate value for …
The success of Luxury Home Magazine Arizona is due to our commitment to work with the best of the best. As you turn the pages of Luxury Home Magazine in the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Area or search on our multiple web platforms you’ll see the nation’s top real estate agents representing some of the world’s finest homes, estates, and properties with beautiful photography displayed in a“coffee table magazine” easy to read over sized format. We are devoted to providing the highest quality of homes,goods and services available to our readers. Luxury Home Magazine, the definitive publication in the Greater Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Surrounding Areas for luxury real estate.
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The region continued to grow and expand throughout 2011, despite the sluggish US recovery and turmoil in the eurozone. The initial Latin American growth estimate for 2011 was about 5%. However, due to the US and the European economic problems, it was adjusted down to 4.3% by mid-year. Even so, the region’s leaders all reported healthy growth figures and real estate markets grew unabated.
, The NAI Global blog features news, commentary and insight on key issues and trends in commercial real estate. The NAI Global blog features premium content from commercial real estate experts and top…
The value of commercial real estate across Arlington for the second year in a row saw big gains, while the assessed value of residential real estate was up slightly, according to figures released Jan. 20 by the county government. Commercial property values increased by 13.5 percent, …
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Beautiful Val Vista Lakes in Gilbert, Arizona #gilbert #realestate #valvistalakes
Val Vista Lakes in Gilbert, Arizona | Real Estate Communities
Gilbert real estate and homes in Val Vista Lakes come in many styles, floor plans and price ranges. Luxurious mansions are also available. The community has tons of awesome amenities, which include: b…
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Hibbs Homes, LLC
Hibbs Homes, LLC – Yesterday 1:56 PM – Public
From one hit wonder to home-flipper…?
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Ice’s Advice: What Vanilla Ice Wants Homeowners to Know — AOL Real Estate
Robert Van Winkle, better known as the rapper Vanilla Ice, shot to fame in the early 1990s with his hit single,”Ice, Ice Baby”– thefirst hip-hop single ever to top the Billboard charts. Fas…
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Atlanta Real Estate Forum
Atlanta Real Estate Forum – Yesterday 1:54 PM – Public
Senator Johnny Isakson receives the 2012 HBA Presidential Award for his dedication to the housing market.
Senator Johnny Isakson | 2012 HBA Presidential Award | Atlanta Real Estate Forum
The HBA’s Presidential Award is the only award presented at the discretion of the HBA President, making it a special …
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Atlanta Real Estate Forum
Atlanta Real Estate Forum – Yesterday 1:24 PM – Public
Today’s show features Barbara Glore with Brock Built and Mitch Block with The Orchards Group. Lots of GREAT information, so listen in!
Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio | Barbara Glore | Mitch Block | Atlanta Real Estate Forum
Barbara Glore and Mitch Block join us on this week’s episode of Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio. Barbara Glore is …
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Judy Rockensock – Mt. Juliet Real Estate
Judy Rockensock – Mt. Juliet Real Estate – Yesterday 1:23 PM – Public
Mt. Juliet Real Estate | Homeowner Deductions That May Apply to You! | Tax Deductions for Homeowners
Homeowners are allowed to deduct mortgage interest and property taxes if they itemize. If you paid points to get a better rate on your loan, that is also deductible in the year you paid them.
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Jason Kintzler
Jason Kintzler – Yesterday 1:10 PM – Public
Politics kills my Google+ experience. Where’s the real world circle anyway?
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Jason Kintzler – I hear ya. I was thinking as I was typing – it’s my own fault – these people I added to my own circles! Glad your sanity is in one of mine.
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Mary McKnight – I have determined that the more time I spend on the Internet the lower my standards for friendship have become. I feel like Google needs to write some sort of algorithm for this so I can fully quantify exactly how far the mighty have fallen…
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The Norris Group Hard Money and Trust Deeds
The Norris Group Hard Money and Trust Deeds – Yesterday 1:09 PM – Public
The Norris Group posted th#realestate headline roundup for for January 13, 2012. In two minutes or less, we try to give you the top real estate and #investor news of the week. Hopefully you check out The Norris Group real estate radio show as well on the site.
The Norris Group Real Estate Headline Roundup in 2-January 20
youtube.com – http://www.thenorrisgroup.comhttp://www.tngtrustdeeds.com In this video, Aaron Norris of The Norris Group gives the news of the week in the world…
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Michael Kozarski
Michael Kozarski – Yesterday 1:05 PM – Public
A follow up to my earlier post:
Florida once again blows away the competition in the latest article of most stressful cities. Keep it up guys!
America’s Most Stressful Cities, 2012 – Yahoo! Real Estate
Yahoo! Real Estate – America’s Most Stressful Cities, 2012. Find Real Estate including homes for sale, new houses, rentals, foreclosure properties as well as mortgage calculators and rates on Yahoo! R…
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Natalie Havens – thats sad
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Kayla Bee – I never made cupcakes in Florida, how many did I make today.3x batches? I can explain that-you can’t make cupcakes when your stressed!
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Partners Trust Real Estate
Partners Trust Real Estate – Yesterday 12:47 PM – Public
Great tips on how to be successful and follow through on your business resolutions for 2012.
5 Ways To Improve Your Real Estate Business in 2012 Brentwood Real Estate Voice | Community News, Local Events, and Real Estate Market Info
In defining and working toward attaining your New Year’s resolutions, there are tremendous applications to real estate business as well.
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Yocum Realty- Ohio’s Real Estate Professionals
Yocum Realty- Ohio’s Real Estate Professionals – Yesterday 12:22 PM – Public
Good news in the real estate market realm!
From the web
Real estate sales end 2011 on positive note (CHART)
Inman.com
By Inman News, Friday, January 20, 2012. US existing-home sales rose for the third straight month in December, finishing 2011 with a modest overall increase in sales from the year before, according to a report released today by the National Association of Realtors. Sales of single-family homes, …
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Lindsay Saunders
Lindsay Saunders – Yesterday 12:22 PM – Public
Mortgage Applications increase nearly 25%!!! Are you planning on buying?? @LeanOnLindsay for ALL your #RealEstate needs
Mortgage Applications Increase Nearly 25 Percent | RISMedia
Mortgage applications increased 23.1 percent from one week earlier (last week’s results included an adjustment for New Years Day), according to data from the
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Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. (ARI) Shares Cross Above 200 DMA
Forbes – Yesterday 2:00 PM
In trading on Friday, shares of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. (NYSE: ARI) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $14.82, changing hands as high as $14.85 per share. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. shares are currently trading up about 1.5% on the day. …
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International Real Estate Mastermind Association
International Real Estate Mastermind Association – Yesterday 12:15 PM – Public
The International Real Estate Mastermind Association, consisting of Real Estate Sales Professionals, Management and Owners from around the world, is dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and advice, the exchange of ideas and thoughts and the advancement of professionalism in our industry for the benefit of all.
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5 Star Real Estate, Inc.
5 Star Real Estate, Inc. – Yesterday 12:11 PM – Public
LPS “first look” mortgage report
Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider
of integrated technology, data and analytics to the mortgage and
real estate industries, reports the following “first look” at
December 2011 month-end mortgage performance statistics derived
from its loan-level database of nearly 40 million mortgage
loans….
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Z. Khan
Z. Khan – Yesterday 12:12 PM (edited) – Public
Study Guide / The Corporate Relocation Guide for Real Estate Agents / Homesale Programs Edition (The LearnRelocation Series) [Paperback]
Amazon.com: Study Guide / The Corporate Relocation Guide for Real Estate Agents / Homesale Programs Edition (The LearnRelocation Series) (9780981855912): Paul A Sorrentino: Books
Amazon.com: Study Guide / The Corporate Relocation Guide for Real Estate Agents / Homesale Programs Edition (The LearnRelocation Series) (9780981855912): Paul A Sorrentino: Books
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Hawaii Life Broker Named on Inman’s List of 100 Most Influential Real …
MarketWatch (press release) – Yesterday 1:25 PM
Grown from a Kauai real estate brokerage, Hawaii Life now employs about 130 agents statewide and has offices to … Employees at Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers are active members of their communities; … Founded in 2008, Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers is a brokerage that offers real estate …
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5 Star Real Estate, Inc.
5 Star Real Estate, Inc. – Yesterday 12:07 PM – Public
Olick – robo signings turned political
“For over a year now, state attorneys general have been
negotiating some kind of settlement deal with the nations four
largest lenders, as well as several smaller ones. The settlement
pertains to faulty foreclosure processing, first uncovered in
October of 2010 and now commonly referred to as ‘Robo-signing.’
Rather than dozens of lawsuits, the states initially were…
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Seattle Luxury Home Magazine
Seattle Luxury Home Magazine – Yesterday 11:56 AM – Public
The success of Luxury Home Magazine Seattle is due to our commitment to work with the best of the best. As you turn the pages of Luxury Home Magazine in the Greater King County Area or search on our multiple web platforms you’ll see the nation’s top real estate agents representing some of the world’s finest homes, estates, and properties with beautiful photography displayed in a“coffee table magazine” easy to read over sized format. We are devoted to providing the highest quality of homes, goods and services available to our readers. Luxury Home Magazine, the definitive publication in the Greater King County and Surrounding Areas for luxury real estate.
Luxury Home Magazine – Luxury Homes | Luxury Real Estate | Luxury Resource Guide
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Premier Properties Real Estate
Premier Properties Real Estate – Yesterday 11:14 AM – Public
This tucked away, five lot subdivision is fantastic for a growing family!! Model Home up and ready to see!! Why buy a resale when you can help builder design your dream home!!! Generous allowances!! Great location with easy access to Routes 495, 24 and 44!!!!
Contact Premier Properties Real Estate for more information and about other properties available.
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Howard Hughes: Real Estate Value | iStockAnalyst.com
iStockAnalyst – Yesterday 12:52 PM
The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) is a premier real estate company that owns a collection of prized assets, including some that were purchased by Howard Hughes Jr. many decades ago. I’m interested in the company’s extensive assets that are overlooked by most investors, and …
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Signature Service Real Estate
Signature Service Real Estate – Yesterday 10:53 AM – Public
Alberta and Saskatchewan you say? That’s right, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate is here!
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Canada moves into Moose Jaw
The red tartan of Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook is a staple on the recipe shelves of many kitchens around the world.
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Signature Service Real Estate – Yesterday 10:51 AM – Public
Great News!
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Canada | Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Canada Launches in Western Canada
MEDICINE HAT, AB, Jan. 17, 2012 /CNW/ – Premier lifestyle real estate brokerage Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Canada (BHGREC) today announced its expansion into Western Canada. The addition of …
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Jorge Bravo
Jorge Bravo – Yesterday 10:42 AM – Public http://www.myflorida-realestate.com – Florida’s unemployment rate falls to 9.9 percent
Florida’s unemployment rate falls to 9.9 percent – Tampa Bay Times
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Chris Apple
Chris Apple – Yesterday 10:38 AM – Public
Union Square, 1480 Broadway Avenue, unites a fabulous selection of floor plans, attractive amenities and a moderate range of pricing points. All of this and an East Village location in close proximity to City College makes Union Square a must see complex. The mixed use project is between Broadway, C Street and 14th and 15th avenues in the northern section. #condos #realestate #sandiego
Union Square San Diego – Union Square Condo – East Village District
Seek out the exquisite choices offered at Union Square, San Diego.
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Clifford Kavanaugh
Clifford Kavanaugh – Yesterday 10:36 AM – +1′d on charlottesvillerealty.blogspot.com – Public
Charlottesville Real Estate 22902 Belmont Homes for Sale
Charlottesville Real Estate 22902 Belmont Homes for Sale.Refreshed daily. | CharlottesvilleRealtyBlog.com
Charlottesville Real Estate 22902 Belmont Homes for Sale.Refreshed daily. 22902 Belmont Real Estate Charlottesville. Posted 3 minutes ago by Cliff Kavanaugh 434-466-5128. Labels: 22902 Downtown CHARLO…
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Gabrielle Jeans
Gabrielle Jeans – Yesterday 10:33 AM – Public
Knowledge is the best investment that a real estate professional can make in their business. Learn the techniques used by successful business people to elevate your business to new levels of profitability. Today’s technology offers a tremendous opportunity to connect with potential clients. Understanding how to use it to your best advantage is what we can teach you. Do you know how to create brand …
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Training Courses available for both Canada and the US · Watch an actual introductory Course Demonstration for FREE! Click here to sign up and get started NOW! Email Address. Password. new user registr…
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Lindsay Saunders
Lindsay Saunders – Yesterday 10:24 AM – Public
Find a Home in Greenville – Keller Williams Greenville Central
We will help you find the best price for your new home. Come tell us what you are looking for.
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Pinnacle Real Estate Group of South Lake Tahoe
Pinnacle Real Estate Group of South Lake Tahoe – Yesterday 10:18 AM – Public
JUST SOLD! This elite mountain retreat sold for 97% od asking price. Do you want to know how much your house is worth? Call us today and we will provide a free market evaluation for your home!
3606 Mackedie Way, South Lake Tahoe CA | South Lake Tahoe Real Estate-Pinnacle Real Estate Group of Lake Tahoe
Rates are just about as low as they’ve ever been. But you still need to have all your ducks in a row to take full advantage.
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Larry Arth – Yesterday 10:13 AM – Public
don’t know if you know this but we have a totally free ebook for how overseas investors can buy usa real estate…we are pretty proud of it and happy help anyone looking to invest here!!!
How To Buy USA Real Estate | How To Buy US Property | American Investment Properties
Welcome to How To Buy USA Real Estate! This free guide will show you How To Buy US or American Investment Properties. This guide features many topics that will help to make your USA property investmen…
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Terra Dalmatica – Croatia real estate agency
Terra Dalmatica – Croatia real estate agency – Yesterday 10:09 AM – Public
More info at http://www.terradalmatica.hr/realestate/status-1/type-5/-en/number-125-primosten
Apartment in Primosten – 130.000€ (10 photos)
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Walter Karas
Walter Karas – Yesterday 10:05 AM – Public
Florida Real Estate
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Prestigious River Front Estate home located on 2 river front lots in the exclusive community of Edgewater Estates at Gulf Harbour.
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African American Real Estate Professionals of DC Appoints New 2012 Board …
MarketWatch (press release) – Yesterday 11:02 AM
NEW YORK, Jan 20, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — The African American Real Estate Professionals of DC (AAREP DC — http://www.aarepdc.org ), the premier trade organization for African Americans within the Washington DC Metropolitan Area commercial real estate industry, today announced the addition …
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BRENT BITNER – Yesterday 9:54 AM – Public
Today’s featured homesite is 1855 at the Summit of Silverleaf. Design the custom home of your dreams in Scottsdale, Arizona’s best real estate location on this 2.87 acre homesite. Sitting at one of the highest elevations in this golf course and country club community, you can build a true estate against spectacular McDowell Mountain and city light views. The generous 53,573 building envelope allows your architect so many options for designing the perfect desert home. Truly one of Silverleaf’s best! Watch the HD video to find out more about this stunning Scottsdale homesite: http://www.youtube.com/themoengroup/#p/u/9/MdcI6IXPca4
Looking for a great community for in-dephth business reading and discussion? Forbes provides free user profiles, and sweet enough- links to websites of your choosing. Raw URLs only, but why complain? Google figures out much of your website ranking from the title and SEO elements on the site anyway so stop worrying and get a link from a great source. Be sure to contribute on occasion to both your profile and worthy posts. Who knows? You may find your way to a comment feature! Find Dave Keys, real estate SEO expert on Forbes.
News reports 4% increases in Home sales in Nov 2011. This is no longer just anecdotal what I’ve been hearing from various fronts that real estate sales are picking up at least slightly. It’s official. The 4% is after Post NAR inflation adjustments!
Wellington Top Short Sale Agents continue to drive the success train in closed and successful Wellington FL Short sales. Dozens of short sale closings for seven years running. Nobody in Wellington and South Florida has that kind of track record.
Economic improvement in several real estate markets. Reports from the field indicate improvements in real estate sales rates.
The economy in Houston continues to outperform. Texas and its major cities including Houston with great real estate values and jobs to support them shine in today’s US economic picture.
Steamboat Real Estate Market Improves: Absorption Rates Rise December 20th, 2011 Steamboat Springs Market Going Up Real estate absorption rate is the rate at which properties are sold in a given area. The numbers below shows how many months of available inventory we have here in Steamboat Springs. As you see, the tends is going down. That is a very healthy sign that the real estate market is improving. Only condos sales did not improve.
Once not very long ago at all a Wellington Florida homeowner, after examining every option and coming up with no better alternative, decided they would be better off doing a short sale than having a foreclosure on their record. They realized that their opportunity to get another home later on down the road would be much harder and more costly if they had a foreclosure like a scarlet letter “F” on their credit report. A recent notice from their bank explaining that’s just what was about to happen (foreclosure) really moved them to action and they looked up a local Wellington “short sale” agent to list their home.
The agent spoke confidently and seemed to know her way around real estate. A “Been selling homes here forever” type, she assured them she’d be a perfect fit to take care of their Wellington short sale listing. Their home was contracted, listed and the usual short sale hardship letter went to the lender and a short sale approval was the happy news they soon received. Everything was looking up for the homeowner who nearly breathed a sigh of relief. Offers started to come in on the house. Perhaps a bit on the low side but offers are a good thing, right?
Sixty days later the home foreclosed.
How on earth did this happen?
One particular to Wellington short sales of concern to home buyers is whether or not they can negotiate the price of Wellington short sales. As in any short sale, the owner is the owner. They set the sale price and a buyer can ask them to lower it. A bank involved can just as easily ask the buyer to pay more before approving the sale. Since you’re negotiating with the seller and not with the bank, this can become a less than streamlined process for lots of reasons, not the least of which is the current psychology and grasp of the seller and the seller’s agent (especially if they’re green to short sales) as to what’s really going on. A bad or unknowledgeable agent on the other end can make life miserable for everyone including you. Miserable as in the pits of despair and the dreaded notice of sale showing up at your door or mailbox. Surprise! You just became another inexperience generated short sale statistic.
Now, this can all be most often avoided by having experienced Wellington short sale agents on your side. Not experience like 2 or 3 short sales all year, but 2 or 3 dozen short sales every year for three, five and seven years running in the Florida market.
Now, a buyer and seller can dance around the contract and price issues and the predictable bank responses to low-ballers, etc. or you can work closely with experienced Wellington short sale agents, or at least the agent that’s in your corner- buyer or seller, should be experienced, and get down to brass tacks.
Like all short sales, Wellington short sales are not guaranteed by any stretch. The lender may reject the sale for any reason. If you have one of the many capable-to-do-regular-sales agents but inexperienced Wellington short sale agents then go home, do nothing and eat microwave pizza- and sugar. You’ll be better off. But, if you’re serious about selling or buying a Wellington short sale home, then you’d better have a good agent in your corner with lots of experience- not some two bit “I listed my first short sale home in 2011.” agent who is more bluster than substance. It’s your home and it’s your risk of slipping right on into full-blown foreclosure because your agent turns out to be a sheep in wolves’ clothing trying to negotiate with banks and lenders.
There’s someone else to deal with too, besides the lender, and that’s the seller and buyer. These transactions, improperly managed are the drivers of high statistics of short sales that never close. (Think about it. What happens next? – foreclosure)
Here is where the inexperienced agent will start throwing around numbers like $300,000 blah blah blah, but your house isn’t a number and neither are you. You’re someone who wants above all else not to have a foreclosure on their credit report when it’s time to buy a new home.
Experience in short sales matters a lot folks, and lack of it on the part of your Wellington short sale agent can land you in the “I’m feeling unlucky” file of lenders and loan processors- just where you don’t want to be. Don’t kid yourself. Lenders get a sense of when things are going right and when they’re going wrong and they don’t have all day to entertain your cause, whatever it may be, so they just move forward with their gut instinct and experience. Best to have an agent who has been working local short sales who can demonstrate a track record of success over one, two, five and more years with numbers of short sales closed to back up their big claims about expertise.
For experience 7 years running with dozens of annual successful closings, contact Wellington short sale top pros, Katerina and Nestor Gasset. Call
Apologies to Albert’s estate if, in fact, this has been falsely attributed to him.
Once not very long ago at all a Wellington Florida homeowner, after examining every option and coming up with no better alternative, decided they would be better off doing a short sale than having a foreclosure on their record. They realized that their opportunity to get another home later on down the road would be much harder and more costly if they had a foreclosure like a scarlet letter “F” on their credit report. A recent notice from their bank explaining that’s just what was about to happen (foreclosure) really moved them to action and they looked up a local Wellington “short sale” agent to list their home.