To Add Pictures or Not to Add Pictures to a Listing – that is the question!

Pictures of a Kitchen

This past week the multiple listing service (MLS) for the greater New Orleans area and its' suburbs, Gulf South Real Estate Information Network (GSREIN),  instituted new rules that will become effective on May 1 2012.  The new rules dictate how many pictures will be required for listings, 10 for a property in excellent condition and 5 for a … [Read more...]

Selling Your Home in New Orleans and Why Listing Photographs Are So Important

Marketing Photographs

I currently have a buyer who travels for business and his schedule is not in his control.  He has been viewing property's on the internet and he like all buyers has a wish list things he wants in a house and things he doesn't.  Without pictures he is not able to see what the interior of a home looks like when on one of his trips.  He is put at a … [Read more...]

Selling Your Home? REMAX Global Because You Never Know Where Your Buyer is Coming From!

REMAX Global Country's

The buyer that is willing to pay you your best price could be moving from anywhere in the world to New Orleans.  If they don't know your home is on the market they can't buy it and if they don't speak English they will not be able to view your property on the internet.  That is the thinking behind REMAX Global.  Your home listing is translated … [Read more...]

Should A Buyer Attend Broker Inspections to Preview Houses?

Viewing Houses

It is often the case in New Orleans that the first viewing of a home is at the Broker's Inspection (the time scheduled for the agents in the community to come preview your home).  This means that a buyer will walk through a property while all of the brokers and agents are also previewing the house.  I am not sure this is in the best interest's of … [Read more...]

Is Pinterest the Next Best Social Networking Site? Does it Work for Real Estate?

Pinterest and Social Media

Pinterest.com is the newest rage on the internet.  It has become fabulously popular .  What is Pinterest?  You know all those things that people put on their refrigerators with magnets?  This is like having multiple refrigerators each a different topic and then pinned with items on the internet.  As an example let's say you like chocolate cake … [Read more...]

Preparing Your Home To Sell – The Drugs, the Papers and The Valuables

Protect Your Valuables

If you are thinking of selling your home there are a few things that everyone will tell you.  First and foremost you need to declutter your home.  The objective is to make your home a blank slate removing as many personal items as you can.  It is the home you want the buyer to concentrate on and not your pictures, your diplomas or your other … [Read more...]

Trulia, Zillow and Realtor.com, Buyer Brokerage and Dual Agency – A Response

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Marketing Globally with REMAX Internationally

REMAX Around the World

In the last couple of months REMAX introduced a new website.  A global website.  REMAX has offices around the world and this is an opportunity, in addition to all the local marketing, to place your property on a global site. What does that do for you you ask?  Buyers can be any where in the world.  Buyers can be online anywhere and at anytime. … [Read more...]

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