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Source: Land.US Click here for full article Chokee Farm has hosted a baker’s dozen of national grandees. Mark Taylor, a former two-term lieutenant governor of Georgia, was born into an entrepreneurial family. His late father Fred founded the Fred Taylor Co. in the 1960s “with $95 and a $2,300 loan from my grandfather,” Taylor says. Today, the company has a truck leasing company with 17 locations in two states and owns or manages 1.2 million square feet of warehousing space. “He built something up from nothing,” says Taylor of his father, who died in 2011. “He was just a tremendously successful businessman.” It was somewhat out of … Read more

Source: Land.US Guest Author: Iris Iniguez If you own a portfolio of investment properties, it is a wise investment to purchase property management software. Keeping precise track of your real estate investment activity has never been easier with modern property management software. Consider the following benefits of this type of software: Easier to Monitor Your Finances Monitoring finances with the best property management software is simpler and they are organized in a logical manner that allows for easy review. Common features include allowing your tenants to pay electronical through various portals. Also, you can easily track your expenses to ensure … Read more

Source: InMan Click here for full article Consistent, relevant content is key to making the most out of your videos. YouTube can be one of the greatest sources for lead generation in real estate, but it can also be overwhelming! YouTube is the second largest search engine (and owned by Google), so when used properly it can be a great tool to attract new clients rather than always chasing leads. YouTube is very different in the way content is found. On Facebook, people are scrolling through their news feed, and if a video catches their eye — they click on it. With YouTube, users generally … Read more

Source: InMan Click here for full article Make getting reviews part of your process, reply to all your reviews and reach the masses who use reviews to help them find a service provider. BY JAY THOMPSON Jay Thompson is a former brokerage owner who spent six years working for Zillow Group. He retired in August 2018 but can’t seem to leave the real estate industry behind. His weekly Inman column publishes every Wednesday. The one question I got most often when I worked at Zillow was, “How do I get more reviews?” Yes, way more often than, “Why does the Zestimate suck?” Really! … Read more

Source: Forbes Click here for full article Do you remember when mobile banking entered the tech space? It started small with SMS but eventually grew to what we now see today: an application that allows you access to everything you need about your bank account. You can view your account balance, see transaction history, transfer funds and even track investment portfolios. Having this kind of data available to you is incredible, but so few property owners are utilizing software that provides it. Having co-founded a platform that delivers real-time data to property owners and investors, I know that there are … Read more

Source: Bigger Pockets Click here for full article The Investor Mindset in the Age of Coronavirus: Overcoming Fear Investors in the time of COVID-19 are in completely uncharted territory. Navigating this new landscape can be fraught with new and unexpected obstacles.In this three-part series, we’re examining the mindsets investors can take in approaching these challenges, campaign strategies to determine the best course of action, and tactics for achieving success.While talking with a friend, we were discussing the contradictory nature of this pandemic. On the one hand, it seems like most of the world’s population is quarantined inside their homes for … Read more

Source: InMan Click here for full article Now is not the time to pull back on social media. Exercise caution, and follow these guidelines to keep your business above potential frays Over 2.45 billion people use Facebook actively each month. There are days where it feels like all 2.5 billion are clueless and rude. Ditto (though with smaller numbers) for LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok — pick a platform, any platform, and it won’t take long to find some knucklehead acting foolish, irresponsibly or even downright hateful. In today’s world, everyone can record a cell phone video and post it to the internet. … Read more

Listing beautiful properties is only the beginning of being successful in the real estate market. In order to maintain a business, you need a healthy supply of leads. This can be especially difficult in land real estate, where a lot of potential leads may like the idea of owning land for sale, but in the end, aren’t quite ready to make it a reality. Here are our top nine ways to generate leads for land real estate. Use Social Media Wisely  In today’s hyper-online world, it’s all about social media, so you have to get your name out there on … Read more

Source: InMan Click here for full article Lack of a down payment is the main obstacle stopping first-time buyers from purchasing a home. As an agent, here’s how you can put down payment assistance programs to work in your business — and help buyers fulfill their dream of becoming homeowners Did you know that you can help your buyers obtain an average of $13,000 in down payment assistance? Did you know that 84 percent of the properties in the U.S. qualify for these programs, and that there are 2,400 programs available nationally? There’s no better time than now to help … Read more

Source: Forbes Click here for full article As real estate professionals, our mission is to help people reach their homeownership goals. Our entire existence is consumed with thinking about how to help more people get their keys. We lie awake in bed thinking of ideas for doing this at a bigger scale. After a decade in the industry, I have found that real estate is much easier to do when there is trust between you and your client. That is where referrals come in. You can have great people skills and great sales tactics to convert the cold lead, and … Read more