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Passions Revealed

[ 3 Comments ] 05/19/08 | Kathy Drewien | Filed under: Atlanta Real Estate, Technology & Real Estate

Those that know me personally will tell you I have a passion for technology. I am an early adopter of gadgets, tools, phones, and more.

My family will tell you I have a passion for real estate. I’m either working “in” my business, or “on” my business 12-15 hours a day.

My girlfriends know I have another passion…

h/t Scobleizer

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New Marietta Listings Priced $400,000 - $500,000

[ Add Comment ] 05/10/08 | Kathy Drewien | Filed under: Atlanta Real Estate, Buyers, Marietta, Mortgages, Technology & Real Estate

The newest listings for Marietta priced $400,000 - $500,000 are now available for viewing.

$445,000 :: 1202 Rosette Way, Marietta GA

$449,900 :: 5309 West Bank Drive, Marietta GA

$449,900 :: 4085 Tritt Homestead Dr, Marietta GA

$450,000 :: 4704 Outlook Way Ne, Marietta GA

$464,900 :: 158 Millbrook Farm Road, Marietta GA

$489,000 :: 2037 Old Forge Way, Marietta GA

Interested in a different Atlanta home search? A new price range in Marietta?

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Why Isn’t My House Selling?

[ 3 Comments ] 05/02/08 | Kathy Drewien | Filed under: Sellers, Technology & Real Estate

Interested in knowing why your house is not selling? If you are feeling up against the wall, there's hope. why-isnt-my-house-selling

Yes, the real estate market is slow. Yes, the economy is in a DHED. And yet, houses are selling and people are moving.

In this series, we are going to look at situations that give you - the Atlanta seller - a better idea of what it takes to sell your home in today's market.

How many photos of your home are listed in the multiple listing service?

Do you know what the photos look like?

RISMedia has published a report relating the number of photos a multiple listing posts to the number of Days on Market (DOM). The findings show that mls listings with more photos sold faster.

This is the shake down on the photos to Days on Market (average) analysis.

And listings with fewer photos sold for less. The Closed NET Price as a percentage of the Original Price also showed a direct correlation. (These findings are based on 2006 numbers and are again estimates.)

According to these findings, a $600,000 home, sporting only one photo, could sell for as much as 3.8% LESS or a loss of over $22,000, just because there was only one photo accompanying the listing.

More amazing is the fact that only 12% of agents posted the allowed maximum photos. (NOTE: Our multiple listing service allows 12 photos plus a photo tour.)

What can you do to better position your house for sale?

  1. Ask the listing agent to inform you when photos will be taken.
  2. Prepare your house before the photos are shot.
  3. Insist the maximum number of photos allowed be uploaded to mls.
  4. Review photos after they are uploaded to the multiple listing service.
  5. Take photos yourself, and send digital images to your listing agent.

The internet is the most powerful tool you can use when selling your home.

Well crafted photos do sell real estate. Pay attention to the online images of your house. You stand to gain by:

This all translates into less stress and a greater peace of mind.

Photo by Spoon 

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REtech South in Atlanta, One Day, Endless Value

[ 1 Comment ] 03/29/08 | Kathy Drewien | Filed under: Atlanta Real Estate, Technology & Real Estate

Kathy DrewienREtech South delivered on their promise, one day, endless value. A huge “atta boy” to Brad Nix and Matt Fagioli for their initiative in launching this event!

On March 11, at the Atlanta Real Estate Bloggers networking group, Brad and Matt met for the first time, came up with an idea, and launched one of the most productive real estate technology events I’ve attended in a over a year.

It was exciting to be in a room full of young, energetic real estate professionals who are second generation web users. They understand the power of social networking. They know how to connect with real estate buyers and sellers online. They are developers of new real estate systems designed to enhance the home search process. They blog, they twitter, they connect. In short, they get it.

They remind me of another group of real estate professionals I met in 1996. As you scroll through the pictures of these first generation web users, you’ll quickly see we’re about 25 years older than the folks at REtech South. But, our online real estate experiences are the same.

Our static websites were designed to enhance the real estate experience of buyers and sellers. Email was our method of starting conversations. We took lots of pictures of houses, and put them on single property web pages to market our listings. We were early adopters of tech toys and software (like visual tours, egg lenses, and handheld scanners).

We met the people that lived in our computer. We helped them buy and sell real estate. And, because we’re older than the Web 2.0 folks, we’ve helped a lot of these buyers and sellers move more than once.

Our peers said (and continue to say) the same things you hear:

We laughed all the way to the bank!

Now, just because I use the past tense in the above paragraphs, don’t think this original group has lost their passion for technology in the practice of real estate.

We blog, we twit, we video. We still meet nice people who live in our computer. Some of them are buyers and sellers. Some of them are real estate professionals. And, when we meet eyeball-to-eyeball, we are old friends.

I’m glad REtech South gave me the chance to meet some of the folks I’ve been following online: Mary McKnight, Rudy Bachraty, Jason Benesch, Dustin Luther, Kevin Boer, Pat Kitano, Christian Sterner

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