Archive for May, 2009

Real Estate Agents & the Internet

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Many real estate agents today have an on-line presence.  One of the largest questions that remains for consumers is how to separate help from hype.  Here is a basic framework we have found to address this issue:

Does the agent have a website?
Does the website have useful information?
Does the agent blog?
If so, what do they publish?

Consumers […]

Renting Versus Home Owning

Friday, May 1st, 2009

The US Census Bureau released some statistics in the last week related to the trend of people moving.   Here is what it stated:

The residential “mover rate” is the lowest ever since the Bureau started tracking the information in 1948.
The number of people who changed residences dropped by 3.5 million from 2008 to 2007.
Renters are 5 […]