May

18

Being Bothersome to Others?

Posted by Connor MacIVOR under Foreclosures

I am not sure how I would feel if I was continually a follower.  Attempting to catch up with someone else in life.  But in real estate, when I have a good idea and don’t hesitate on it’s implementation – it gets my team a huge amount of exposure and attention.

My Clients have been screaming from the rooftops with regard to our real estate services and “Relational Business Model” (Okay – they have read we have a “Relational” business model – but more importantly they have experienced it and tell everyone in their sphere of influence – which is awesome for our Team’s success.)

I can see if I made a good move with the implementation of a product or service for our Clients.  All I have to do is wait a couple of weeks and see what kind of response I am getting.  Usually I am not wrong with the various implementations, IDX searches, Internet Advertising of our Clients Listings, getting our clients foreclosure data, developing a Short Sale arsenal – etc…

But I know that I am still ahead of the crowd when I see others copying our work.  I was the first in our area to offer our clients Foreclosure Radar, also the Diverse Solutions Map SearchThese are just two of the many “assists” that we offer our clients and Hope they serve you well!

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May

10

Ever since it was a disbanded concept not so long ago, I have been able to take the ball and run with it quite successfully.  Our Re/MAX of Valencia Team is all about Relocation to and from where you desire.

Not so long ago in a far away land – We had a concept of a Relational Real Estate product.  Where our Clients were viewed and held in the highest of Regard.  We have found that Mantra and developed that Code.  We are The Paris911 Team.

We function in Southern California and are Headquartered in Santa Clarita.  We are about the best Client Representation that anyone can offer you.

We are number one agents on Active Rain with regard to Valencia California.  We want to represent you and give that assistance that you can only achieve via RE/MAX and The Paris911 Team.

Thanks for following us on Twitter and the other places on the WWW.  Such as LinkedIn and Facebook.

We offer some of the best relocation services for you when you are thinking about moving from one area to another.  We also don’t look at relocation needing to be the move associated with State to State – We think that whenever you are moving over a distance of 100 miles, this definitely qualifies. 

The difference between a regular move within a city and over the 100 mile point, has to do with logistics.  With the other people that are going to need to be involved.  We are GREAT Real Estate Agents – Otherwise known as Realtors.

But, I know when I am above my head and when we are not the best choice.  Especially when we start thinking about Out of State Representation.  There are Tests to take and boards to join.  We stop short of that event.  However, we have established teams operating in other states that can handle their 1/2 of the Real Estate Relocation.

We are Paris911 and our head quarters is at RE/MAX of Santa Clarita located within the Santa Clarita Valley CA

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Nothing – in fact we are only honing our craft – something that is near perfect as our Relocation services to Southern California and Valencia CA – does not need much work.  But we always have our ears to the Rail Road Tracks to make sure we are appraised the very moment anything starts to come our way. 

I am speaking of being dynamic and every-changing to help be the BEST choices for our Clients with their Valencia CA Relocation Needs – and We are That – Relocation Experts.

Have a look at our Sole and Separate Southern California Relocation Blog – which We aptly named Relocation911.

We are also NUMBER 1 Agents in Active Rain for Valencia California – Which shows our seriousness to this Real Estate Thing – and our adherence to Strict Client Relations.

Mar

16

Please follow along – if you are a struggling Realtor and have not yet hooked up with a Blog platform, now is the time to start gaining ground.

You will notice that I am writing this post on our Realtor.com blog – The Featured Blog.  It has huge amounts of Google Power – but don’t stop there.  If you would have told me when I started Blogging over 2 years ago that I would show up in so many places when you ran Santa Clarita Real Estate, REMAX of Santa Clarita, REMAX of Valencia or other obscure search terms where competition is high, I would have told you that I would be paying a fortune to my Web Optimizer.

But this is not the case.  I am running a few wonderful blog’s besides Realtor.com.  But you will notice that some of the best are nothing to join.  Squidoo being a great case – get on there and create a lens.

Square Space.com – is another fantastic resource and it won’t break your bank.  However, if you are wanting to hit like a sledge hammer with each and every key stroke and want guidance, one on one, personal interaction – then you need to give my Brother and Sister at Kinetic Knowledge a call.

No, they are not blood relatives - but they might as well be without the risk.  Both Chris and Kristen have this Blogging Platform thing down to a science and their guidance about being on topic and consistent is priceless.  That is not all – they are fantastic people and those that I would trust in Battle.

Which from 17 years full time LAPD, all service in the streets, and currently as a Level 1 Reserve officer tasked with the Teaching of Firearms and Tactics to Motor Officers, I know a couple of things about going to Battle.

I am Connor MacIVOR – Google that and see how Kinetic Knowledge Blogs serve me.  It is HUGE!!!

First, let me start with a short explanation of the procedure.  A Short Sale is when the owner of a home encounters some type of hardship – something verifiable – in fact it can be as simple as not being able to handle mortgage payments. This can run the gam-met from having an adjustable interest rate to something much more serious.

A lot of agents charge up front – that is something that we do not do.

If your loan servicer, your bank, allows for the short sale to process and close – then they will pay the fee for us and the fee for the agent bringing the buyer.  It is that simple.

We do all the footwork and negotiation with your loan servicer.  We have a committed individual that works with The Paris911 TEAM at REMAX, all she does it constantly call, bother, and harass the loan servicer to get the “Short Sale” package approved.  This charge is paid by our team. 

However, everyone that we handle the short sale process for – we make sure that they know all ramifications and make sure there is not a stone un-turned.  We have others in place to best advise and will ask you to contact those that you utilize with other financial events that you have in your lives.  Tax Accountants and Attorney’s to name a couple.

Hang in there – We can Help – just give us a call at (877)977–REMAX or email us at remax@paris911.com – you are in good hands.

One Toll Free number for connecting with REMAX of Santa Clarita and REMAX of Valencia – A One Stop Shop and yes I can find you another REMAX office when I have time – and I routinely do – 800–760–6911

That will ring into my Cell Phone and I will answer any and all Real Estate Related Questions.

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Feb

5

We have built several resources to help our Buyers and our Sellers above and beyond anyone.

Have a look around our Mother site with Paris911 that will lead you to other areas that we work within and show that we are on target when it comes to Real Estate Resources, Customer Service, and the ability to demonstrate Superior Client Retention.  Not out of pressure but truth.

Why do we operate so many independent sites?  Because each has points of interest that are very beneficial to our clients.  Some might copy, but I would rather keep it legal and not infringe on any trademarks or copyrighted material.  But this way insures that you are getting the best and shows how we are separate ourselves from the flock.

We have been in the process of changing it up once again – we are about keeping it fresh and being able to deliver the best Real Estate Services bar none!  In that custom, we are building two more sister sites – both of which are going to have MLS feeds directly from several boards of Realtors.

Where the advantage is for our Buyers and Sellers, is within which communities that they want to do their Real Estate Searches.  Larger, country wide, search engines maybe slow to update, just due to them covering such a large area.

Each one of our portals are free and without obligation and if you are searching within Southern California, you can do no better.

We don’t require any registration except when it comes to you wanting to have e-mailed updates generated from the specific MLS system back to you when new properties come onto the market.  With these e-mail updates they are hands off by me and you get notified even before I do. 

At the last count we have over 359 active searches going on, at one time, in Four Different Boards of Realtors.  Some of the data crosses over to the other boards because they share data and some do not.  That is why it is important that you have a specific search created for the properties that you are looking for.

Whether they be foreclosures, short sales, regular sales, probate, auction, or other types of listings.  Check out our Mother Site with Paris911 and see why we are on the cutting edge of Real Estate in your neck of the woods.

Feel free to drop us a line to talk to us about our expansion plan and what fantastic offers we are going to unveil in the future.  We are all about advice, wanting to continue the tweaking process to make it so wonderful, you have no reason to go elsewhere.  We are RE/MAX and The Paris911 Team.

You are around the world wide web quite a lot these days, especially if you are searching for that Dream home or investment property.  There are a huge amount of resources, but which one do you trust.

How does the machine work with regard to viewing homes and Real Estate for sale?  How can you be sure that what you are looking at is still available?  I will lay on you some facts of the Real Estate Search Game.

All properties that are available for sale by Banks – Foreclosures etc. are almost certainly placed into the Multiple Listing Service at whichever local Board of Realtors houses the data.  There is no way on God’s Green Earth that the banks would want to cut out thousands of starving agents in order to increase their net.  In fact, their net will lose in the long run if they do not trust those “hungry” agents in bringing someone to the table to assist in the sale of that Asset.  So don’t go out there and pay for lists, and don’t be sucked into someone’s database unless they have a “no spamming” policy.  Also, make sure that the data they send you is not self serving – Example:  only their listings and no one else’s.

What about other properties for sale?  Good question, I would say this, most of the talk about pocket listings and specials that are not on the market yet, especially in a declining market, are just rouses and hooks to get your info.  Don’t fall for it.  Would you take less for you home than you could get?  Would you trust one person to pass along to his sphere of influence, which by sheer numbers is dwarfed in comparison with the total sphere created by other agents out there that are trying to support themselves and their families?  I am sure not.

The local Boards of Realtors and the Multiple Listing Services.  All you have to do is go into Google and type in the city and board of Realtors, week through the junk and find the Official Association of Realtors.  “Realtor” is a trademarked term so if you are seeing that in a URL then it is probably led-git.  I know from personal experience after I was called by a nice man to correct my use of the term. 

With those Boards of Realtors, you will find they have a Real Estate MLS feed that you can inquire about properties for sale.  Furthermore, they might even have a resource to set you up on a autopilot search as well.

Realtor.com – Great resource and I believe in that product.  It is country wide – updated as much as possible for its size and there are no hooks.  But this resource depends on the speed of the servers and the Local Boards of Realtors updating Realtor.com.  What you will see is the Showcased first, given a choice of properties that have virtual tours and multiple pictures.  But you might miss the vision of the perfect home if you disallow properties without pictures.  Maybe the agent did not have any to input and was facing a time line to get the property onto the market.  Maybe he will be adding pictures and a virtual tour later.  My suggestion is to first search on Realtor.com and then find a, more close to the source, source.

The Paris911 Team at RE/MAX of Valencia and Santa Clarita has many options that all feed directly from the Local Boards of Realtors.  I will not utilize a product that does not update many times a day.  I also don’t like those products that allow add on’s from the already existing listings that are entered into the Board of Realtors.  (too tempting for agent to modify items in order to get a larger inquiry base)

So, Southern California Real Estate Searches – go to http://MLS911.com and utilize our IDX map product or if you are about the automatic updates then go to http://ListingBook911.com.

Both are wonderful and great with multiple updates and a constant connection to the Local Board of Realtors.

Look for our debut site http://ConnorWithHonor.com – this will also utilize a direct feed from the local Board of Realtors, you will be happy you did.  All great ways to one end – your satisfaction and protection.

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