This is to show the new updates for “Headline” for Real Estate Loop. To use the Template, you need to have a category named “Headline” and “Featured”. Posts in those two categories will be shown in the headline and featured section of the front page.

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About Posh’d: Ever visit other Real Estate websites for inspiration? Ever notice how many of them are VERY similar? We support those of you trying to break the mold and make the real estate sites on the web a better experience for everyone. We’re here to promote you and your fine work, but we also hope that up-and-coming site developers will be able to use Posh’d as a place for inspiration. We want to raise the bar for all Realtors and their sites. Submit …

April 2nd will be the last day to enter into the Blog contest with over $14,000 in cash and prizes. Head over to Winning the web now and check it out.

    More bad news in today’s paper for the Real Estate and Mortgage industry. The Sun-Sentinel has an article in today’s paper saying that Mortgage insurers have already flagged nearly a quarter of the nation’s ZIP codes where they refuse to insure some home loans. These types of loans that are being flagged and black listed are: Those for investment properties or second homes, those with riskier adjustable-rate or interest-only mortgages, or for buyers making down payments of less than 3percent.
“Lenders’ changes have removed 30 percent to 40 …

Discovered this video in my email box this morning sent over by a friend. I see some other Bloggers already have this video posted. I have watched people lose their homes in foreclosure before, but nothing like this. Tent City in LA

Free Internet classified services such as Craigslist have become an effective tool for the Real Estate and Finance industry. I have been using these classified services for over a year now and I can tell you they bring in business. I wanted to share a few tips for placing your ads on one of these classified services. For the demonstration I will be working with Backpage.com. Below I have taken the basic steps of adding a simple flyer for my advertisement.
Step 1 – Design …

Ok..everyone! I am going out of my way to blog about “The Craziest Internet Marketing Contest You’ve Ever Seen” This blog post gains real estate loop 10 entries into the contest increasing the chance to win.
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The Cash and Prizes are listed on the web site so check them out. This marketing campaign is probably the best idea I have seen to increase traffic to your blog. The Cash and prizes are provided by all the sponsors so it did not cost winningtheweb.com a dime. …

This is a need to know about site for real estate investors. I have not come across another site that provides more information on a piece of property. The one down side of Property Shark is its limited availability across the United States, but if you are lucky enough to be able to take advantage of this site it could be a very useful tool.
From a single address, PropertyShark.com allows you to see a description of the property, its most recent sales price, an approximation of its value, its owners’ …

I was emailed an interesting link today, and thought I would share it with the blog. This web site gives you your political landscape, and shows you which candidate you are most alike. It takes about 5 minutes to finish all of the questions. There are 36 questions. The questions Range from your stance on “Gun Control” to “Abortion” You then decide to agree, disagree or no opinion.
When you finish with the question it will give your results, and show you, the best and worst candidate for you.
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Zillow enables you to plug-in all of its capabilities directly into your personal web site or blog. It is a great advantage to allow your clients to check home values, neighborhood statistics, and mapping directions all from your blog or web site.
The Zillow API network has been around for quite some time now. The problem is most people do not know how to implement the API or (application program interface) code to their web site. This was the job for a web developer which normally would run you between $150 …