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Leverage Social Media and your local expertise to enhance your Internet Presence

admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:31:56 PDT

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 82 percent of home buyers begin their search online before contacting an agent. Knowing that, the importance of an active online...

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Newspapers and real estate advertising - there's no excuse

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:07:50 PDT

In real estate, we seem to believe we're a different animal from the rest of the business world. Yet, we make crazy decisions the same as many other businesses might. Example: newspaper...

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Enhancing value for Indianapolis home buyers and sellers, and our agents

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:58:08 PDT

The sun is shining. The air is fresh. Seems as good a time as any to give a shout out to, and credit to our new buddies at VisualTour. Earlier this year, we put together a very unique deal with...

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An Indianapolis Housing Market in Transition

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:05:27 PDT

As we publish the newest edition of Carpenter Reports, a quarterly review of local market activity, we see that the local real estate market is in transition in the first quarter of 2012. We continue...

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19th Annual GFC / Carpenter Golf Classic

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:06:20 PDT

It’s hard to believe summer is right around the corner…and with summer comes our annual charity golf event. Held at the 36-hole Pebblebrook Golf Club in Noblesville, IN, the...

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First Time Home Seller? We’re here to help!

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:12:07 PDT

Here’s a great article from Fox Business News that talks about tips and things to consider when selling a home for the first time. A fun fact, an agent quoted in the article is with our...

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HGTV's Househunters visits Indianapolis via Carpenter Realtors

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:16:52 PDT

Who hasn't seen House Hunters or House Hunters International on HGTV? I'm not a regular but if I'm surfing and come across one, I'm stuck for the rest of the episode. After all, what kind of an...

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Relocation Director Appointed to U.S. Advisory Council

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:46:58 PDT

We are pleased to announce that Ryan Carrell, CRP, our Director of Relocation and Client Services, has been appointed to a 1 year term as a member of the U.S. Advisory Council for the Worldwide...

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Using online enhancements to market a home for sale ... it works

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:05:11 PDT

As with any real estate firm, we’re always looking for ways to increase the number of incoming leads we see. After all, marketing a home for sale is about generating buyer interest, ain't...

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The First LOCAL Mobile App, because Real Estate is Local

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:03:42 PST

So, who's up on the latest technology? Oops! Too late. It's already moved on! Just like that 4G commercial, technology is often moving faster than we can keep up with it. I'm sometimes tempted not...

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The spring market has sprung!

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:54:11 PST

Back in November, I wrote a post about central Indiana potentially becoming a seller’s market. More than three months later it appears we may be even closer to that reality. ...

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Annual Sales Rally Motivates and Predicts a Real Estate Recovery

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:49:59 PST

Recently, Carpenter Realtors® held our annual Sales Rally, a great expo of real estate vendors and motivational speakers as well as a kickoff for 2012 and a thank you to our best producers of...

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Improvements in Indiana Real Estate are Evident

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:02:05 PST

The local real estate market is healing. We've just released the new edition of Carpenter Reports, and we see some very positive signs in the Indianapolis and central Indiana housing market. Listing...

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Make the move to Google+

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:53:01 PST

Google+ is Google’s refocused social networking application. It has some advantages over Facebook in that it is fully integrated with all your other Google applications. So if you have a Gmail...

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Doreen Leads Naptown Knitters

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:57:35 PST

Doreen Tatnall, an agent in Carpenter Realtors’® Eastside Office should be an inspiration to everyone in Indianapolis. In October of 2010 she got an idea while attending a meeting of...

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The Sweet Spot

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:42:52 PST

Ben Hess, founding partner and managing Director of Tidemark, Inc., recently wrote an article that references a point made by Tom Prall, our President, at Carpenter’s January Managers’ ...

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Carpenter Realtors moves to the Cloud with Google Apps for Business

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:03:04 PST

Carpenter Realtors held their annual Kickoff for 2012 yesterday. Amid the many exciting announcements and new programs, we unveiled Google Apps for Business to our sales team. Google Apps for...

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2012 Carpenter REALTORS Sales Rally

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:06:02 PST

Carpenter will bring together its real estate professionals from throughout central Indiana to celebrate their accomplishments, share best practices and announce new programs and exciting...

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Prudential Leaves Relocation and Real Estate Business

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:31:09 PST

Last week, Brookfield Residential Property Services purchased Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services from its parent, Prudential Financial. Brookfield is a current player in the...

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Central Indiana Soon to be a Seller’s Market?

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:08:43 PST

If you read the headlines or watch the evening news, some days you may think the world is coming to an end. However, if you delve into the statistics you find some information that just might...

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The Housing Market is Getting Better. Consumer Confidence is the Drag.

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:53:26 PST

We’ve just published the latest edition of Carpenter Reports: The Central Indiana Real Estate Market, a quarterly review of central Indiana real estate market activity. For reasons...

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Big Ten Championship = Economic Activity

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:01:55 PDT

Indianapolis has long been known as the Amateur Athletics Capitol of the World. In continuing that tradition, Indianapolis will be hosting the first ever Big Ten College Football Championship...

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REALTOR® Foundation Awareness Week

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:28:01 PDT

REALTORS® don’t just sell houses. Today marks the start of the 5th Annual REALTOR Foundation Awareness Week. The REALTOR® Foundation is a non-profit entity dedicated to serving...

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Sprint’s new Power User Phone

admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:27:25 PDT

Sprint released the Motorola Photon 4G last month and I finally used my upgrade eligibility that had been burning a hole in my pocket since June 1st. I considered the HTC EVO 3D but I felt like the...

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Carpenter's new agents "get" it

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:43:12 PDT

Just spent a couple of days with our latest training class. I like these guys. Most classes have a few dynamic future success stories … with a few of the opposite. Sometimes they’re...

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Carpenter Realtors' Report shows a slight improvement in Indiana housing

admin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:47:37 PDT

In the spring of 2010, the second of two Federal Tax Credits for home purchases ended. During the spring of 2011, the lingering impact was still with us. Carpenter Realtors® has just...

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Ride the Recovery

admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:05:50 PDT

This Blog is the sixth and final installment in the series on The 6 Reasons Today May be the Best Time in 40 years to Buy a Home. Our focus today is Reason # 5: “Now is a Unique Time to Ride...

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It IS a good time to buy a home for sale - home prices are down!

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:44:39 PDT

Is now the best time for you to buy a home? For many, it is. For some, it is not. But the majority of families do have the confidence in their personal situation to pursue the “American...

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Carpenter's GFC Fundraiser - It's Not Just About Selling Houses

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:28:28 PDT

Although the selling houses part is important, it’s not just about selling houses. It’s about giving back.And so, the weather, golfers and our vendor hosts all turned out for the 2011...

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Improving real estate conditions

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:01:21 PDT

The Indianapolis Star ran a front page story this morning with the headline “An unwelcome surprise: May home sales slip 15%.” I was perplexed by this headline because the Carpenter...

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Move your "Stuff" to the Cloud

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:59:57 PDT

Cloud computing is in the news more and more these days, as newer players such as Google and Amazon have pushed the older traditional players such as Microsoft and even Apple to abandon the PC as...

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"Packaging" a home for sale

admin — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:01:59 PDT

It seems I’m always on the bandwagon about marketing homes for sale. About how Carpenter Realtors® has the most effective and most comprehensive program to market homes for sale. How we...

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The Relocation- Directors Council (RDC)

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 12:40:43 PDT

I had the privilege of attending the spring meeting of the Relocation Director’s Council last week. RDC is a truly dynamic organization that brings together the most experienced...

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Apps to put your iPad to work

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:51:55 PDT

DropboxDropbox is a cloud storage service (the cloud = a server connected somewhere to the Internet but “the cloud” sounds cooler) that lets you upload, store and access files on your...

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The paperless presentation finally is upon us

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:33:02 PDT

I remember the days when everyone thought that laptops were going to become the ultimate presentation tool, where CMA’s and listing presentations would never be presented on paper again. I...

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May. Indy. Speed.

admin — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:31:34 PDT

It’s May in Indianapolis. No matter what your favorite sport or your attitude about open-wheel racing, it’s a different month here than anywhere else. Growing up in Indianapolis, I have...

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Putting some effort into marketing luxury homes

admin — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:47:11 PDT

Typically, Carpenter Realtors® is not known for having a large inventory of what would be described as luxury homes- those larger, higher-priced homes with more amenities and creature comforts....

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callcarpenter.com's real estate web site quality certification

admin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:44:48 PDT

According to the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, it appears that our hard work at making callcarpenter.com the best real estate home for sale search website in Indiana is paying off....

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Best Time to Buy in 40 Years!

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:26:48 PDT

This is the fourth blog in a series of six blogs based on my "Six Reasons TODAY may be the BEST TIME in 40 Years to BUY A HOME."Today, I'm focused on Reason #3: Housing Inventories are...

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The Future Looks Bright for Corporate Relocation

admin — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:19:31 PDT

Like many parts of the economy, corporate relocation has been negatively affected by the challenges in the economy. With the average cost to move an existing home-owning employee topping...

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18th golf outing benefits GFC Clinic

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:28:36 PDT

We’ve gone and done it again. We’ve scheduled our annual GFC/Carpenter Realtors® golf classic fundraiser.The 18th Annual Golf Classic will be held on June 17 at Noblesville’s...

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Indianapolis – “Sports Town USA”

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:30:40 PDT

For decades, Indianapolis has been known as the amateur sports capital of the world. This weekend the city gets to showcase once again why it has been honored with that distinction. While...

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The True about the 3.8% Obama Tax on Real Estate Sales

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:37:52 PDT

You may have heard about a federal tax on the sale of homes buried deep in the recent health care legislation. You may have heard rumors or seen internet stories about how this secret tax (3.8%)...

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Building a Living Legacy

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:18:49 PST

If you are a realtor in central Indiana and are not familiar with “Building a Living Legacy,” you need to become so. In the coming months, the public, your sphere, your neighbors...

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Carpenter Realtors Honored by The Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:49:57 PST

The Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® will be holding its international conference at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas next week. I couldn’t be more excited and humbled that...

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Relocating the Super Bowl

admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:57:01 PST

Well that was a really good game last Sunday. As long time Chicago Bears fan, I can’t say I was happy to see the Packers win (sorry my Milwaukee friends). It’s just against the...

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Understanding the “Lost Equity Syndrome”

admin — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:01:56 PST

This post is my second in a series relating to our white paper, The 6 Reasons Today May Be the Best Time in 40 Years to Buy a Home. I want to focus on Reason Number 6: Avoiding the “Lost Equity...

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The 6 Reasons Today May Be the Best Time in 40 Years to Buy a Home – Reason #1

admin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:04:26 PST

We recently published a white paper The 6 Reasons Today May Be the Best Time in 40 Years to Buy a Home. I want to focus on only one of those reasons today. Mortgage interest rates. I want to...

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Android does Zimbra Sync, too

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:46:00 PST

Android users (what Verizon calls “Droid”) can also sync to Zimbra but not as seamlessly as iPhones. iPhones have native CalDAV integration, while we have to use a third-party app...

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Sync your iPhone Calendar with Zimbra

admin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:03:59 PST

This is a two-part how-to for iPhone and Android users on syncing your Zimbra calendar with your iPhone calendar (part one) or your Android Smartphone (part two). Steve Jobs really has a vision for...

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Performance, Plans and Attitude in Real Estate

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:01:13 PST

As we prep for tomorrow’s annual Carpenter Sales Rally (and Awards Presentation), I think we’re seeing some more positive growth and improvement in central Indiana home sales. It’s...

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Great Tools for your next open house

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:57:17 PST

At a Sales Meeting last week I was talking about our new GPS HomeSearch™ program and an Associate mentioned it would make a great conversation starter with visitors to an Open House. What...

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Location, location, location…

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:56:06 PST

Carpenter Realtors is the first to bring location-aware home searches to smartphones. It’s pretty slick – If you’re standing in front of a house for sale and, for example, you...

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Successful Agents & Open Houses - Working Together?

admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:56:50 PST

Interesting. Or is it intriguing? Is there a relationship between open houses and an agent’s sales/listing activity? Logic tells us yes. And, I think - so does our open house ad this week....

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Carpenter Sales Rally

admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:52:07 PST

The annual Carpenter Kick-off Sales Rally is being held on January 26th, 2011 at the Wyndham Indianapolis West. This is a great event that gives us the chance to honor the efforts of our agents...

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Relocation Training – 2011 and Beyond

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:36:39 PST

I had the pleasure of collaborating with Nancy Harmann, the Relocation Director at Latter & Blum in New Orleans, LA on an article that was just published in January edition of Mobility magazine....

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Embracing the new (and free) real estate technologies in 2011

admin — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:11:04 PST

Looking forward to the new year, are you? Sure, everyone’s looking forward to 2011. No matter if it’s jobs, politics, the economy or the real estate business, we all have our own...

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Find the Homes for Sale Nearest You With Our GPS Locator App

admin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:18:59 PST

I gotta get me a smarter phone. This morning at our corporate managers’ meeting, I mentioned a new feature on the mobile app for callcarpenter.com (http://www.callcarpenter.mobi/). It’s a...

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Indy Star Home of the Day ad: Value + Value

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:27:41 PST

Got home last night and did my usual perusal of the Indy Star, checking to see what headlines catch my eye, worthy of a read. Not long after starting, right above a half-page Roberts Camera ad on...

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Trends in Corporate Relocation Policy

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:36:31 PST

These are interesting times…or as Charles Evans, the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said in October, “current circumstances are really extraordinary.” ...

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Microsoft's TAG - it's relevant to home buyers and sellers

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:28:50 PST

I just finished a conference with a “new media” guy from Evansville. His company advises clients on the use of social media and new technologies to reach out and talk to their...

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New Hire Relocation Volume Hits New Low

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:35:47 PST

Economic times are tough and the relocation industry is anything but immune. Challenger, Gray and Christmas, an employment services company, produces a quarterly report that tracks the...

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Realtor luncheon benefits Children's hospital

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:16:47 PST

Just last Thursday, for the 25th consecutive year, Carpenter’s Northeast office (formerly “Castleton”) held a Thanksgiving luncheon and raffle to raise money for the Larue D....

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It’s 3 a.m. Do you know where your data is?

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:51:32 PST

The fire damage to our West office put an exclamation point on my recent concerns with data backup. In my fifteen plus years at Carpenter Realtors I’ve seen many a hard drive bite the...

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In Indiana, Small Towns = Safe Towns

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:15:11 PST

Do you ever wake up in the morning and cringe when the local TV news team reports another shooting, break-in or crazy robbery? Almost every day, right? But if you look deeper into it, central...

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We were lucky

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:15:25 PST

At 2:18AM last Wednesday morning (October 27th) I received a phone call, actually my wife Anne answered the call. It was Vicki Kenworthy, managing broker of our West Suburban Office. She...

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Tour of Affordable Homes works for us!

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:16:27 PST

We were very pleased with the results of the Indianapolis Star’s Tour of Affordable Homes this past Sunday. A special expanded edition of their Sunday Homefinder section offered...

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Robos-Signing scandal affects mortgage foreclosures. Read the FAQs

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:17:53 PST

It’s estimated that there will be a record 1.2 million foreclosures this year. In 2005, there were around 100,000. As a result, mortgage lenders have found themselves severely unprepared, or...

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Buy a home now or rent? What's the right call for you?

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:02:10 PDT

Let’s see. Home prices are down from their peak a few years ago. Interest rates are incredibly low. Many, many sellers are very, very motivated. Why in the world would someone rent a home...

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The Value of Real Estate Advertising

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:18:27 PST

I’ve read some discussions lately about the value of real estate advertising. Some downplay the value of a Realtor®, exposing your home for sale to every possible buyer. They say this type...

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More Open Houses = More Homes Sold?

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:18:41 PST

I surprised myself this morning. I thought I’d look at the number of open houses that Carpenter Realtors’ agent are holding so far this Fall, thinking that the last few weeks’...

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Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ Fall Workshops

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:18:58 PST

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ Fall Workshops in Chicago. The Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ is the...

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Keep Your Facebooking Amongst Your Friends

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:19:18 PST

Facebook is quite a phenomenon. A recent Wired Magazine article noted that the Internet is dead and in its place are now portals like Facebook, Youtube and Hulu. Forbes just came...

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Broad Ripple Historic Home Tour

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:19:41 PST

I, for one, am looking forward to this Saturday’s Broad Ripple Historic Home Tour. Although I only “officially” lived in Broad Ripple for about a year (plus the occasional night),...

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The "New Reality" of Indianapolis Home Sales

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:20:07 PST

I saw an interesting presentation on the state of the Indianapolis real estate market the other day. Leaving there, I’m reminded of a Chrysler exec who, talking about U.S. carmakers, stated,...

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Where do we look for homes for sale?

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:22:24 PDT

Anyone care to guess where a home buyer looks for homes for sale?You in the back – the internet? You bet … at home, at the office and on your phone. Anyone else? You think newspapers?...

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Stay Productive and Connected on the Cheap

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:24:32 PDT

Since no one else wanted to do it, I got dubbed Carpenter Realtor’s “technology guru” (pause for laughter). Along with that illustrious title I get asked often if we have any...

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More To Do Than You Ever Knew - Indianapolis' White River State Park

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:48:03 PDT

My wife and I relocated to Indianapolis nearly 12 years ago and yet we still find ourselves discovering and experiencing new things about this city. Last week we attended a concert at The Lawn at...

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If you sell homes, you must know tech

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:35:55 PDT

REALTOR® magazine has an interesting article in their September issue called “Tech It Up a Notch…” Its purpose is to offer suggestions on how real estate agents...

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Tweak, Modify and Soup up your Smart Phone

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:16 PDT

It was sometime around the summer of 2009 that I became dissatisfied with the ancient mobile operating system on my phone and decided to seek out the rumored leaked updates that were floating around...

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Carpenter Realtors' homes for sale on YouTube

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:21:44 PDT

Carpenter Realtors recently began submitting homes for sale videos to a thing called YouTube. Interestingly, we simply started because we’d heard about that new internet thingie that...

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To list and sell homes: plan your work and work your plan

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:46:11 PDT

And then … depression set in. Yesterday’s news that Indianapolis home sales fell 30% in July reminds us all that we’re not out of the recession yet. Yet – opportunity...

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Why are we still faxing?

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:20:39 PDT

I still get the calls about problems with fax lines and I hear the complaints about how long it takes to fax a 30 page document and how hard it is to read a faxed and re-faxed and re-re-faxed...

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Wirelessly Sync your Mobile and Desktop World with free Google services

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:30:08 PDT

In the age of smart phones, laptops and on the go Real Estate agents, an easy way to keep your separate devices synchronized is with free Google services like Google Calendar and Google Desktop...

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Home repairs and services - part of the home buying process

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:15:59 PST

After helping a client find the perfect home for sale, after working through all the paperwork needed to make an offer, counter-offer and accepted offer, after helping those clients get to and past...

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Nobody’s home…but your insurance better be

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:25:05 PST

As school starts around the country and many families are settling into their new homes, there was a very timely article written by Sandra Block of USA Today reprinted in the Indianapolis Star this...

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Facebook for Real Estate Agents

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:15:06 PDT

Catching up on some reading, I recently ran across an old article about how real estate agents can use Facebook to create value for their “friends.” It’s relatively dated (yeah -...

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Carpenter Realtors Night at Victory Field a Success!

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:53:07 PDT

Over 500 Carpenter Realtors® agents, managers, and friends gathered Monday night at Victory Field in Indianapolis to cheer-on the Indianapolis Indians baseball team. The event culminated a...

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Relocation Policies - Mobility vs. Expense

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:29:51 PDT

Most corporations use a relocation policy to outline the benefits and resources available to their relocating employees. Throughout my career, I’ve worked with many different types of...

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Searching Indianapolis homes for sale got easier

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:14:56 PDT

The internet. The “information superhighway” as it was called. Anyone else feel as if that highway is jammed with traffic? I imagine it as a six-lane highway stacked with cars, trucks,...

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Have You Heard About “The Unfolding”

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:42:42 PDT

Have you heard about a 39 page book called “The Unfolding” by Price Pritchett? If you haven’t read it, go out and buy it today and read it…twice…tonight. It is...

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Callcarpenter.com - An Information Buffet

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:43:57 PDT

Welcome to the information society! I don’t know what it is about our human need for information, but I like it. We’re extremely curious with a deep need/desire to get answers to our...

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Indianapolis Celebrates Another Successful Brickyard 400

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:39:24 PDT

The traveling community that is NASCAR leaves Indianapolis after the 17th running of the Brickyard 400 on Sunday. I enjoyed the race with friends, family, and what was reported as a...

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Callcarpenter.com mobile site looks great on the HTC EVO 4G

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:46:11 PDT

I recently upgraded from the HTC Touch Pro2 to the HTC EVO 4G and while I thought the TP2 was and is a good phone (and I do miss the hardware keyboard) the 4.3” screen on my new EVO is a game...

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Indianapolis Indians to Host "Carpenter Realtors® Night"

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:34:50 PDT

Monday, August 9th is “Carpenter Realtors® Night” at Victory Field as the Indianapolis Indians AAA baseball team hosts our agents and their families and friends for a night at the...

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Fishers, Indiana = Best Place to Live

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:10:49 PDT

Hey, Fishers – what are you doing right? Not long ago, Fishers was ranked by Money Magazine as #8 among the “Best Places to Live” in America”. What did they say? “This...

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TAG, You’re it!

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:26:12 PDT

Partnering with Microsoft®, Carpenter Realtors® is the first real estate company east of the Mississippi River to incorporate their new tag reader barcode system in a real estate marketing...

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Open houses can generate buyer interest

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:38:59 PDT

At a time when the real estate market appears to be, well, in the doldrums at least, I’m excited to see that hundreds of Carpenter agents (and I’m sure – hundreds more around...

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A Time-tested Commitment: Carpenter Realtors and the Gennesaret Free Clinic

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:40:37 PDT

Over the past 19 years, Carpenter Realtors® has raised over $900,000 for the Gennesaret Free Clinic (GFC) through a variety of fund-raising activities. Years ago, we held “The Great...

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July is NASCAR Month in Indy

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:35:01 PDT

Photo from Indianapolismotorspeedway.com As we have for the past 6 years, my family gathered in Joliet IL this past weekend to watch the NASCAR races at Chicagoland Speedway. The sea of...

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