HomeGain Blog

How to Get Consumers to Select You on AgentEvaluator®

Sheila Guastamachio — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:48:15 +0000

We have polled home buyers and sellers once again and we’re sharing the results in order to help our AgentEvaluator® agent members better meet the needs of prospects. We sent our survey to more than 14,000 home buyers and sellers who came through AgentEvaluator in the last year -– some who closed with a HomeGain agent [...]

Happy 4th of July

Jessica Gopalakrishnan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:00:42 +0000

Blogging Tip: Finding Your Voice

Joseph Ferrara — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:09 +0000

Of all the ingredients in the blogging success formula, the one that can’t be taught is Personality. So, instead, I offer these 4 tips to help inspire you to be yourself. 1. Play to Your Strengths Real estate is a complex business. It involves both the left and right sides of the brain, if you will. Yes, there [...]

Improve Your Website Rankings

Marc Rasmussen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:49:37 +0000

Are you looking for more clients to work with? Most of us are in this challenging real estate market. I recently read that roughly 90% of home buyers are starting their initial research on the internet. Here are 5 tips to improve your website rankings in Google to increase your traffic. 1.) Figure out what phrases you [...]

Spot Max! Orange Gorilla Cruising Around San Diego

Jessica Gopalakrishnan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:42:06 +0000

With summertime here, Max decided to hit the surf and cruise around sunny San Diego, California, in a truck that could fit all his surf boards. By November, when the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Annual Conference is scheduled, Max will be very familiar with the area! Have you seen Max on the road? Let us know and [...]

Finding Success on a New Frontier

Peter McCullough — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:00:34 +0000

A Realtor’s story about how he went from being a skeptic to a raving fan of blogging, online marketing and HomeGain’s AgentView program I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Kinkade of Cherry Creek Professionals Realty in Colorado to get his insight about the AgentView real estate marketing program and how it has increased his [...]

19 Secret Google Search Tricks

Joseph Ferrara — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:00:54 +0000

Here are some Google Search secrets to help you better find what you’re looking for: (wait, since I’m telling you, they’re no longer secret). 1. Use quotation marks to search for the exact phrase “co-op board rejection” 2. Use the pipe (|) (it’s above the backslash \) for an either/or search (or use the word [...]

National and Local Real Estate Markets Are Intertwined More Now Than Ever

Ryan Ward — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:00:13 +0000

We’ve all heard it; “real estate is local”. I’m not so sure. I believe that all of the different “local” real estate markets are in fact intertwined with one another. While there is not much value in a national average or median real estate price, there is value in national sales volume, national inventory levels and [...]

17 Agents Recognized for Earning Half a Million Dollars From HomeGain Buyers and Sellers

Jessica Gopalakrishnan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:27:14 +0000

Congratulations to the 17 real estate agents who have earned half a million dollars or more in gross lifetime commissions from HomeGain leads through the AgentEvaluator® marketing program! We are pleased to recognize these agents for their tremendous success by inducting them into HomeGain’s new Diamond Club. Diamond Club inductees include (listed alphabetically by last name): Jeffrey Bastress, [...]

A Functioning Market Niche

Howard Sobel — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:00:06 +0000

The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage is a product created by Congress in 2008 to provide some liquidity to the struggling home market. The amount you can borrow depends on age, current interest rates, and the appraised value of your home or FHA’s mortgage limits,whichever is less. Generally, the more valuable your home is, the older [...]