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By James Kimmons, About.com Guide

WordPress Security - Has Your Site Already Been Hacked? Created: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, May 07, 2013
I love WordPress and have multiple sites on the platform. They're all self-hosted, and I never really thought much about security...until I was hacked.
A Fast and Easy Real Estate CMA Spreadsheet Created: Thursday, May 02, 2013 Updated: Thursday, May 02, 2013
If you need to do a fast CMA and have three comparable properties, here's a CMA to make it easy and do the calculations for you.
Short Sale Story Created: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Short sale real estate story.
Real Estate Listing Syndication - How to Get It Done Created: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Updated: Sunday, April 14, 2013
Many real estate agents and brokers have a website, but do not have their listings syndicated to major real estate portals. Their website service may not provide this ability. Learn how to get it...
General Office Apps for the Android Real Estate Office Created: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, April 03, 2013
This is the second of a three part series about using Android devices for a real estate practice. This and the last one will concentrate on the tablet, as it provides a much better interface with a...
Android Office Real Estate Apps Created: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Android Office Real Estate Apps
Android vs Chromebook - The Android Real Estate Mobile Office Created: Sunday, February 03, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, April 03, 2013
After doing some heavy reading about Chromebooks, I could see why they've become quite popular. So much of what we do is online anyway, but check out why I decided to go all Android for my office.
Android Hardware and Apps for Real Estate Created: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Android for Real Estate
Real Estate Investors Taking Advantage of Price & Mortgage Problems Created: Friday, June 11, 2010 Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013
The housing price and mortgage collapse beginning in 2007 is yielding opportunities for real estate investors in the period 2010 into 2011. Learn about the factors contributing to this opportunity...
Before you even set up your Google Adwords PPC account, here's what you must do. Created: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013
Before you set up a Google Adwords account, and before you pay for that first click, if you haven't made your site PPC-ready, you're wasting time and a whole lot of money. Learn what you must do h...
Using Ning To Easily Create a Complete Real Estate Website, Blog and More Created: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013
In just a few hours, a new real estate agent website can be up and running with everything necessary to begin building a community online, communicating with them, marketing and emailing them, and ...
The Consulting Close of the Listing Presentation Created: Monday, December 11, 2006 Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013
Real estate agents and brokers are called upon regularly to meet with sellers as listing prospects. Whether they're friends, referrals or just a call on the phone, know how to conduct yourself at t...
Curate Real Estate News for Your Website - It Works! Created: Sunday, December 23, 2012 Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013
While it seems to have become the buzzword these days, done right you can curate news for your real estate website in a way that will not only draw readers but also Google and good search results.
Real estate CRM with minimal in mind. Created: Friday, March 15, 2013 Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013
I've tested or used probably two dozen CRM systems for real estate, from simple to custom high end systems for real estate specifically. After years of this, I've settled on a simple and minimalist...
Working with Rental Property Real Estate Investors Created: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
The rental property investor is one of the most overlooked potential buyer clients by real estate professionals. They're numbers-motivated, and they have the money or credit to buy.
Google Plus Won't Kill Facebook But It Has Its Points Created: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013
I was invited to join Google + and did so to see if it would be better than the ill-fated Google Wave. It seems to be. Here are my initial impressions.
Real Estate Agent Preparation for a Listing Presentation. Created: Sunday, December 10, 2006 Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013
Before you get in front of that listing prospect, be sure you have your ducks in a row. You're presenting your experience, expertise, marketing and transactions services.
Choosing the Best All-in-One Printer Scanner Copier for the Real Estate Office Created: Sunday, January 14, 2007 Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013
The average real estate agent or broker office works with a great deal of printed material, from brochures to MLS printouts, contract documents, marketing postcards, newsletters and more. Technolo...
Global Office Tenants Say Green Initiatives are a Priority Created: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013
A survey conducted by GE Capital Real Estate suggests that office tenants throughout North America, Europe and Asia believe that sustainability and green initiatives are top priorities.
Review of the Epson WP-4540 Printer Created: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, February 06, 2013
The Epson WP-4540 brings a lot of speed, power and capability to the real estate office without a high cost to acquire or operate it. Here's my review.
Diverse Solutions IDX, WordPress IDX and CRM Solutions Created: Friday, February 01, 2013 Updated: Sunday, February 03, 2013
A profile of the Diverse Solutions offerings for website IDX, Internet Data Exchange, WordPress IDX, and prospect management with drip email.
Making Luxury Homes Your Real Estate Niche Created: Thursday, September 30, 2010 Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013
Making luxury homes your real estate niche certainly will raise your per transaction income. However, there are higher costs related to marketing, and maybe more services you'll be tasked to perfo...
Working with Vacation and Resort Home Buyers as a Real Estate Niche Created: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013
The vacation or resort home buyer is one of the very best real estate niches if you live in an area with significant vacation home property activity. I specialize in working with buyers in a resor...
Real Estate Listings Due Diligence Avoids Problems Later Created: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013
When a real estate professional lists a home or other real estate for sale, it should be normal procedure to do a lot of due diligence and document gathering to be sure that the property can be sol...
Sellers Should be Educated on the Problems with Accompanied Showings Created: Friday, June 04, 2010 Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013
As fast as some things seem to be changing in real estate, others seem to hang on long after they should have been retired. There's no value in accompanied showings, and they can actually be a det...
Real estate searchers are changing the order of results on Google. Created: Saturday, January 05, 2013 Updated: Saturday, January 05, 2013
Google is still the gorilla in the room for search, and few real estate agents with websites are ignoring SEO. However, searchers are changing results, and you need to know how.
Real estate content curation works for SEO! Created: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Step through an actual demonstration of a highly effective solution for content curation in real estate, and the best resource I've found to do it.
Lesson 3 - Hosting Considerations for Your WordPress Real Estate Blog Created: Monday, May 18, 2009 Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012
Be sure that you're choosing a host not just on the cheapest price. You want a host that guarantees up-time and more. See here what else you need to consider.r
Chapter 2 - Choosing a WordPress Theme and Setting Up Categories Created: Thursday, May 28, 2009 Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012
This chapter concentrates on things you need to do BEFORE you publish your first post. One is choosing a theme, and what to look for, and the other is setting up a logical category and navigation ...
How a Real Estate RSS Feed Works Created: Saturday, March 10, 2007 Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012
The huge popularity of real estate blogs requires that agents understand the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feed concept and how a Real Estate RSS feed is used to deliver their blog content to sub...
Should you consider a real estate podcast for your local market? Created: Monday, December 10, 2012 Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012
Now that most real estate professionals have embraced the Web and social networks, and many are blogging, is podcasting the next popular local real estate marketing venue?
Stepping through the quarterly FHFA House Price Index report. Created: Monday, December 03, 2012 Updated: Monday, December 03, 2012
The FHFA, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Quarterly House Price Index is more than 35 pages in length, and there's lots of information and data there of value to real estate professionals, step thr...

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