From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Lock Boxes (Part II)

by Ted Mackel on April 27, 2008

In part one I discussed why it is important to have a lockbox on your listed home.  Part II will discuss the iBox vs. an old style combination box Below is a picture of a combination style lock box.  While these are effective in providing an extra key, once the combination is given out there [...]

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The importance of a lockbox when selling your home.

by Ted Mackel on April 27, 2008

The internet has changed the way Realtors do business and has changed the way buyers shop for homes.  Additionally, technology is changing our daily routines and work habits.  Buyers have limited time to look at homes for sale so they spend most of their time conducting online research sifting through listings before calling a Realtor. [...]

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How to Jazz up that old Virtual (slide show) Tour.

by Ted Mackel on April 25, 2008

Almost every listing I take now will have a video tour hosted on Wellcomemat.com, Google Video and Youtube.  However that old slide show virtual tour will now be two tours.  I was introduced to a new site yesterday and I will be exploring it with my listings.  the site is Animoto.com.  Below are an examples [...]

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1107 Mesa Drive Spectacular View Home!!!!

by Ted Mackel on April 21, 2008

After I get the rest of this page set up, my real estate and homes listings will be in a listing widget.  Every once in a while if there is something absolutely far out and unique about a property, then I will post a video link here on the main blog.

1107 Mesa Drive Simi Valley, [...]

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Three Reasons Why FREE CREDIT REPORTS are BAD!

by Ted Mackel on April 21, 2008

Montinoring your credit is good. It is necessary today on a semi annual basis to make sure you do not fall victim to identity theft.  If you are in the middle of credit rehab, then a daily monitoring service with the ability to pull a fresh consumer report every 24 hours is a must.

The main [...]

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An Introduction To Your Credit Report

by Ted Mackel on April 19, 2008

Credit Secrets?
Credit and Credit scores are very mysterious. Mysterious to the point that many people do not pay much attention to their Credit status until it is time to make a purchase. The little steps you take today can pay huge dividends later when you go to purchase that next home, car or appliance, [...]

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Top 5 Things I need to do!!!

by Ted Mackel on April 18, 2008

1.  Transfer my content off Active Rain over to my new blog
2. Transfer content from my old website Tourthishouse.net (still active) to my new blog
3.  Set up the new MLS home search engines for my new blog
4.  Created my referred business directory
5.  Get my business friends to write guest posts for my new blog.
 Thanks for [...]

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