Real Estate Investor Website Marketing Tips & More

Real Estate Investor Website Marketing Tips & More: Squeeze Page - How To Create Squeeze Pages In Unde...

2011-03-08T16:11:00.000-08:00

Real Estate Investor Website Marketing Tips & More: Squeeze Page - How To Create Squeeze Pages In Unde...: "Check out this video below. From start to finish. Setup a Squeeze Page with hosting, autoresponder and database in place....and do it in le..."

Squeeze Page - How To Create Squeeze Pages In Under 10 Seconds

2011-03-08T16:01:00.000-08:00

Check out this video below.

From start to finish. Setup a Squeeze Page with hosting, autoresponder and database in place....and do it in less than 10 seconds.

10 seconds?

Create A Squeeze Page In Under 10 Seconds? Well...actually it's only about 5 seconds.

Watch the short video below:

<a href="http://www.linkedtube.com/KI7IUMXJZmUdc71a277d29a247dcf511f3e84ed9ab7.htm">LinkedTube</a>

After you watch the video, click the link on the video player or simply use this link here:

Squeeze Page Example

This link will take you to a squeeze page template from the software. Plenty more just like this.

New Squeeze Page Software - Unlimited Pages

2011-02-25T00:18:00.000-08:00

Check out post of new squeeze page software.

http://www.icontact-archive.com/45m6bkf2bjAi_3qSCL7mIX3MXG8h6D1G?w=1

Real Estate SEO

2011-02-13T09:00:00.000-08:00

Do you understand the value of page 1 of Google for your real estate business?

NOPsites.com added an unbeatable deal on real estate SEO. Check out the video on this inexpensive but highly effective marketing service.

The video shows all of the proof you will need. Just google the keyword terms to see the results.

Check it out now. Page 1 of Google is waiting for you!

Here is the link: Real Estate SEO

Wow! Lender Inventory Jumps 18%

2010-11-08T07:25:00.000-08:00

There are many problems for sellers of real estate today. Perhaps the biggest problem is the abundance of inventory from the rising number of foreclosures.

Recent reports do not paint a better picture for distressed homeowners who must sell in the near future. According to an October 2010 article in the Wall Street Journal, lenders now have over 100 months of "shadow inventory".

100 months?

Yes, 100 months! That adds up to 9 years to sell off the "Shadow Inventory" in housing right now.

The most alarming thing to note is the enormous jump with inventory in just the past 3 months. From July to September of 2010, inventory jumped almost 18%. This increase added another over 16 months of inventory to the real estate market.

What fueled this recent jump in "shadow inventory"?

One place to look is the groaing numbers of failed loan modifications!

According to the Wall Street Journal, "a new wave of defaults appears to be coming in, in part related to the high rate of failures on government modifications. As of September, some 1.9 million homeowners had missed one payment on their mortgages, up 14% from March".

What does this mean for anybody with a short sale listing?

It means at least two important things:

1.Enormous competition in the form of bank owned properties.
2.Downward pressure on home values.

It doesn't take an economist to see that simple supply/demand analysis would point toward lower sale prices on real estate.

With the added problems of closing a short sale, you can expect less interest in your short sale listing from the typical retail buyer. Today, retail buyers have easier options to close. ANd with the overflow of bank owned property on the market, they have a lot of options too.

Experienced Realtors say:

"Finding a buyer that will not only make an offer but will stick around and see the process through is the Achilles Heel of the short sale process…"

Finding a committed buyer to follow through until close on a short sale can be extremely difficult to find. One option more homeowners seem to take today is working with knowledgeable real estate investors.

While working with an investor may result in a lower sale price, it does come with a number of benefits. For most homeowners who are facing foreclosure, closing the sale and therefore avoiding a foreclosure is the top priority. Working with an investor is often the best option for a distressed homeowner in this market with so much excess inventory.

How to find a local real estate investor?

Here is a tip: Just use a search engine such as Google and you will find them.

Search terms such as "Short Sale" or "Real Estate Investor" and combine it with your local area and you will see a number of local investors.

Search a term such as Pittsburgh Short Sale for an investor like HomeParachute.com from the Pittsburgh area, Sacramento Short Sale for a Sacramento based real estate investor such as DollarsForYourHome.com, or Oklahoma Short Sale for an experienced short sale investor in Oklahoma such as NewDawnREInvestments.com.

It really is that easy. And you'll find plenty of investors who will step up and put an offer on your short sale

Real Estate SEO: Page 1 Of Google

2010-10-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

Page 1 of Google is the promised land. In real estate it promises a steady stream of targeted traffic to your website.

With thousands of people searching the internet for information on short sales, foreclosures, and real estate, a high google ranking is one of the "sure-things" in real estate lead generation.

How do you get there?

In a nutshell, it requires a lot of work such as link building, article writing, and video marketing.

Or it requires a lot of money to pay somebody to do it.

However....

NOPsites.com has a low cost alternative for Real Estate SEO.

By using the same SEO methods that put their real estate website NOPsites.com on page one, users of the SEO service are seeing results with their websites on page one of Google.

Need proof?

All you have to do is Google "Real Estate Investor Website" or Google "Lead Generating Website". You will see 600,000+ hits for these searches. You will also see NOPsites.com right there on page 1 of Google.

They are doing the same thing for the users of the SEO service. Same SEO methods. Same results.

Here is a video that outlines the service:

To singup just go to the real estate website at NOPsites.com

The real estate SEO is now restricted to users of their lead generating websites. Even with the real estate website fee you simply can't find this kind of SEO for such a low price.

Total monthly cost for a complete lead generating website AND full service SEO is only $73.95/month.

You can Google all day and you will not find anything close to it.

Sign up for the website. Sign up for the Real Estate SEO.

After signup, send in the "SEO Sheet" that NOPsites.com uses to develop a marketing plan specifically for your needs, business, location and website.

Homeowners Use Google To Avoid Foreclosure

2010-10-18T20:13:00.000-07:00

Short Sales are not closing with retail homebuyers.

Why?

There are a number of reasons such as long delays and the uncertainty of getting lender approval. These issues drive buyers away from short sales.

So what can homeowners do?

How about search Google for real estate investors?

You can start with a search for a Real Estate Website service such as NOPsites.com. NOPsites.com works with real estate investors in every state. They can match a distressed homeowner with a willing short sale buyer.

Or use Google to find a local investor. Homeowners can just Google these types of terms: Short Sale Boston, Short Sale Portland, Short Sale San Bernardino, Short Sale Sacramento or New Jersey Short Sale, Short Sale San Antonio.

Do you see the trend?

Homeowners can search the term "short sale" and their city or area. This search will bring up local real estate investors who may want to buy a short sale property.

It may mean a lower offer price...but who cares?

Working with an investor often means a much higher success rate with the short sale. After all, what is more important to a distressed homeowner today:

1. Is it highest offer?

2. Or is it avoiding foreclosure?

Clearly it's the latter and a knowledgeable real estate investor may be the solution.

Short Sale Software For Realtors & Investors

2010-09-15T20:25:00.001-07:00

If you work short sales you MUST watch this video:

From the lead generating group at www.NOPsites.com.

Click here to get the Short Sale Software coupon code. Hurry...it may be gone before you get there.

Even at the regular price it is as they say "The Best Deal in the Country" for a Short Sale Software system like this.

Craigslist AdTracker For Realtors and Investors

2010-09-03T06:55:00.000-07:00

Here is a great and FREE tool for any real estate business.

With close to 95% of all homebuyers using the internet its important for real estate professionals to know what works in terms of online promotion and marketing.

Do you want to know what does and does not work with your online ads? This tool will help.

What is it? An easy-to-setup tool that allows you to easily track your online marketing campaigns.

It's called the "Craigslist Adtracker" but its not limited to Craigslist. It will provide "real time tracking" of Postlets, Backpage, Oodle, blog posts, your web images, and more.

A quick list of highlights includes:

•Track your marketing campaigns and know what works and what doesn't
•Know the number of hits or page views your Ads receive
•Accurate, fun and easy-to-use tracking system
•Unlimited tracking. Unlimited reporting. Unlimited access.

It's easy to set up. Only takes a couple of minutes.

Here is the link: Craigslist AdTracker for Realtors and Investors

Short Sale Research Study - August 2010

2010-08-29T10:22:00.000-07:00

Corelogic released their August 2010 Short Sale Research Study

Here are some of the highlights of the report and our view on some of the issues it raises.

Key Findings of Core Logic Report:

• The number of short sales in the market has more than tripled since 2008, with the estimated annual volume at 400,000. Multiple variables indicate short sales will continue to be a frequent and important part of the mortgage industry.

• Over half (55.8 percent) of all short sales occur in four states (California, Florida, Texas and Arizona).

• Approximately 4 percent of short sales have a subsequent resale within 18 months.

• Investor-driven short sales are not inherently bad. Investors provide the industry with necessary liquidity.

A lot of negative press lately on investor short sales so I highlighted an important point above.

The Core Logic study reviews some of the current fraud concerns which includes Freddie Mac's recent "definition of fraud". And here it is:

“Any misrepresentation or deliberate omission of fact that would induce the lender, investor or insurer to agree to the terms of a short payoff that it would not approve had all facts been known.”

The key terms to understand are "misrepresentation" or "deliberate ommission of fact".

The study uses a common example of "short sale fraud" that clearly includes a "misrepresentation AND deliberate omission of fact". In this example the Realtor "withholds higher offers and only submits investor offer".

After this example the report talks about suitable profit margins on short sale flips and an acceptable time frame. It warns a 30% profit may be questionable if both transaction happened on the same day. However, as "the greater the time between transactions, the greater the reasonable margin between the two transaction amounts."

Does a 30% profit on a one day short sale flip is pushing the envelope? Possibly.

However, there are suitable profit margins on one day flips that are based on an explanation from Freddie Mac Bulletin 2009-24.

In this bulletin, Freddie Mac clearly distinquished between the value of distressed property and a typical retail sale. In the bulletin Freddie Mac explains "indications of property flip transactions that may be legitimate include" when the profit is a result of "the difference in the market's reaction to distress sales and typical arms-length market sales".

What does that mean?

It means there are market forces (such as lender delays with approval) that drive down the value of short sales.

Additionally, recent notices from lenders such as Wells Fargo acknowledge the difference. These notices seem to indicate the suitable profit range on a short term short sale flip falls between the 5-20% above the acquisition cost.

And finally the Core Logic report finishes with an important warning to lenders:

"Lenders must be careful not to judge all such transactions(short sale flips) the exact same way. If lenders were to exclude investors from short sale transactions or require them not to resell properties within a certain timeframe, they would be turning down significant numbers of cash offers — liquidity that they need."

To read the Freddie Mac Bulletin 2009-24 just CLICK HERE for a copy of the official bulletin.

To download the entire Core Logic Research Study on short sales just use this link below:

Core Logic Short Sale Report
Enjoy...

Jerry Maiger
NOPsites.com
Real Estate Investor Websites With No Setup Fee, Free Domain, Lead Capture Pages and SEO Marketing

Important Keys For The Real Estate Investor

2010-08-15T07:32:00.000-07:00

Leads. Leads. Leads.

Certainly one of the keys to success in real estate is generating a steady flow of incoming leads of motivated sellers.

This is true as a Realtor, wholesaler, or short sale investor.

It's much easier for Realtors. When people need to sell they often look to licensed agents. But what about the short sale investor? How does the investor drive valuable leads into their business?

Without a network of "Investor Friendly" agents who feed leads into your business what can the investor do to generate leads?

1. Network with more agents? Certainly an option but some struggle with it. If you do it's critical to look at other options for lead generating.

2. Market your business and the value you provide as an investor directly to sellers.

For short sale investors, one of the hurdles in 2010 is working with Realtors. We currently work with 500+ short sale investors. At one time, many struggle get over this hurdle.

Is it the knockout blow for an investors business? It often can be.

How can you overcome this obstacle? You can do it in 2 steps!

1. Generate leads directly from homeowners.
2. Bring these unlisted short sale leads to Agents.

Agents like listings and deals, right? Do your own marketing and bring the unlisted short sales to the agents and tell them "This is how I'm willing to work with you on these leads". Explain your process to the agents and get them on board.

Bringing fresh and unlisted listings to the agent can be the difference between life as a struggling investor and a booming real estate business.

Once you close a deal or two with the agent it will open up many more doors for you. Once an agent sees results in the form of a nice commission check they will be highly motivated to start feeding deals into your business. And other agents will follow.

What is the best and most cost effective way to generate leads from sellers for an investor? Several ways but a good starting point is a properly designed lead generating website. It will go a long way.

NOPsites.com provides "No Setup Fee" real estate investor website. Not just websites but a complete lead generating system with lead capture pages, autoresponder, backoffice database, free marketing material, and much more.

For more information go to NOPsites here: Real Estate Investor Website

Discount SEO For Real Estate Investors & Realtors

2010-08-09T16:24:00.000-07:00

Is it possible to get full service and specialized real estate SEO for about $1.50/day?

Not an automated system.

Real people.

Using proven methods of SEO marketing.

Watch the video here:

For more information on this SEO Marketing for your Real Estate Business watch the entire video here:

SEO from NOPsites.com

Free Video Software

2010-08-08T12:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a really good software for the video marketing for your real estate website.

Here is the link

Cam Studio

And the best thing about it...100% free!

Here is a description from the Cam Studio Website:

CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)

Here are just a few ways you can use this software:

•You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software program
•Or how about creating a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions?
•You can create video tutorials for school or college class
•You can use it to record a recurring problem with your computer so you can show technical support people
•You can use it to create video-based information products you can sell
•You can even use it to record new tricks and techniques you discover on your favourite software program, before you forget them

For real estate investors it's also great for recording webinars.

Best Real Estate Investor Website Setup?

2010-08-04T14:10:00.000-07:00

New article goes over the 5 keys.

Here is the link to the article: Best Real Estate Investor Website Setup

We'll highlight one of the keys in the article here:

After you setup your website how can buyers and sellers find you?

How can people find your website?

Having a website online is not enough.

The most successful real estate investor websites have ongoing marketing campaigns that drive traffic to the site. Not just any traffic. A marketing campaign that drives targeted traffic from buyers and sellers to your website.

From the article:

5. SEO Marketing Service - SEO stands for "Search Engine Optimization". Buyers and Sellers use search engines such as Google to find information and real estate based websites. Its important that your website is easy to find for these buyers and sellers who are searching the internet.

SEO Marketing is the most effective method to drive targeted traffic to any website. You must implement some kind of SEO marketing in your business.

For an informative video on SEO marketing for a Real Estate Investor Website please go to: http://NOPsites.com/SEOhelp.html

From NOPsites.com

NOPsites.com provides valuable business tools to real estate investors. All without any setup fee or hype. Quality. Content. No Setup Fees. Each website includes 3 squeeze pages, autoresponder, custom reports, back office database, and easy 1-2-3 setup. Over 50+ real estate templates in place including a number of "Short Sale Specific" templates for lead generating and list building.

Go to www.NOPsites.com for a free no-nonsense video on the best online lead generating system for real estate investors.

Short Sale Processing Software: Combine it with your real estate investor website

2010-07-31T16:22:00.000-07:00

If you're working short sales you should have an easy-to-use online short sale processing website. Also known as "short sale management software", "online short sale management", and "short sale processing software".

Why should you have it?

Any tool that saves time, cuts cost and increases productivity should be used by the real estate investor. If you can find it at a low cost it's an even bigger bonus.

How about something better? How about a way to get this valuable business tool for free? 100% free!

100% free? Does that grab your attention?

And how about some specialized SEO Marketing for your business on top of it? Again, 100% free for the SEO marketing?

Before I tell you what to do to get all of this for free...here is a list of some of the features of this business tool:

• 24/ 7 Real Estate Management Software & Website
• Online access for all parties involved in the transaction
• Manage all files online from any location
• Build instant short sale packages in less than 15 seconds
• Web Based HUD-1 Generator
• Web Based BPO Builder
• Pull Comps online
• Daily, weekly, monthly planner
• Optional email updates to all parties
• Public and Private Notes on each property
• Time-stamped activity log with lenders

There's a lot more to it.

What you should do is go to this link below and watch the video.

If it makes sense enter your contact info in the form below the video.

You'll get an email very soon on how to get the system with a 100% discount. That equals free. Everybody likes free....right? This is free!

Here is the link:

Short Sale Management System for FREE

Go to that link now. Your only opportunity to get this for free is the first week of August. You must be on this email list. Go there now and watch the video.

For a little more info here is a July 31,2010 press release with a longer list of features:

Short Sale Processing Software Press Release

If you're using another system it will save you $1000+ this year!

Don't forget the SEO. How about an SEO expert assigned to your business to generate leads? Get on the list and we'll explain how you can get that for free. A free marketing assistant and a valuable business tool for free?

It's a no-brainer offer.

Short Sale Software

2010-07-22T17:02:00.000-07:00

Inside peak at the upcoming short sale software from NOPsites.com

Includes screenshots of the software and some of the features.

SEO Marketing Help + Your Real Estate Investor Website

2010-07-21T10:02:00.000-07:00

How about a full service SEO marketing help for your website?

How about it's customized for your website and in your local market?

How about it's given to you at the lowest price you have ever seen for this kind of service?

Not bad, right?

Here are some details from the press release below:

NOPsites.com announced more details of the upcoming “Full Service SEO Marketing Help” for real estate investors and Realtors.

The service will offer the user a complete and full service SEO marketing arm to each real estate investor website.

It will be available at a remarkable price for users of the lead generating website service.

“Many of our users asked us for additional help in terms of marketing their business. Many simply do not have the time to put together and maintain an effective marketing campaign. So we put together an exciting service to meet the needs of our customers”, said company spokesperson Jerry Maiger.

The new service will be customized for each website. It will focus on the lead generating needs in the local market of the Realtor or real estate investor.

"Our service will dramatically improve search engine ranking with Google and Yahoo for each website based on specific keywords in their markets. The ultimate goal is more local motivated seller leads and more buyers for each customer."

One of the most attractive aspects of the new service is the low price. Instead of large upfront costs each user can "pay as they go" with a much lower monthly fee.

Maiger continued, “With many new product launches such as SIMS 2.0 charging upwards of $5000 for marketing help we designed our plan around a much smaller monthly fee with no additional start up costs. Our service will save thousands of dollars for each of our users”.

More info on the press release here: SEO Marketing

You can also go to the home page of NOPsites.com:
Real Estate Investor Website offers SEO

How to Find Short Sale Leads in 2010

2010-07-19T23:29:00.000-07:00

A two page report on "How to Find Short Sale Leads".

Goes over the basics of opt in forms but also outlines the importance of generating leads directly from sellers as we enter the 2nd half of 2010.

With more and more hurdles out there with agents its critical for the health of your business to generate fresh leads directly from the seller.

DO NOT rely on Realtors to be your only source of leads.

Click below for the free report & a solution.

How to Find Short Sale Leads in 2010

Thoughts on Greg Clement Sims 2.0

2010-07-13T10:56:00.000-07:00

Interesting press release from Jerry at NOPsites.com.

He sure isn't big on the real estate gurus.

Today is day one of the "Property Launch Formula" from Greg Clement Sims 2.0.

The cost?

Setup fee of $2,000 or $4,000 AND $97/month.

Our thoughts?

It's overpriced but how else are they going to pay all of the affiliate marketers who are pounding your inbox right now!

Before you buy just keep in mind, these guys who are endorsing the product are getting paid half of that upfront fee. That is $1,000 to $2,000 for each buyer they send to Greg Clement and Sims 2.0.

The "Reviews" and "Endorsements" you're seeing are money motivated. No question about it. And it's a lot of money.

This is why we say it's overpriced. The product has some quality features. SEO marketing help, squeeze pages, etc do add value to a real estate business.

The question you should ask:

"Is the cost on par with the content?"

We say no.

For example, the Sims Marketing Website Says:

"For the price of 1 average website you can NOW GET the entire SIMS 2.0 System"

Hello?

An "Average Website" costs $2,000 and $97/month in 2010?

That's a ridiculous statement.

Try again because an "Average Website" does not cost 3 grand!

For example, at NOPsites.com you will find real estate investor websites with squeeze pages, database and a lot more for $0.00 to start. That's right. No setup fee at all.

These websites from NOPsites.com are not "average websites".

Real estate investors need more than an "average website" and that is what they provide.

The websites at NOPsites are specifically designed for real estate investors to generate leads and build a buyers list. And they deliver it with no setup fee.

Go to: www.NOPsites.com to learn more.

Back to Sims:

How about the $4,000 package from Sims 2.0?

They say they will "even buy your domain name for you". Isn't that nice of them for $4K?

There is certainly more than the domain name with this $4,000 package. For example, they have a video series and some Social Marketing features.

Is there value with these kind of marketing tools? Absolutely, but your decision should go back to price and value.

The cost is $4,000 to start AND $97/month. That's close to $5,200 in year 1.

That's a lot of coin for some websites and marketing material.

Our Advice? Shop around.

There are other options out there to consider that can dramatically improve your lead generation, help to build your buyers list, and improve your real estate business. And you can use these services and keep close to $5,000 in your pocket.

At NOPsites.com you can save 90+%!

NOPsites.com provides lead generating real estate investor websites with no setup fee and free marketing material.

On July 23, 2010 they are opening the "Short Sale Management Software" which will build short sale packages, track all of your deals, update all parties, and a lot more.

NOPsites.com recently announced a new addition of "Full Service SEO Marketing". This will make it even easier for the real estate investor and Realtor to generate leads with their service.

Check out the press release on the SEO Marketing from NOPsites:
SEO by NOPsites.com

Our advice again: Look around. Shop around. And don't fall for the "last chance" marketing of these product launches. You won't miss a thing if you spend some time doing your homework today. They always come back with the "Re-Launch" a few days after it closes. You won't miss anything by checking out NOPsites before you buy.

Now get out there and do your homework. You can start by watching the 10 minute video on the home page at NOPsites. Watch the video and you may just save yourself over $5,000.

FREE VIDEO & HOME PAGE: www.NOPsites.com

Free Property Selling Website

2010-06-28T15:05:00.000-07:00

How about a website where you can post your properties for sale and have the listing blasted out to over 20 other property listing websites?

Fast and easy exposure for your properties. It's called "Sellpoint". A nice tool and it's free right now.

Why is it free? Well there is something behind it and here's the story and a bit of a warning.

This product is sold by the Sims 2.0 guys. In just a couple of weeks they are going to launch their new lead generating website service. And with it comes a very high price tag. Is it worth it? Not in our opinion.

The cost for Sims 2.0 is $1500 to $3000 to start. For a lead generating website? Forget about it. Click here for a Real Estate Investor Website service that will produce leads for you and it comes with no setup fee.

Why am I telling you this?

Well, if you signup for the free Sellpoint account you can expect to get bombarded with emails over the next 2-3 weeks about the new SIMS 2.0 website service and monster "Product Launch".

The good news is you can opt out of these emails once they start coming in. A few emails? It's worth the small headache to get the Sellpoint service for free.

Its only free for the next few days so go there now.

Here is the link:

http://simsprofits.com/sellpointgiveaway/

But keep your hand on your wallet. Don't let them reach in there and nail you for an overpriced website service.

Generating Leads from Chase?

2010-06-21T08:59:00.001-07:00

Have you heard about the "Chase Home Ownership Centers"?

They have these centers in about 20 states. The idea behind them is to help struggling homeowners deal with loans they can't afford. Most of the people there are trying to get a loan mod. And, as you probably know, most will not get the approval for a loan modification.

So why is this important for your real estate business?

Well, we went to one of them in Los Angeles and we saw hundreds of people showing up. Once they are turned down for the loan mod, these people are what you might call "highly motivated sellers" because once that loan mod option is eliminated they really have very few options.

There are usually only 2 0ptions after a failed loan mod:

1. Foreclosure
2. Short Sale

So if you're looking for "motivated sellers" these centers present a good opportunity to market your business as a short sale buyer or investor.

What can you do?

1. Post bandit signs in the area surrounding these centers with your website address. It will drive "motivated sellers" to your website. If you have a squeeze page set up your website will gather the contact information of the visitors for you. Instant lead generation in your market!

2. Hand out business cards to people in line. Have a 10-20 second opening statement ready and pass out your card (with your website on there of course).

3. Bring your "Short Sale Report" such as the 25 page informative guide called the "Facts About Short Sales" from the website service www.NOPsites.com. Hand out an informative guide on the short sale process with your business card. It builds instant credibility, will drive traffic to your website, and, most importantly, generate valuable seller leads for your business.

Click this link below for a list of locations for these centers:

Chase Home Ownership Centers

If you have one in your area get out there and do some marketing for your business and website.

Video Marketing for the Real Estate Investor

2010-06-08T10:30:00.001-07:00

To save time and track the results of your video marketing for your real estate investor website you must use the free service at TubeMogul.

What will it do for you?

1. Save Time
2. Increase Your Marketing Reach
3. Allow You to Track Results

All you have to do is post your video at this site and they distribute it for you to over 20 video websites including Youtube, Bing, Myspace, and Viddler.

So post it once and you're finished. TubeMogul a big time saver and it will quickly broaden your marketing reach each and every time you have a video to promote.

Another cool feature is the tracking & analytics.

You can track "when and where people view your content". You can see things such as how long viewers are watching and how many new viewers watched your video.

Check out this link to understand more about theese features: Tracking Page Link

To get started all you need to do is sign up for a free account on the TubeMogul website. You will also have to spend some time and sign up for accounts on all of the websites TubeMogul uses such as youtube.

It will take you some time to go through each signup but once you do you never have to do it again and you'll have the ability to hit a much larger audience with your video marketing.

Here is the link for TubeMogul.

It's a "must have tool" for real estate investors.

Video Marketing: 3 Solutions For The Investor

2010-05-27T07:52:00.000-07:00

One of the best ways to promote a real estate investor website is the use of video.

It's very simple to do.

It's free.

It works.

Experts in the field of internet marketing endorse the use of video for a few reasons:

1. Video allows the user to reach a massive audience with a message.
2. Search engines favor websites with video content.
3. Video can dramatically increase the exposure for your website.

Some of the difficulties of video marketing include:

1. How to create a video?
2. How to promote the video?
3. How to track the results?

We have solutions for all three of these questions. Today we'll give you a few suggestions on creating the video.

How to create a video? It's easy!

If you're looking to drive traffic to your website you can record and create a video in a couple of ways.

Webcam or Flip Recorder

If you want to be in front of the camera, you can pick up an inexpensive web cam or flip recorder to make it happen. It doesn't have to be slick hollywood production. Just you in front of the camera with a short message can work.

Slide Presentation

Another option is to use Microsoft Powerpoint and use the free service at www.authorstream.com to convert your powerpoint into video. Authorstream has a free service. With one click you can convert any powerpoint presentation to a video. The site will produce an "embed code" that you can use to distribute the video. You can also download the finished video and promote it on the authorstream website.

Screen Recorder

You can also make a slide presentation type video with a "screen recorder". This is a software that allows you to record a portion of your computer screen. You can record a portion of your website and audio to make a promotional video. You can record onscreen text and make it a slide show by flipping through several pages of text with a background.

One of the easiest "screen recorders" to use is from a website called ScreenToaster.

It's 100% free and you don't have to download any software to use it.

ScreenToaster gets an A+ rating from us for two reasons:

1. Ease of use
2. Value(You can't beat free!)

To see a ScreenToaster Production in action just CLICK HERE to see a video in one of our blog posts.

Here is the link to their website: SCREENTOASTER

Just sign up for a free account and you can record your computer screen. You need a microphone to record your voice.

Once you're finished you can post it on the screentoaster website, download it to MP4 format for wider distribution, or use the "embed code" to post the video on your website.

Video Promotion?

Once you have an MP4 video you can easily distribute the video on websites such as youtube. To make things easier we have a suggestion for a service that will allow you to distribute the video to many websites including youtube.

Check us out out soon for Part 2 on Video Promotion. We will have a short video on some ScreenToaster features and posting your video for website traffic.

Free Real Estate Investor Website?

2010-05-26T18:11:00.000-07:00

Everybody I know in this business can use:

1. More Quality Leads
2. More Cash Buyers
3. More Time

How about a deal on a lead generating website AND an online real estate management system that can help you with all 3 of those issues listed above?

1. It will provide more leads for your business.
2. Help generate more cash buyers in your target area.
3. More Time? Completely automated lead generating website AND a real estate management website to save time, store docs, and provide online updates for your buyers, sellers, and agents.

It also comes with marketing material such as "Short Sale Specific SEO Marketing Tips". Free online resources. Pick up the lead generating website system at NOPsites.com and they will provide you with a deal on a "Short Sale Management" System.

Watch the video for details:

Only at NOPsites.com

The question: Is that a fair deal?

No setup fee? No commitment? Free domain name and more?

I think the answer is yes!

You can start by picking up the Real Estate Investor Website service at www.NOPsites.com

Attention: California Short Sale Investors

2010-05-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

The name Ron Ballard. Does it mean something to you?

If you're working short sales in California it should mean something to you.

Ron is considered one of the top short sale attorneys in the country. He's well schooled in the business of short sales especially from the investor's perspective in the state of California. He's a national speaker on the subject and for our money, nobody does a better job on the webinar circuit as well.

Our advice to you?

If Ron Ballard is speaking at a seminar or webinar then take the necessary steps to be there. The guy is an all content...no sales pitch...type speaker. If seen him at 2 seminars and at least 5 webinars over the past year. He delivers each and every time.

You can track Ron's views on the business of short sale investing at his blog. This is a free resource for real estate investors. If there's an important update, article, or bulletin about the short sale market or flipping short sales, be sure to visit Ron's blog for his opinion.

If you're working CA adding his free blog to your favorites is a no brainer.

For investors outside of CA, still plenty of quality content. For example, check out Ron's view on the latest Freddie Mac article on short sale flipping.

Here is the link to his site: California Short Sale Lawyer Blog

Check it out now for articles on how short sale investors reduce loan losses, news on strategic defaults, and be sure to read Ron's reply to the Freddie Mac Article from April 2010.

Short Sale Builder? Short Sale Engine? Short Sale Commander? Which Online Short Sale Management Product Is Best?

2010-05-24T14:58:00.000-07:00

If you're involved in short sales you know the names out there for an online short sale management system.

Here are the top products on the market:

* Short Sale Builder
* Short Sale Engine
* Short Sale Commander
* ShortSaleManagement.com
* PropTrackr.com
* Short Sale Artisan

The type of functions vary at each website but most include online features to build short sale packages, store documents, create HUD-1 statements, and manage your short sale business.

Prices also vary. Short Sale Builder and Short Sale Engine carry the highest price tag with setup fees starting at $1000 with a pretty hefty monthly fee.

Others have setup fees of $195+ and monthly fees that range from $49 to $97 month.

Well, there's a new player in the market and they're offering a cut rate price with all of the important features and more. There is no set up fee and the monthly cost will beat the lowest price competition by 50%.

For some of the higher priced products, this new product will save you an astonishing 90%+ without any reduction in services or features.

The product is set for release in June of 2010. In order to get it you must be on the email list at the link below.

Go to this website and watch a 10 minute video, review the product features, and sign up for the email list at the bottom of the page.

Here is the link:

Online Short Sale Management Website at 50-90% Below Market

Click this link above to save big money AND improve your short sale business.

Short Sale Investor: Marketing Budget

2010-05-24T09:33:00.000-07:00

Are you looking to generate a steady stream of incoming short sale leads?

You probably want the following:

Quality leads from highly motivated sellers.
You want a lot of them.
And you want them coming in on a consistent basis.

It requires some work. It requires some money.

Part of the money equation is a monthly marketing budget.

Internet marketing is the most cost effective method of marketing for real estate leads. After website expenses, consider your internet marketing expenses.

The amount of an internet marketing budget varies with each investor. There are no cost marketing methods that can be very effective. However, it takes some time to implement. If time is an issue for you, one option is to outsource the marketing work.

To save time, you can search online for SEO Marketing Companies - Cost varies. Usually pay a monthly fee that can range from $150 and up.

If you're on a tight budget you can implement a free or low cost marketing plan that includes website promotion through article submission, press releases, video and blog work. This can be highly effective for your short sale investing business.

While setting up your marketing plan consider what you're ready to spend each month on this part of the business. It's a critical aspect of a real estate business. Without leads there is no business.

Take the right steps with online marketing and your business will explode. Sit down. Workout your monthly budget. And get cracking with an aggressive marketing plan to short sale prospects.

For some free marketing help for short sale investors check out this link:

ForeclosureALERT Newsletter

Short Sale Lead Production

2010-05-24T08:33:00.000-07:00

Generating short sale leads in this market is not complicated if you have the right business tools in place and you follow a few basic marketing steps.

Everyday in your market there are thousands of people using search engines to hunt for information on foreclosures, short sales, loan modification, and the new HAFA short sale plan. Think about that. Thousands every day searching for solutions and information on these important issues.

What should you do as a Realtor or Real Estate Investor?

Reach out to them and provide the specific content they are looking for every day. Provide a solution.

When a potential short sale prospect is searching Google or Yahoo for "Short Sale Help" they sure aren't going to find a generic real estate website as a solution. First of all, they may never find the generic real estate website without the right marketing...but if they do...they will visit this website...and most likely move on without leaving their contact information or coming back to the site.

The questions to ask:

1. How to drive targeted traffic(Short Sale Prospects, Buyers, Etc) to your website?

2. How to convert these visitors into a valuable lead?

We'll explain some methods of driving traffic in some upcoming posts. For now, lets talk about converting visitors into leads.

It just takes some basic marketing steps. If you're dealing with short sale leads it must start with a specialized website.

If you're looking for short sale prospects than set up a "short sale specific" website that is focused on nothing but the issues and concerns of short sale homeowners. Provide quality "short sale specific" content that answers questions for your visitor. If you do, your conversion rate from website visitor to valuable business lead will be much greater.

This is what we call a MARKETING FACT.

Not hard to understand, is it?

Having a "short sale specific" website will seperate you from the generic real estate pack. It will be easier for visitors to find your site. They will stay on your site longer. They will come back at a much higher rate. And the likelihood of capturing the visitors contact information is several times greater.

These are also MARKETING FACTS.

Capturing the contact information of your visitors? Isn't that the goal? It should be.

Take the steps to have a simple system in place to do it. Once you do, set up your marketing plan, follow up with your marketing, and you will have an incoming flow of short sale leads coming into your business.

For many the question that comes up is "How do I set up a marketing plan?". We'll take care of that for you very soon.

For now, take step 1...Set up your "short sale specific" website.

Website options:

You can search Google for "real estate investor website" or "short sale investor website".
Many will only be real estate type website templates - Pass!
Many will not have lead generating pages in place - Pass!
Many have setup fees of several hundred dollars or high monthly fees...or both - Pass Again!
Some will offer "lead generating machines" such as Jeff Adam's Foreclosure Profits System or Colin Egbert's Web 3.0. These are the type of programs you see at the real estate seminars with the high price tag ($1,000+). - Don't Do It!

There are better options available. Options that offer:

No Set Up Fee
"Short Sale Specific" websites
Lead generating pages in place
Informative "Short Sale Specific" content in place
Back office database to store leads
No long term commitment - cancel any time.
Small monthly fee of only $23.95

Very low risk option. It allows you to set up your lead generating system with very little on the table from you. Your domain registration is also included with that first month.

Pay $23.95...try the system...If you don't like it cancel and take the domain with you. That's low risk. After plenty of research this is, by far, the best package deal in the country for a short sale investor.

It also comes with a lot of free marketing help including "short sale specific SEO Marketing".

After you set up your system, come back here for more information and help with marketing your new short sale website.

Free Video: 46 Short Sale Leads/Month

2010-05-23T08:37:00.000-07:00

One of our customers at NOPsites.com gave us a quick rundown of how he generated 46 leads in one month (and 70+ over 2 months) and we put it in a short video. This is not a slick new system but it sure worked for this 4 month newbie of real estate investing.

Yes, only in the business for 4 months and already generating 45+ leads per month!

Nothing groundbreaking here.

Not a new lead generation breakthrough.

The basics still work. You just need to have everything in place to start and be sure to follow up to drive traffic to your "Squeeze Page" to gather the contact information from your visitors.

This stuff works. We use it in our own business.

Check out the video here: How to Find Short Sale Leads

Or go to http://www.nopsites.com/ for more information.

Real Estate Investor Website

2010-05-23T08:20:00.000-07:00

On the hunt for a real estate investor website service for your short sale business?

If you're dealing with short sales, you should have a 'short sale specific' website to market directly to this niche of the real estate market. In 2010, it's a good idea to expand your internet marketing efforts to include a specialized website for homeowners considering a short sale .

How can you do it?

Just follow these three basics of lead generation 101.

1. Set up a "Squeeze Page" to target short sale prospects.
2. Offer them an informative product for free(Video or Ebook).
3. Require the visitor to enter their contact information in return for the informative product.

That's it. Visitor wants product. Visitor enters contact information. You have a new lead!

This is step one.

Up next? Promoting that squeeze page and driving traffic to it.

If you're in the market for a "short sale specific" website service to increase your short sale business as a Realtor or Real Esate Investor than check out NOPsites.com.

NOPsites.com will give you a free lead generating system with custom 2010 reports in place. No website design or sign up fees required. Plenty of free "short sale specific" marketing material included.

Just click here to check out a Real Estate Investor Website that rocks!

Lead Generating Articles For Real Estate Investors

2010-05-23T08:01:00.000-07:00

Our opening articles will center around lead generation for real estate investors. Specifically how to find short sale leads from realtors and directly from sellers.

Part 1: Will be Posted on May 24