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9 innovative strategies to get more real estate seller leads in 2024

Housing Wire

Drive leads to home valuation landing pages It’s the 21st century. To drive sellers to your website, create custom landing pages that offer free home valuations and describe the services and expertise you provide to home sellers. Then, drive traffic to your home valuation page using social media or targeted advertising.

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8 best places to buy real estate leads in 2023

Housing Wire

They don’t just cater to new agents: lead generation companies can also complement traditional lead generation methods — open houses, home buying seminars and referrals, to name a few — thereby helping to build your pipeline of leads. However, Market Leader may not be ideal for larger teams or those looking for more customization.

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How To Appraise Rural Properties

Appraisal Today

Unlike the standardized expectations of urban and suburban properties, rural properties often present unique characteristics that require a nuanced approach to valuation. It is not hard to learn the valuation factors. There may be seminars available. I had niece who had several horses for many years where she lived.

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5 Appraisal Topics Every Agent Should Know

Empire Appraisal Group

Waiving the appraisal means the buyer will purchase the property regardless of the outcome of the appraisal, said Lynn Madison, trainer and CEO of Lynn Madison Seminars who currently serves on NAR’s Professional Standards and Real Property Valuation committees. “Be What Happens When the Appraisal and Purchase Price Don’t Match?

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Appraisers: How to Spend Less Time on Email

Appraisal Today

Excerpts: At a recent residential appraiser seminar, one of the topics was non-lender appraisals. I addressed some of the details of what I’m seeing in the most recent issue of the Appraisal Institute’s Valuation magazine. Peter wrote the article for Valuation Magazine, but their online version is difficult to read.

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Appraiser Professional Goals

Appraisal Today

Now is the time to learn all the features in your MLS and forms software, upgrade your skills by taking seminars and classes, and more. I only put dollar adjustments in my appraisals if it is critical to the valuation, such as a view. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 6.45

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Appraisers: Watch for Concessions and Kickbacks

Appraisal Today

Solutions to Keep You Safe Make sure you have a complete signed purchase contract. In the appraisal, list how many pages of the contract you have in your possession (In case someone is hiding pages from you). I have taken many of his seminars over the years. The average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs decreased to 5.39