The Charleston Real Estate Advisor

Charleston Realtors Advanced Social Media Class

Today in Charleston, we covered how to develop your strategy for your expertise and passion in life.  Based on your strengths you develop an online presence that reflects yourself using blogs, Facebook, Tweeter, Linkedin and Video.  We reviewed the look and feel of three major online real estate professionals in the US and Canada.  Take a look at how these agents reflect their expertise and passion for life in the websites and blogs.  Here is a link to the "Introduction to Social Media Class" for Charleston real estate agents. Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

The Good Life Team, Austin TX

The Phoenix Real Estate Guy, Phoenix AZ

Ian Watts, Vancouver, BC

Summary of Introduction into Social Media for Charleston Realtors

Here are the links and graphs for the Charleston Realtors taking "Introduction into Social Media".  I enjoyed meeting with you all and hope the class was a help in building your inbound leads. Here is link the Charleston "Advanced Class on Social Media"

Realtor Quiz

Twitter for Business

Linked-in

Download Socialmediaintro Slides

Video Links

Hubspot "Baby Got Leads"

StarWars Dance off

Charleston Real Estate Showings at a 18 Month High!!

Charleston Real Estate market is showing continued strength this summer and the latest leading indicator is that the showing appointments have reached an 18 month high in both Mt Pleasant and Dorchester County.  West Ashley and Berkeley County are at near record highs.  Real Estate showings appointments are the number of showing appointments made through Centralized Showings Service for buyers to tour active homes for sale. The higher the showing number, the more active the buyers are in the local Charleston Real Estate market.   What is causing the surge?  People coming back from summer vacation,  positive articles on the Charleston real estate market,  first time buyers?  What do you think? 

Charleston Homes: Right To Dry Clothes Outside?

Charleston Real Estate Trends: Outside Clothes Drying. There is a new grass root effort to allow residents to dry their clothes outside and save energy. Many neighborhoods restrict the practice. The Charleston Post and Courier had an editorial on "The Right 2 Dry" movement endorsing their concept to reduce energy costs. Charleston homeowners and renters, would you like to see people to hang their laundry out to dry? Why or Why not?

Charleston Keller Williams Agents Receive Monthly Profit Share

For the month of June, over 70 agents in Keller Williams Charleston received a profit share check from Keller Williams Realty Profit Share program. The average profit share check was over $450. What could you do with an extra income stream? Do you have a wealth building program?

Stono Ferry Ironwood Townhomes Sales Market Update July 2009

The number of Stono Ferry Ironwood townhomes sold (1 unit) in the 1st half of 2009 at first glance is nothing to write home about but when you take into account the townhomes under contract it brings the 1/2 of 2009 to 3 units.  If the second half of 2009 has the same results, Ironwood townhomes would have their best year for sales.  Two factors will help the Stono Ferry Ironwood townhome sales this year.  First is the price and quality, second is financing. Banks will more eagerly lend on a townhome vs a condo.  With the mortgage meltdown last fall,  the folks in Washington decided that condos were high risk loans, so buyers looking for the freedom of care from a condo,  are now buying townhomes.  Tomorrow we will look at land sales in Stono Ferry. 

Here is a link to the Stono Ferry home sales for the 1st half of 2009.

Stono Ferry Home Sales First Half of 2009

The number of Stono Ferry homes sold in the 1st half of 2009 was very positive.  So far in 2009, there have been 6 home sales while in all of 2007 there were a total of 7 sales.   With six months to go, we should beat the 2007 Stono Ferry homes sold. 
Pricing has dropped with the average sales price in 2007 at 553,742 while in the first half of 2009; the average sales price of a Stono Ferry was $397,166.  This is a caused by "must sell" sellers reducing the list price to compete with other West Ashley and Charleston homes and the average buyer purchasing Stono Ferry homes below $500,000.  
Another good sign is the inventory on Stono Ferry homes is down to 18 homes and the months of inventory is trending downward.  Tomorrow we will look at townhome sales in Stono Ferry.

Charleston's Most Expensive Forcelosures For Sale

When you think of bank owned property, most people think of homes below $300,000.  In this economic downturn it is surprising to find more upper properties being sold by the bank. Here is a current list of top bank owned properties that are listed on the CTAR MLS . 

Charleston: This Month in Real Estate July 2009

Here is good summary of the major events shaping the Charleston real estate market in the United States.  I run a follow up post on the local Charleston statistics this weekend.

 

Does Your Company Have This Secret Sauce? - Bullish on Keller Williams - CNBC.com

CNBC posted this article on Keller Williams Realty and the Book "Shift"by Gary Keller.  They are very bullish on Keller Williams and their strategy to get through this real estate cycle.   What do you think about the article?

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