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Room for Rent on the MLS?
By Scott Berg at 22 July, 2011, 8:49 pm
A few weeks ago I watched a movie that took place in the great depression. The main family was struggling as the father had lost his job and decided to travel out of state to look for another one. In order to make ends meet they rented out rooms of their modest home. Is that [...]
Read More >>How Does Zillow Get the Big Bucks?
By Scott Berg at 21 July, 2011, 4:34 pm
How do companies like Zillow that are losing millions of dollars a year end up getting valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars? Why are so many people still investing in these internet companies instead of real businesses or real estate for that matter? Zillow gathers eyeballs and then advertising those eyeballs but as [...]
Read More >>Is Flat Fee MLS Dead in 2011?
By Scott Berg at 21 July, 2011, 2:49 am
Listing on the MLS for a flat fee is a more difficult business model to pull off in 2011. The model is based on volume and the number of people listing their home for sale through traditional channels has gone down considerably. Part of the problem is that far more of the total listing inventory [...]
Read More >>Flat Fee MLS Houston Texas 30-Day Guarantee
By Scott Berg at 25 May, 2011, 6:26 pm
Berg Properties now offers an unconditional money back 30-day 100% risk free guarantee for it’s flat fee mls service. Try our service for 30 days and if you are not completely satisfied with the experience then we will refund your $297. The mls listing includes posting on numerous high profile websites including Showcase Listing on [...]
Read More >>List on Houston MLS for a Flat Fee
By Scott Berg at 18 May, 2011, 2:06 am
Berg Properties is now listing homes on the MLS in the Houston Area. For $297 you can get your home listed on the MLS and high profile websites like Realtor.com, Yahoo, Trulia and more. The offer includes a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. More about the package can be found here: Flat Fee MLS Houston
Read More >>Kansas City Flat Fee MLS Spring Special
By Scott Berg at 8 May, 2011, 8:01 pm
You can save $35 on a Kansas City Flat Fee MLS Listing (Heartland MLS) during the month of May. This offer is only good for Missouri residents. Just use coupon code: KC-35 in our shopping cart and you will get the discount.
Read More >>WANT TO PAY LESS INTEREST ON YOUR MORTGAGE LOAN?
By support at 6 April, 2011, 9:29 pm
By Richard Cohen When you purchase a home and obtain a mortgage, which interest rate would you choose: 4.125% or 5.000%? Easy answer. Did you know there is a program that will effectively provide you, the homebuyer, with a lower than market interest rate? Many realtors and even loan officers do not know about i. [...]
Read More >>“Apprentice” Bill Rancic sells his mansion in Hinsdale, IL for $4.6 million
By Bob Goldsborough at 14 March, 2011, 6:06 pm
Check out Bob’s breaking-news blast today on the Chicago Tribune’s Chicago Breaking Business page, where Bob breaks the story of Bill Rancic, who won the first season of Donald Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice,” selling his five-bedroom, 12,000-square-foot mansion in Hinsdale, Ill. for $4,600,000. Rancic and his wife, Giuliana, who now star in the Style [...]
Read More >>Chicago sportscaster Steve Kashul pays $385K for a house in Naperville, IL
By Bob Goldsborough at 7 March, 2011, 1:18 am
Check out Bob’s weekly real estate column in the Chicago Tribune from Sunday, where Bob broke the story of Chicago sportscaster Steve Kashul deciding to stay put in Naperville, Ill. (after flirting with moving to Chicago’s northwest suburbs) and paying $385,000 for a four-bedroom, 2,780-square-foot house in that community. In that same column, Bob also [...]
Read More >>Retired major-league baseball catcher Todd Hundley lists his home in Glenview, IL for $1.8M
By Bob Goldsborough at 7 March, 2011, 1:14 am
Check out Bob’s weekly real-estate column in the Chicago Tribune from February 27, where Bob broke the news of retired Chicago Cubs catcher Todd Hundley listing his home in Glenview, Ill. for $1.8 million. (Technically, Bob had broken the story of Hundley’s listing even earlier, in a post that ran several days earlier on the [...]
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