Article About Online Mortgage Quotes - Free to Use

© 2010, Brandon Cornett. All rights reserved.

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I just finished publishing a new article to the Free Articles Center that discusses the finer points of getting mortgage quotes online -- the safe and smart way.

This is a topic of great concern for many home buyers. They see the commercials on TV for companies like LendingTree and Eloan, but they're just not sure about how the process works. On top of that, you have the general fears and concerns about revealing personal information online.

This article seeks to educate consumers on the right way to apply for mortgage quotes online. It also explains some of the benefits of using the Internet to compare mortgage offers and lenders. As always, you are free republish this article onto your own real estate website or blog, provided you adhere to our publisher's guidelines.

Here's an excerpt of the new article:

These days, you can use the Internet to save time and energy when shopping for home financing. But there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it. So in this article, I'll explain the general process of getting lender quotes via the Web, and how to do it safely and smartly.

Additional Article Stats:

• Length: about 740 words
• Audience: home buyers using the Internet to research mortgages
• Date created: June 25, 2008

I hope you find this article informative and useful in your web publishing. If you need help putting this article onto your website, just send an email to brandon@armingyourfarming.com.

A New Article on Home Buying - Free to Use

© 2010, Brandon Cornett. All rights reserved.

Note: This entry contains outdated information. The article-distribution center has been moved over here: http://www.adviceforagents.com

I've posted a new article to the Free Articles Center that offers a fresh and modern look at the home buying process in this country. It takes into account certain changes that affect home buyers, such as the so-called mortgage crises, the advancement of online real estate tools, etc.

I think it would make a nice addition to any real estate agent's website, including yours! As always, you are free to republish this new article as long as you abide by our publishing guidelines.

Here's an excerpt of the new article:

Credit scores have always been important for home buyers, but they are more in the wake of the mortgage meltdown of 2007 - 2008. According to industry experts, home buyers in 2006 needed a credit score of at least 620 to qualify for the best interest rates on a loan. Two years later, borrowers needed a score of 760 or higher to get the best rates. That's a much stricter requirement! So your first step should be to review your financial situation.

Additional Article Details

• Length: about 1,100 words (very thorough!)
• Audience: home buyers new to the process
• Date created: June 24, 2008

Hope you find this real estate article informative and useful. If you need help publishing it onto your website, just send an email to brandon@armingyourfarming.com.

Home Buying Buttons for Your Real Estate Blog

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If you like to add helpful buttons to your real estate blog, then you'll be glad to know we have created some "Home Buying 101" buttons for your use. Get your buttons here.



These buttons will add value to your blog by allowing visitors to get home buying advice at the click of a button. The links are set up to open the Home Buying Institute website in a new browser window -- that way, your visitors will stay on your site while also gaining access to the home buying information.

If you click the button image above, you'll find some simple instructions for adding them to your real estate blog. But if you have questions, just send an email to brandon@armingyourfarming.com.

I hope you find the buttons useful.

Property Listings as Lead Generation Tool?

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Real Estate Internet Marketing - 100 Tips in 100 Days

Tip 65 of 100 - Grant Exclusive Access to Generate Leads

Do you grant access to property listings as form of website lead generation, by asking people to sign in to view property listings in the area? I know a lot of real estate agents use this as a lead generation techniques, so I would like to offer some pointers on the subject.

By the way, if you're really curious about the subject of generating leads online, I invite you to download my new book real estate web leads.

The concept here is a simple one. You require people to sign in to a certain area of your real estate website in order to access property listings. Thus, you would acquire contact information as part of the exchange. This is a practice used by many real estate agent websites as well as the big realty search engine sites.

But this strategy can be a double-edged sword, so there are many things to consider. For one thing, you have to realize that people are becoming increasingly aware of all the real estate search tools online today, and they also know that many of them are free. So if you put up an obstacle between your website visitors and the listing data, they might jump ship and visit another website to search for listings.

Of course, depending on the listings tool you have on your website, you may be able to sell the advantages of signing in. For example, maybe you could offer free access to the property listings / search tool, but give people the option to create an account. This would allow them to save their searches and access the data more quickly in the future -- a real benefit to somebody looking for a home. This way, you would avoid turning people away, but you would still retain some of the lead generation potential.

Like everything else with real estate marketing and lead generation, you will need to experiment to see what works on your website and with your audience.

Now let's put on our thinking caps to see if we can come up with a twist on this concept. What is you had a password-protected area of your website that offered exclusive content? For example, maybe you offer basic listings on the public part of the website, but you offer enhanced listing data and virtual tours in the "Members Only" section of the site.

But why stop there? You could even combine this with the booklet strategy from the previous chapter. In fact, you could create a whole "store" full of goodies inside the members only / password-protected area. Access to exclusive listings, access to recent sales stats, information about future developments and construction plans, whatever booklet you have created, virtual tours and additional listing photos. You get the idea.

Of course, it would be free for people to obtain a password, but they would provide their email address as part of the sign-up process. And you've just captured a lead from a qualified prospective client.

A New Blog Directory for Real Estate Bloggers

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I know that many readers of this blog have real estate blogs of their own, so I wanted to let you know about a new blog directory we have created. The directory is for business bloggers in particular, and there is a category for real estate blogs as well.

If you're like me, then you are always on the "hunt" for quality directories and linking opportunities to improve your search engine rankings. So I'm happy to share this new directory with you. The main website where the blog directory resides is a popular business blogging website with many inbound links of its own, so a listing in the blog directory will contribute toward your blog's visibility as well (as the new section gets crawled by search engines).

A listing in the blog directory is very affordable too, at only $29 per year.

Check it out here:
http://www.ceoblogwatch.com/directory/

A New Article on Custom Home Building - Free to Use

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Note: This entry contains outdated information. The article-distribution center has been moved over here: http://www.adviceforagents.com

I've posted a new and helpful article to the free articles center that went online last month. The new piece is intended for home buyers who are considering a custom home.

As you probably know, there's a lot more to the process of having a custom home built than there is with buying a more traditional home. This article gives the reader an overview of the process, what to look for along the way, questions to ask when screening custom home builders and a variety of other best practices.

Here's an excerpt of the new article:

The good news is that most custom builders are very good at what they do, and so they take great pride in their work. In addition, it's fairly easy to avoid the "shady" characters within the home building industry. With a little homework, you can find out which builders in town have the best reputations, and which ones have the worst. The Internet makes this kind of research even easier.

Additional Article Stats

• Length: about 950 words
• Audience: home buyers considering custom home purchase
• Date created: June 4, 2008

Hope you find it informative and useful.

-Brandon

New Content Added to the Real Estate Articles Center

© 2010, Brandon Cornett. All rights reserved.

Note: This entry contains outdated information. The article-distribution center has been moved over here: http://www.adviceforagents.com

I've just posted a new and informative article to the free articles center that was launched last month. This real estate article is aimed at home buyers who have questions about home insurance policies.

Specifically, it helps them understand the costs associated with a homeowners insurance policy, and what they can do to control and lower those costs (without sacrificing coverage).

Here's an excerpt of the new article:

One way to lower your premium is by raising your deductible amount. Many financial experts recommend doing this as a way of lowering premium costs. The logic is that you know for certain that you'll pay the premium on your policy, but there's only a small statistical chance of suffering a loss and having to file an actual claim.