Is SMS TXT Marketing of a Property By Phone going to have a future? With the accelerated move of the market to browser enabled smart phones, this article looks at the 6 year history of TXT marketing of Real Estate and draws conclusions that can help REALTORs plan ahead.

Real Estate Marketing with Single Property Sites
Real Estate Marketing for listing agents has never been so easy.
Agents can now showcase each Listing as a Unique Single Property Website as a way to impress sellers and win every listing.
Once the listing contract is won, automated services then help Agents to market the property effectively and efficiently- and at a cost of just a few dollars per month.
The really great news is that the Agents can use SPS totally for free to help them win listing contracts.
Only when you have won the …

The 2008 Report from National Association of REALTORS provides some interesting perspectives and lessons in real estate marketing.
If you click the table to the right then you will see a larger version.
Drive-by Buyers Remain Consistent
Whilst other aspects of the industry move up and down, the proportion of buyers who seem to jump in their car and essentially drive around the neighborhood to find a house they like is remaining constant at around 15%.. Of all the methods that were measured this is the only one that remains constant.
Found via a …

Real Estate Marketing starts with the listing presentation and Single Property Sites can help you win the listing - with the right approach!

As a Denver Resident I have to say I was extremely pleased to see the sun finally came out today after the 3 days of rain and cloud! Yea!
Thank you to all of you who came up and said HELLO! We really do appreciate all your support and endorsements! We have met a lot of top producing Brokers from all over the country and its been tremendous fun to talk to everyone.
The speakers we great - Michael Russer with Online Dominance giving our great ideas for online marketing - and …

I tried the ‘freecreditreport.com’ service myself a few years ago - of course I canceled their obligatory ‘enrollment in triple advantage’ ($15/mth) the next day as it is complete overkill in my opinion.
I see that the FTC are now trying to educate everyone about their endorsed website for truely free credit reports.
Here’s one of their Spoofs from YOUTUBE! Click here for AnnualCreditReport.com spoof of the other guys

Using my cellphone to send a quick TXT to my family or my business partners has become a quite a common method of communication for me! I was doubtful at first, but now I regularly TXT!
The other method of using TXT that’s gaining ground in the US is to use SMS TXT Short Codes as a method for requesting information of a product of service. This idea has been around since the late 1990s in Europe and is seeing more adoption now in the US.
For example…

Text a search query to …

There’s a good column at Inman exploring the marketing takeaways Agents can get from the hugely successful Obama campaign. Whether you agree with his politics or not, it’s impossible to deny the fact that Obama tapped the public conciousnessness in a way few have before