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People like to do business with those that they know, like and trust… unfortunately building such credibility can take time. You can accelerate the process with the help of others through their testimonials. Take advantage of human nature by getting and using testimonials from satisfied customers. The best testimonials are specific and results oriented.

The most effective promise you can offer is an assurance of the major benefit your customer wants. Why fool around with anything else? Remember, you have only two seconds to break through the clutter and seize your reader’s attention. The most forceful clutter buster you can use is to identify and shout out that one thing your reader covets the most.

At the same time, you can’t stretch expectations beyond the boundary of what’s believable. Your goal is to lead your prospect right up to the boundary of believability.. then stop just short of that boundary and prove your claim. To accomplish this, offer a convincing argument that forces the reader to believe the promise you’ve just made.

If you want to be a success in the business of writing your own sales copy, you must learn break through the fog of reader complacency. How? By making a remarkable promise. You have to promise something absolutely huge-something that stretches your reader’s most realistic expectations. Ho-hum claims just don’t cut it anymore in our cynical world.

Have you come across a "Mold" issue in one of the homes you inspected, perhaps in the basement only or through out the house in various locations?

How did you handle that situation, and is it still worth buying the property if theirs "Mold" in it? Please share your experience on this & what the next is to do to take care of this problem. Remember your answers will help others also on how to handle the "Mold" problem. You can also point out other issues that a property could have that it would not be worth buying the property because of that certain problem.

As I drive the 3 hours up to Anita's REI meeting for the third time now because I'm a big fan & supporter of Anita, I tell myself everytime that I don't have the gas money to keep doing this every month, but every time I drive home, My energy level feels so good and the info and networks I get make this the best thing for my REI business.
Thanks again Anita
See you next month.
As she would say, "Now go lock up a deal, you hearing me"

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Best Cities to Sell a Home
It's a tricky real estate climate nationwide, that's for sure, but in some markets home values are flat. Flat is the new "up" in a recession. Actually, a few rare markets have even seen home values rise in the past year, only eleven nationwide. In markets like this, sellers are getting close to their asking price and are recouping the money they put into their home when they bought it.
Washington, D.C .

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Apartment vacancies up —rents near 2005 levels
By Mary Shanklin
Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer
August 3, 2009

Orlando's multifamily-housing market had a 10 percent vacancy rate in June, up slightly from the end of last year, according to a report by CB Richard Ellis.

The average rent for the market through the second quarter was $803, close to 2005 levels, reported M/PF and Torto Wheaton Research. Those rates are expected to remain flat through the end of the year.

Most properties are offering a month's free rent to attract tenants, according to the CBRE report.

HUD fines homebuilder $50 Million
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina charged Baezer Homes with:
- keeping discount points that should have been used to provide some homebuyers with a reduced interest rate.
- telling homeowners they were receiving a "gift" from a charity to cover their down payment when, in fact, the purchase price of the home they purchased was increased to offset the supposed "gift."
- for fraudulently circumventing HUD's "Neighborhood Watch" and "Credit Watch" programs,