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MAAR has released the February 2009 home sales data at
http://joespakeblog.activerain.com/post/997717/memphis-area-home-sales-stats-february-2009

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The Memphis Area Association of Realtors has released the Home Sales stats for February, 2009 and YTD.  While the figures are slowing declines from 2008 numbers across the board, the number of pending sales has increased, which could be a sign of a turn in the market.

I continue to maintain that we are in a perfect storm for first time buyers and buyers with no home to sell.  The (up to) $8000 tax credit for first timers and the generally low interest rates and reasonably priced properties, enhanced by the warm weather.  On the other hand, if you have a property to sell, it will take competitive pricing and tip-top condition to get it sold.

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I just got back from the RETech South Conference in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia. I think Jeff Turner’s question, “How do I engage someone?” pretty much sums up why most of us are involved in social media, and why over 400 of us attended the one day fast-paced event.

The conference presenters (and many of the attendees) were the Who’s Who list of Real Estate Social Media and Blogging Rock Stars: Jeff Turner, Andy Kaufman, Joe Ferrara, Rob Hahn, Teresa Boardman, Jeff Corbett (ActiveRain) Missy Caulk, Todd Carpenter (NAR’s Social Media Manager), and Nicole (Nik_Nik) and Reggie Nicolay, to name just a few. Whether you are in a real estate related industry or not, these are people you should be following on Twitter and friending on Facebook. They “get it.”

Engagement – personal contact, is really the desired outcome of Social Media, and the presenters and participants refined the purpose and importance of Social Media in our businesses, but in a larger sense, in our lives. Not a lot of esoteric content here: most sessions were about the mainstream platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, and various views on blogging, and the current and future state of the real estate industry. Georgia agents got continuing education credit, which I thought was pretty progressive.

I will be posting about and implementing some of the many things I learned, but right now, I just need to rest, and then quickly get back to work.

Many Thanks to Matt Fagioli and Brad Nix, and all their helpers, who put this one day event together.

So I will just leave you for now with this little intro to a Twitter presentation by Nik Nik and Reggie

I just got back from the RETech South Conference in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia. I think Jeff Turner’s question, “How do I engage someone?” pretty much sums up why most of us are involved in social media, and why over 400 of us attended the one day fast-paced event.

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Strangely enough, many of us still have “land line” telephones for various reasons: features, security, etc. I guess I haven’t paid much attention to the mark-up from the basic, advertised ATT charge.

I have the Complete Choice service that has a lot of bells and whistles for the advertised price…

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The Daily News reported yesterday that the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. approved payment-in-lieu-of-taxes benefits for The Horizon, a high-rise building under construction at 717 Riverside Drive. It approved a 10-year PILOT tax abatement for the first phase of The Horizon, which is being…

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Historic Aerials provides historic aerial photos based on address or longitude/latitude coordinates. I was able to find aerials from 2006, 1971, and 1958 for most of the Memphis addresses I tried: my house, the Zoo, Rhodes College.

It is heavily watermarked, and offers the aerial shots for sale,…

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