Do not let yourself look foolish by allowing others to do your marketing pieces for you and use spinner programs to boost your online presence.

The networking was pretty incredible, and we got to share strategies and methodologies for building your blog, social media presence, and business.3 - I had fun.

My thought, or hope, is that if the area is composed of good construction and a good location (by location I mean proximity to down town or some other place people need to be at-not locations as in "this is a nice neighborhood")then property prices will at least keep pace with inflation and probably do better if the area is currently depressed (undervalued).I am not going to wait for the profits from my first house to buy my next house.

Get good online presence including beighborhood message boards, book exchanges, public art, parks, clean up crews, neighborhood watch, dog walking clubs.

Well, I've been lurking here sporadically, and with the new year I said I would actually make my presence known, so here I am!

The other thing we have here in the US is the Tri fico credit system composed of Experian Equifax and Transunion.

I think I might have answered my own question.I went the kw website and found it frustrating as a "client"Prudential site is very easy to navigate and don't feel I need to sell my soul to get info.Granted I myself never use their sites to find any of my properties....but Internet presence is crucial.also when I asked for CMAprudential's format was very easy to read, and KW wasn't.

This global infrastructure provides Colony Capital's acquisition team with proprietary market knowledge, sourcing capabilities and the local presence required to identify and execute complex transactions.In the twenty-two years since its inception, from a single Los Angeles-based office, Colony has invested in diverse and complex property, corporate, and portfolio transactions across five continents through varied economic cycles.

At least in that capacity you can build a buyer's list with advertising and at least start to establish your presence with a home in "inventory".

LinkedIn seems to be a good way of just making your presence, background & qualifications known (it's almost always in the Top 4 results when you google a person's name - and the website itself is in the top 20 websites worldwide).