Be Aware of Realtor Image Marketing

 Be Aware of Realtor Image MarketingI find that movies that have a lot of advertising and hype before their release – suck.  Despite the gazillions of dollars spent by McDonald's on marketing each year, my kids find their hamburgers completely unacceptable compared to those served by the substantially less marketed IN-N-OUT Burger.  For me, the truism is this – while a necessary and useful business tool, marketing can be used to subsidize lack of value and can be misleading. 

Awareness is Key

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You and I have friends and neighbors who are in need.  These are families like yours and mine.  They go to our schools, shop at our markets, play sports with our kids. Today, 1 in 7 homes across America is in distress with homeowners who aren’t making their monthly payments.  That is an average of 2 distressed homes/families per street across America.

 

Some homeowners in this situation are in denial, some are trying loan modifications (not knowing that only 1 in 5 loan mods actually succeed), some try short sales (selling their home for less than is owed to the bank), but eventually many lose their homes to foreclosure.