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Max Bobble Heads have arrived in time for HomeGain Live Nation on August 3 at the Fairmont in San Francisco.

You can get your Max Bobble Head by attending HomeGain Live Nation.

If you have not ye… Continue

Everyone should be a star! Fifteen minutes of fame is now a thing of the past as video content on the Internet has become one of the best ways to communicate with your desired audience. After all, don't you enjoy it too!

If your camera shy I suggest practicing because before long you'll be left out of the loop if you can't break a leg!!

Here are some tips on affordable ways to make your way to video stardom.

1. I have found the new Flip HD camera is amazingly easy to use and affordable at aro… Continue

We would like to invite all of our HomeGain Nation members to attend HomeGain's Live Nation Real Estate Forum on Monday, August 3rd at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

I have posted the invitation below. Feel free to contact me directly with any questions about the event, or visit www.homegain.com/live-nation-real-estate-forum-2009 to learn more. We look forward to seeing you there!… Continue

Last week HomeGain released the results of our nationwide Realtor home prices survey.

Since then we have made individual state home prices survey data available including data from Texas, California, Florida and New York.

The results of our… Continue

So your living room is not your family room and it's not the den so understanding the room itself is important when staging your home. Most living rooms are viewed by buyers as an elegant space needed for special occasions or guests and creating an atmosphere that relates to this impression is important when staging this room.



1. Many living rooms have a fireplace or window feature that emphasis it's purpose. When staging this room it's important to take these special features into considerat… Continue

Sellers who believe their house is worth more then experts are telling them will never sell their home. That’s right! As much as I believe in home staging, and believe me I do, a home will never sell for an unrealistic value. This point alone has put many sellers in the poor house so reading this blog is the first step to getting top dollar fast.

Consumers of all products to include real estate are very savvy these days. Over recent years we have all become well educated about buying practices… Continue

It may seem daunting when a home staging expert, who can realistically help a seller, just can't seem to get a seller to help themselves. The return on investment and value proposition is what a seller should be focused on in these times as sellers often feel powerless in today's market.

Most Home Staging pros want to share their testimonials, success stories, quality of service offerings and other things when selling 'Home Staging' to a client. The simple truth is sellers today aren't interest… Continue

On Monday, HomeGain, released the results of our second quarter Realtor home prices survey. The survey asked Realtors their opinions on… Continue

Some sellers often forget the importance of storage and closet space. While preparing a home for market it's important to remember that every buyer is very interested in how much storage is available. Because closets and storage are concealed by doors they often get overlooked by the people who live in the home but not by buyers. While all of us now know that sellers should pack up their extra stuff it's equally important to include the extra stuff in the storage areas. Shelves should be neat an… Continue

Thanks to Home Gain our sales are holding well. This month alone we are closing three Home Gain buyer referrals and with our other sales we are surviving. After 25 yrs full time in the real estate industry in all facets of the business my wife Barb and I are doing rather well, especially now we are each 70 yrs old and going strong. Barb & John Wyatt, ABR, CRB, CRS, GRI, ePro, RE/MAX Gold, Saint Charles, Missouri.

Earlier today HomeGain released the results of a nationwide survey of your observations of how home buyers and sellers view home prices.

The results show that while sellers are becoming more realistic about the values of the homes, buyers are expecting even lower prices.

We also asked for your opinions on Obama's performance as President.

There is plenty of survey data to absorb.

You can start by click… Continue

This evening, HomeGain added Google Street View photos to its home prices tool.

Here is an example:

You can read the new fea… Continue

Hi -

I started learning how to do shortsales in San Diego in 1990 when the market crashed and 25% of our sales were shortsales. Seattle is starting to be the same so if you have someone that needs help please let me know.

Pat Deptuch Re/Max Metro Realty, Seattle WA www.patdeptuch.com

HomeGain turns 10 years old today!

Here is the original press release from 10 years ago:

HomeGain Press Release
April 26, 1999
HomeGain.com, the Internet’s First Resource Exclusively For Home Sellers, Launches on the Web Today

New Site Matches Home Sellers with Real Estate A… Continue

Stay tuned for details.

Nice Place, but What's It Really Worth?

When Recent Sales… Continue

HomeGain will demonstrate its advocacy of environmentally-friendly efforts by offering reusable HomeGain shopping bags, providing green tips and highlighting the efforts of our green real estate agent members, such as HomeGain Nation member Jeffrey Bastress.… Continue

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