The Real Estate Agent Blog

More and more mobile apps are becoming available for Android devices. Grab the app, ‘Barcode Scanner’, for your Android Phone, which will enable you to scan QR Codes. QR Codes are square barcodes, like the ones you see below, which can contain data for a website, URL, URI, plain text, SMS message, full contact information and more.

Here, try out this QR Code, which takes you to FMLS’s Mobile Login screen:

I have found a few Android Apps on the Google Marketplace which I’ve found helpful during real estate. Below are the “MUST HAVES” for Real Estate Agents…

The Flashlight app:
Karl’s Mortgage Calculator:
Offiviewer: Lets you open MS Office Docs up to 2 MB..
Real Estate Droid: Good for quickly pulling up CMA info for buyers..

The Google Android Market has an Official Wordpress application. As one of the 50,000 apps you can find on the Google Marketplace, I put it among my top 20 apps for Android users who maintain a blog.

The Wordpress app allows users to add media (pictures), create tags, write and publish posts and comments. Your seeing this message here which was created on my T-Mobile G1 with Google’s Android OS.

Just search “wordpress” within the Market App of your Android device to find and install! Or scan the following QR Code with ‘Barcode Scanner’ on your android device.

Hey there,

Just wanted to write a quick note to happily inform my readers, my Real Estate business has picked up amazingly, the true reason for my lack of posts.  Sorry about the HUGE delays between posts, I’m going to try to start a routine of posting at least once a week.

I’ve been working with an investment group dealing with flipping properties (current deal we’re working on can earn these investors ~$34,000; my potential commissions, for the buy and then the sell total ~$5,900).  Also, this investment group has asked if I knew anyone else that currently had money to invest, making for a quicker build-up of the investment group’s funds.  With current funds, we are finding decent, but stressed properties in “so-so” school districts and horrible properties in hot school districts around Gwinnett Co. and immediate surrounding areas.

Other buisiness includes the short-sale of 2 residential quadraplex buildings in Snellville and (sad, but true) an old friend of mine having to short-sell his home a mile from Lake Lanier.  Turned out not to be sad after all; we ended up negotiating with the mortgage company, they were willing to drop his monthly payments down to a number he could comfortably afford.  Keyword = “comfortably”.  Anyone needing assistance with the gloomy situation of not being able to afford your home, please go get help from a local REALTOR.  Its difficult to ask for help for many reasons when dealing with financial woes, but talk to someone who works in real estate and remember that its NOT JUST YOU HAVING A FINANCIAL CRISIS.

Working with investors and the difficult talks to my clients who are financially distressed about their last options for saving their homes and/or credit has pretty much been a full-time job for me.  Also juggling a submitted contract on a short-sale property, a seller which ‘had’ a close date, on their ranch home, of Dec. 30th from a legitimate buyer, somehow has been delayed for over a month, 4 buyer referrals received within a months time, 2 clients who either need to rent or find owner financing available properties and (believe it or not) I just had to take a 30 minute break away from typing this post while I took notes about another buyer referral sent to me.  Yay!

Anyhow, I’d best get to working.  Be back soon with more of my interesting “insider” articles & posts for you all!

God bless,
-Craig Miller

By Craig Miller
Published on: July 12, 2008

One night, just browsing the internet, I ran across the website NYTimes.com. On the site, of course I noticed the Real Estate section. When looking for properties listed in Gwinnett County, I saw the bright yellow Weichert, Realtors logo on nearly all of the listings. Never before had I seen or even heard of Weichert, Realtors. I began wondering how I could advertise on NYTimes.com.

The next day, a Tuesday, my mother and I visited an Agent Luncheon in Loganville, at Kelly Mill Subdivision. As soon as we turned in the subdivision I saw the same bright yellow Weichert, Realtors signs! The luncheon was held by Venita Masters (Realtor, GRI, CSP) and Luis Morales (Broker) with Weichert, Realtors – Private Realty Group.

I started asking questions and chatting with the broker, Luis Morales, while Joan Miller, my mother, was talking with Venita Masters. It turns out that Kelly Mill Subdivision was in need of an agent. My mother and I (Miller Team) then scheduled an appointment with Luis Morales and Venita Masters to see if we were fit to take over the sales of Kelly Mill, and to see what Weichert, Realtors – Private Realty Group has to offer.

Here we are, the Miller Team, currently working at Kelly Mill Subdivision from Sunday – Thursday, 1pm – 6pm and Saturdays, 11am – 6pm.