Real Estate Press Releases

Amherst, NH - Virtual Homes Real Estate, a leading technology company that merged in 2009 with two former RE/MAX real estate offices in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, is applying its technological edge to attract top agents to its easy-to-use virtual back office. Designed to efficiently capture and qualify leads for member agents, the technology works because much of the customer relationship process is either automated or handled by experienced staff.

Virtual back office software technology has been helping real estate companies improve productivity for a long time, says Fred Doleac, Owner/Broker of Virtual Homes Real Estate. The problem, he says, is that the technology in the past only benefited those agents who became technically advanced enough to master complex real estate CRM software. Doleac says his company set out to change that.

"In the process of providing our real estate MLS search technology to agents, we were soon able to predict which agents would sell more homes each month based almost entirely on how agents were using the system. As a result, we were able to provided extensive training to help agents increase their closings and excel in their real estate career."

San Jose, Calif. - First Statewide Realty, a San Jose property management firm whose focus is serving San Jose, Cupertino, and other Silicon Valley real estate investors, consults with clients to help them retain positive cash flow on their rental properties through the recession.

Many property owners in the Silicon Valley have lost their real estate investments to foreclosure when renters in one or more of their properties moves out or stops paying rent. Jerry Garrity, Owner of First Statewide Realty, says that losing investment properties to the bank can often be avoided through more diligent property management.

He says the true expertise of a property manager shows most during a recession, because that's when it's most important to pinch pennies and squeeze as much cash flow out of an investment property as possible.

Colorado Springs, CO - Colorado Springs real estate agent Nicole Lee of the Ashford Real Estate Group, a part of the Masters Group, offers her congratulations to Air Force Academy graduates in advance of commencement ceremonies on May 26, 2010.

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be speaking at the commencement, which will take place in Falcon Stadium on the Air Force Academy campus at 10:00 am.

Lee, whose company provides real estate services to military personnel such as home purchases, property management, and help finding suitable Colorado Springs rentals, says that the Ashford Group is immensely proud of the graduates who have worked so hard to earn such a prestigious honor.

"Living in Colorado Springs gives me a big appreciation for the character of the military men and women who serve our country. We're very proud of the graduates from the Air Force Academy, because we know how difficult it is to get into the program, much less complete it."

San Antonio, Texas - Kurt Hudspeth, a San Antonio real estate agent who specializes in military relocation assistance for clients at Randolph Air Force Base and nationwide, is partnering with one of the country’s leading underwriters of VA loans to provide fast funding for military personnel wanting to buy off-base housing.

An expert in military relocation, Hudspeth says that the new business relationship is expected to help his clients close loans much faster than through traditional sources of San Antonio VA loans.

Bruce Reichstein, President of Texcorp Mortgage Bankers and the lead VA automatic underwriter for www.VALoans.com, attributes his company’s success to hard work, taking care of details and to solely originating VA loans throughout military communities. As a leading source for VA loans in San Antonio, Texas, as well as throughout the U.S., Reichstein says that they have underwriters who work around the clock in order to allow Veterans to close quickly on military housing purchases.

Albuquerque, New Mexico - New Mexico Realtor® Joe Maez of Coldwell Banker Legacy says Albuquerque real estate shows a significant volume increase in year over year existing home sales and new home sales, with lower prices bringing in more real estate investors to the Albuquerque area. The New Mexico real estate market statistics reflect lower prices and increased volume in both existing home sales and new home sales.

Maez says this is due in part to the fact that sellers who have been resistant to lowering their price have been convinced that it's necessary to do so in order to get their home sold. He says that during any kind of market pullback, there are going to be homeowners who refuse to accept the price declines.

"Some sellers start out convinced they can outlast it. For owners who have no pressing need to sell, this is fine, but for those who become more motivated over time, the point comes when reality sets in."

Albuquerque, New Mexico - Joe Maez has sold a lot of Albuquerque and Rio Rancho New Mexico homes as a top selling agent -- well over 500 in fact, earning him the distinction of being number one in the nation with Pulte Homes. Now he's launched a new real estate search tool that is bound to increase that number dramatically.

Employing state of the art real estate search technology and advanced localization of search results for the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho areas, he says New Mexico homes have never been easier to find than they are now on NMHomesPlus.com.

Colorado Springs, CO - Professional real estate property manager Nicole Lee of the Ashford Realty Group, a company specializing in Colorado Springs property management, says that finding quality tenants is one of the keys to keeping low vacancy rates for her real estate investor clients. She says that while many property managers shortcut the tenant screening process to save time, it invariably ends up costing both the manager and the owner more time and money down the road.

"We would much rather put the hard work into finding good tenants who are interested in taking good care of our properties up front than have to do two or three times the work in the long run by having to fill more vacancies."

Lee says that there is a culture of cost-cutting among many management firms because most are only interested in the sales side of their business. That leaves the necessary task of screening tenants and keeping a property occupied underprioritized and understaffed.

Cupertino, CA - Leading Silicon Valley property manager, Jerry Garrity of First Statewide Realty, says that companies relocating executives and employees can significantly reduce risks by utilizing a professional property management company to handle their employee relocation and executive relocation programs.

He says there are many pitfalls companies run into when trying to handle relocation efforts in-house, and it pays dividends to avoid them.

"Providing a smooth transition for employees and their families when they are being transferred is critical if you want to get the most productivity out of them as a worker."

He says that finding a home in the Silicon Valley is just one part of the relocation process. Working with a professional San Jose property management company simplifies the operation and ensures that the transferring family stays happy and maintains a positive impression of the parent company.

Nampa, Idaho - Circle 'H' Excavating, Inc. is announcing an expansion of its Idaho excavation services to include residential heavy equipment work for private property owners in addition to its ongoing commercial work for general contractors and commercial real estate owners.

Alan Hartrampf, owner of Circle 'H," one of the leading excavation contractors in Idaho, says that he sees a trend in more private party property owners hiring out their own excavation work to save money. Whether it's for driveways, retaining walls, ponds, or other landscaping projects that require a heavy equipment contractor, he says there are plenty of projects that owners can contract out directly.

San Antonio, TX - Kurt Hudspeth, a San Antonio real estate agent backed by a host of military housing related websites and services, offers Fort Sam Houston Army personnel and other nearby San Antonio military personnel a strategy to use their military housing allowance to buy a home.

Hudspeth, who specializes in getting military personnel into new San Antonio homes, provides a free consultation to military families to show them how to buy a home using their BAH.

"Not every real estate agent or mortgage broker has sufficient knowledge of the military to be able to develop an creative strategy to help our service men and women buy a home. We're proud to offer our services nationwide with our network of military-friendly professionals across the U.S."