How To Monetize Your Real Estate Blog For Newbies
November 14th, 2011 by Len DietrichBlogging? How to make your real estate passion an income.
Blogging? What the heck is that? It is basically writing about what you love. This is why I mentioned earlier that you would need to find a niche that you are passionate about as you are going to need to create content i.e. written content, pictures and/or video content.
Got to Gmail and set up an account. Remember, even here you’ll want to try to use your keyword as part of your email address. So try for something like “TeachYourLab@gmail.com” or “YourLabCanSit@gmail.com”. You get the idea.
Once you do that then you’ll need to go to http://www.Blogger.com and set up a “Blogger” account. This will be your “website”, if you will. You can now reference this link below and watch the video, as it will be easier for you to understand if we just walk you through it.
So by now you have a basic understanding of how to set up your “blog”, the basics of navigating the blog and also how to install Adsense on your site. I want to add that, in addition to adding Adsense to your site, you can also find other products to promote on your site. What you want to do is find products that you like or that would be related to your niche visit the site and see if they offer affiliate programs for their product.
What is an affiliate program and how do you get started?
Most merchants have affiliate programs. Essentially, they will allow you to put a link or banner on your site. If someone clicks that link and makes a purchase you get paid a commission. To do this you need to set up an affiliate account with the merchant. (Any reasonable merchant will offer phone support to explain how it is done if you don’t already know. But it is pretty easy and you shouldn’t need too much help to get started.)
Once your account is set up with the product you want to affiliate market then you will be re-directed you to a page that will have banner links and ads specific to their product. The links & banners from within your account will, by default, be embedded with your affiliate code associated with your affiliate account. (So no need to be intimidated by HTML coding.) Scroll and choose the banner add you like then simply copy and paste the code they provide in to your “Blogger” page.
Here is how you do that. Remember in the video when I showed you how to add Adsense? There is another category called “Add a Gadget”? You click add a “Gadget”. A new window will open within Blogger. Then scroll down and choose the Gadget that says “HTML/Java Script”. Blogger will then open another window. All you need to do now is copy and paste the “code” from the affiliate program banners and paste it in to the window where it says “content”. Then hit save and it will install the banner link for you. Hit save and then view the page. You should now see your affiliate banner appear on your blog page. No need to understand or write code. The affiliate code will be the way the merchant tracks who comes to their site. If someone purchases that product through your link then you get paid. Normally, if that person visits a merchant through your link then the merchant will ‘cookie’ or archive that link. So, if the person doesn’t buy the first time and then re-visits at a later date and makes a purchase within say, 60 days, you will be credited for the sale. But those timelines may vary. Ask your affiliate to provide you with their internal policy on “cookies”.
Affiliate sales shouldn’t be confused with Adsense. Adsense pays per click (PPC). PPC revenue isn’t much but does add up over time. Affiliate programs can be much more profitable if you have a lot of traffic coming to your site. So I highly recommend researching and finding products you believe in and promote those on your site. Pick and choose carefully. Don’t just load your site up with tons of ads. The real key is that you must get some “eyeballs” on your page and to do that you must provide interesting, valuable content.
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St Louis Mortgage Broker: Economy Slowed Due To Home Loan Mortgage Crisis
June 2nd, 2011 by Floyd TapiaMost economists are reluctant to say anything positive about this economic recovery. Homeowners by the thousands are falling farther and farther behind on their loan payments.
Although St Louis refinance experts are predicting improvements soon, the number of homeowners that are in default or at risk of foreclosure will no doubt have a lingering effect on the overall economy.
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that over 10 percent of home loan consumers have missed one or more mortgage payments in the first quarter of 2010.
This has become a new record high showing a big jump in the number of borrowers who have missed three months of mortgage payments.
Numbers are saying that 3.7 percent of mortgage owners have now missed at least one payment due to this slow economic recovery.
The total of possible foreclosures equates to about 4.3 million homeowners, or about 8 percent of all Americans who are at risk of losing their homes.
And the majority of the loan modification programs unveiled by the Federal government are not likely to prevent any of the homes from going into foreclosure or being sold as a short sale.
Thus, a large number of St Louis mortgage loan consultants are predicting a double-dip recession partially due to home prices remaining low.
Economists are now saying that home prices will fall about 5 percent and hit bottom in the spring of 2011.
Maybe the government got one thing right during this crisis. That was the Federal tax credits which boosted house sales this past spring and summer.
When this program ended, the Mortgage Bankers Association said mortgage applications dropped to their lowest level in over 13 years.
Most professionals agree that heating bills and holiday expenses normally push mortgage delinquencies higher near the end of the year which explains needed statistical adjustments due to seasonal factors.
Then when spring arrives, most of those borrowers become current on their St Louis home loans again.
And with more than 4.6 percent of homeowners in foreclosure which is also a record high, it clearly shows that the Obama administration’s $75 billion foreclosure prevention program hasn’t put much of a dent in the problem.
Some of the catalysts that has kept our economy in the proverbial toilet has been unemployment or reduced income which continues to keep these distressed homeowners in fiscal limbo.
But the biggest factor that contributed to this mortgage crisis was the less than stellar lending standards.
But even those who had good credit and took out fixed-rate home loans are now becoming the biggest group to be foreclosed upon.
And the often misused adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) loans that kicked off the foreclosure crisis are now making up a smaller share of new foreclosures with only 14 percent of new foreclosures in the first quarter which was down 27 percent just a year ago.
However, there was some encouraging news on the horizon. The number of homeowners starting to show early financial trouble is starting to go down. Let’s hope this downward trend continues throughout 2011.
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RBI Eases Realty Exposure Norms For Lending TO Sezs
December 1st, 2009 by adminThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made it easier for banks to lend to special economic zones (SEZ). Several types of advances to projects in these zones have now been excluded from the definition of commercial real estate loans.
In a circular in 2006, the RBI had classified SEZs as commercial real estate, making it difficult for companies involved in these projects to raise funds. Real estate loans are considered risky and categorised as part of exposure to sensitive sectors, which also include capital markets and commodities. There are also restrictions on foreign investment in real estate.
LB Singhal, director general, Export Promotion Council for EoUs and SEZs told ET: “We had taken up this issue with the ministries of finance and commerce. The matter was put before the empowered group of ministers headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, which had decided that SEZs should be treated as infrastructure.” He added that with the RBI’s clarification, loans to those developing, operating and maintaining SEZs, as well as setting up or acquiring units in SEZs will be part of infrastructure lending. “This would enable domestic institutions and banks to make funds available to SEZs on the terms and conditions applicable for infrastructure lending,” he added.
In the circular issued on Wednesday, RBI has sought to define a commercial real estate loan as one where the funds are used to acquire real estate and the repayment of loans is out of proceeds of sale or rentals from the property. Bearing these conditions in mind, RBI has sought to differentiate between loans which could be classified as commercial real estate exposures (CREs) and those which were not. RBI said there are projects where there are arrangements to insulate the lease rentals from volatility in the real estate prices. This is done by inking long-term lease agreements that outlive the loan agreement and need not be treated as CREs.
Courtesy:- ET dt:- 10-09-2009
Respond To Those Foreclosure Letters Right Away To Keep Your home
October 9th, 2009 by Adam WhazzerYour House Has Been Auctioned And You Dont Know It
Stop Foreclosure. In todays tough economic times, more and more families are facing this intimidating, confusing and often scary prospect. Like any problem that threatens the well-being of ourselves or our families, foreclosure can cause a lot of different reactions in the people who face it. One of the all-too-common reactions of many families today is to simply ignore the warnings of foreclosure, destroying letters or hiding them from their spouse, hoping that something will turn up to prevent the process from going on.
Although this type of procrastination is a common human reaction to issues that are frightening and unfamiliar, buryingignoring a foreclosure letter or notice can be devastating. The foreclosure process is the first step in a series of actions that will eventually lead to the loss of your home. Ignoring the issue will not make it go away; in fact, by ignoring foreclosure in its earliest stages, you may be missing opportunities to slow the process, allowing you time to seek relief and find the answers that can help you stay in your home, or sell it yourself rather than have it sold out from under you.
Foreclosure is a complicated process, and one which can be overwhelming for an average homeowner to understand. The letter of intent to foreclose, which is often the first announcement of the foreclosure process, can strike panic into an homeowner. But the key is to remain calm, and to seek out professional advice immediately, while there are still options to consider that can keep you in your home.
Bankers are in the money business; they dont want to own homes. The foreclosure process is a long and time-consuming effort, and in the end, the mortgage company or other lending agency is left with a home which they now must sell. For this reason, most lenders are more than willing to work out term plans that can help you keep your property. But time is of the essence. By consulting with a professional early in the foreclosure process, you can often work out payment arrangements that will suit your budget, helping you to remain in your home and retain ownership.
By ignoring the early steps of the foreclosure process, you can lose many opportunities to refinance. In many cases, ignoring the foreclosure process has resulted in the auction of homes and eviction of the owners, who find themselves searching for a new place to live. In most cases, had these men and women consulted with experts in the early stages of foreclosure, they could have saved their homes. If youre facing foreclosure, you owe it to yourself and your financial future to seek professional advice at the earliest stages of the foreclosure process, to save your home and your financial future.
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