Can Using Color Help Sell Homes in Baltimore?

Many factors go into selling a home including things like pricing, photography, internet presence, presentation, marketing, condition and ease of making appointments. I have decided to experiment...Can using color help sell homes in Baltimore?

My favorite color is sort of a non color. I love the color brown.

But when it came to advertising my listings..I wanted the color to stand out against backgrounds of black and white.

My "For Sale" sign is red so I again chose RED for my real estate advertising. I have always used black and white and did not see the advantage of the additional cost. Recently, I made the change and it make my advertising pop off the page.

In the past week, I have been getting more calls.

Can Using Color Help Sell Homes in Baltimore?

I Am Using Color to Sell Homes in Baltimore

Quite a few years ago I listed and sold Sam and Anita's home and helped them purchase their dream home. We have kept in touch and these special clients have also become good friends. These are the same giving people who started Kids Helping Hopkins!

This morning I received an email from Anita and wanted to share The Music Lady's Excitement. This is a very proud moment for a teacher.

Please take a moment to read....

'Hi!! If you are not on Facebook, you might have missed this entry last night. This was a JEOPARDY question, one of the folks who posted it originally actually saw it on t.v. when she was watching the show and freaked (I would have done the same thing!!) Please excuse the verbosity of this e-mail......want to explain the reason that I am bursting with pride.

My former Hernwood Student, Dan Book, is one of this song's "I Like it Like That"'s writers/producers. Taught him as well as his gifted sister, Jenn from K-5 at Hernwood (Jenn teaches/produces for "Imagination Station")....one of the neatest families I have EVER known. These two "children" were, and still are, two of the sweetest, kindest, brightest kids I have ever taught.
Dan had a very successful local band through high school (Owings Mills High) and did many gigs. Parents, Jon (dr. and musician) and Honey (an artist) were extremely supportive of his musical aspirations. After graduating, Dan decided to become a dr. like his dad, was in med school in California when he realized music WAS /IS truly his life. He now writes/produces in California.......his family, his friends, are ecstatic, and the millions of Hot Chelle Rae fans are certainly glad that he changed his course.
The group performed Dan's songs on American Music Awards, where they were named this year's best new group (come one Grammy folks, are you listening??) and they also performed half-time at last Sunday's Pro-Bowl. I am flying with every time I hear "I Like it Like That" and "Tonight, Tonight" on the radio.....kvelled (beamed) with pride when I just saw the song on Billboard's charts. Dan gets all of his amazing musical talents and artistic creativity from his parents..... Knew he'd be EXTREMELY successful in anything he wanted to do, but honestly didn't envision him becoming a rock writer/producer!! Just thrilled he was with me at the very beginning of this journey.....and when he gets to the Grammy's he must get his "old" music teacher Paul McCartney's autograph!! Is the music lady EXCITED......you can't imagine how much!!!!! Take good care, and thanks for sharing in this excitement and pride with me!! Anita'

Congratulations Anita for doing so much for so many. I am glad to call you and Sam my friends.

Share the Music Lady's Excitement! Her student made Jeopardy!

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Another Weltanschuuag...Weltan What?

Before I could write about Weltanschauung, it was necessary to find out what that great big word means. If you write it enough times, you learn how to spell it...even though the spell check does not agree.

So I did a search Weltanschauung: pronounced : ˈvɛltˌanʃaʊʊŋ, is defined as the guiding principles and philosophy of an organization...a particular philosophy or view of life; the world view of an individual or group.

This is the second of 10 points of Weltanschauung on Active Rain...

#2 We believe that real estate professionals will thrive if they demonstrate their local market expertise. With ever greater access to listings, local knowledge is now the key differentiator.

Showing neighborhoods, listing reasons to live in a particular area, information on schools, highlighting our wonderful hospitals, our parks, shopping, community events, cultural activities and the myriad of other things that go into helping people decide where to live...makes each one of us better to serve the needs of prospective buyers and sellers. This blogging platform can set us apart and allow us to thrive in Real Estate.

Another Weltanschuuag....Weltan What?

You are so busy...how do you have time to blog? My answer: "maybe I am so busy because I make time to blog."

"ActiveRain is a place where real estate professionals can network with their peers and discuss industry insider topics. It is also a public forum where consumers can pull back the curtain and see what the real estate industry is really about."

Last year I sold one of my listings and the represented buyers started following my blog. They came to one of my open houses and invited me to their open house..all through ActiveRain. Again We tried to get their agent involved in ActiveRain. I talked about the benefits, about the business opportunity and offered to get her set up with some private sessions. I encouraged her to post her clients home for sale.

Being a dual career agent, her time was limited and she did not want to engage and never took me up on my invitation to join.

Her clients continued following my daily posts and frequently commented. They tried to convince her to blog. It one of the first times that I've seen the public encourage blogging.

After seven months, I received an email through my ActiveRain account. These same people had already terminated the listing and asked me if I would consider representing them. They knew I would not discuss their home while still listed with their friend and agent.

You are so busy...how do you have time to blog? My answer: maybe I am so busy because I make time to blog.