Eureka, CA

I just got my first Iphone yesterday at the local ATT store. I was hesitant at first becuase in my home town area of Eureka, CA in Humboldt County, ATT had just moved into our area about a year ago and I was afraid that its service would not be as good as the cell provider that I have been with for the past 4 years, US Cellular. But all the applications that one can do with the Iphone intriged me enough to finally make the plunge and go for it. (I still have service with my current provider, but there is a 30 day money back garantee with ATT, so if I do not like my Iphone, unlikely now, I can cancel service).

So last night and and today I have been downloading Iphone aps like crazy. They have aps for everything! There are about 30,000 free Iphone aps and 60,000 more pay for ones. I discovered that there are a handfull of applications for Realtors and buyers and sellers in general. There are applications from Zillow, real estate dot com, Homes.com and more. There are even Realtor made aps for clients to contact them. I am still exploring and although the data service is spotty at times, all the package of the Iphone and what it allows me to do while on the go is worth it.

Please share your experiences with the Iphone. I am curios to know whether other agents prefer the Iphone or the Black Berry. There are certainly pros and cons.

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I just finished brunch with my family at the new pho vietnamese place in Eureka near the Lucky Star Realty office off 6th st. By far one of the best Vietnamese-Thai restaurants in town hands down thumbs up! They just put in new furniture too. You can check them out at the address below:

Pho Thiên Long Vietnamese Restaurant

615 F St.
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 445-4735

Hours:

•· Mon-Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

•· Price Range: $$

•· Accepts Credit Cards: Yes

•· Parking: Private Lot

•· Attire: Casual

•· Good for Groups: No

•· Good for Kids: Yes

•· Takes Reservations: No

•· Delivery: No

•· Take-out: Yes

•· Waiter Service: Yes

•· Wheelchair Accessible: Yes

•· Outdoor Seating: No

•· Good for: Dinner

•· Alcohol: Beer & Wine Only

In my previous blog, I spoke about showing a house to my clients around 9:30pm.  I received a few concerns about Realtor safety that does deserve mentioning.  Thank you to everyone that has commented so far.  I think that all real estate agents should be aware of their own personal safety when showing clients around, even those clients whom they have known for a while.  Last night when I showed my buyers the house, I did bring a family member along with me just to be safe and to help lock up the house. 

I would not have shown the house so late had there been a number of factors that would prompt me to do so. One factor was that yesterday was the only day the husband had off from his restaurant business (which he works in from morning to night daily), the house I showed was exceptionally low priced and fit most of their criteria, I have known these clients for a few years now, the area was not far from my home, and I brought a family member along. 

Yes, I agree that as professional real estate agents, we need to be professional and accomedating to our clients, be mindful of our work time and balance that with family and fun time, and also be safe at the same time.  That is what makes our job so unique and enjoyable. 

Have fun selling and be safe out there!

 
"Helping to make your dreams of home ownership come true."
Thavisak "Lucky" Syphanthong, Broker   Lucky Star Realty                     Lucky Star Realty
539 G Street, Suite 101    or   1305 Northcrest Drive Eureka, CA 95501                    Crescent City, CA 95531
email: lucky@luckystarrealty.com
Phone toll free: 866-875-2279 Fax toll free: 888-490-7728
websites: http://www.luckystarrealty.net http://www.luckystarrealty.com/  FREE MARKET ANALYSIS 

Well, it is after 10pm and I've just got back home after showing a few houses to my new buyers who are looking to purchase their first home in Eureka, CA. The husband had his day off today and I was in Crescent City, CA most of the day showing houses there. Crescent City is about an hour and a half from Eureka, so I could not get to Eureka in time before dark to meet my Eureka buyers in the day light hours.

Luckily, the couple was still interested in viewing a few new listings that fit their home search criteria. I went to extra mile by showing them the homes this late, but I knew that the husband had to work tomorrow and could not have made it. How about you? Would you still show your clients houses after 9pm?

Craigslist and other free online marketing and advertising sites are a great way to promote your real estate listings and other items that you would like to sell.  I have been posting on Craigslist for a few years now and have received great results for my personal items to sale, and mixed results with real estate listings and rentals as well. 

With that said, I have been receiving more and more Spam mail lately from having advertise on Craigslist that have nothing to do with the property listing or item that I have posted for sale!  These Spam messages say anything from "Do you need money? Please click on this link" to "I am interested in your item for sale, please email me your contact information and I will send you a very large check in your name, I will pay extra for covering your hardship of cashing this big check...." 

Another dangerous thing is that they have links to their website that supposedly make you money.  Please do not click on these links because they will lead you to a website that will steal all the personal information from your computer, or put a virus on your computer.  I have replied to a few just to test them out, and now, I am getting these spam messages on my Active Rain posts!  These low lives post their advertising on your blog posts and try to infect your readers.  All you have to do is to report to Active Rain or your blog administrator and delete their viscous messages.

Another malicious thing these scam artists do is once you have posted on Craigslist, they will use your email to send spam mail to someone else, or even to yourself!  I have also received many spam mail from my own email advertising free links that will make me money, but are just links to viscous sites that will take your personal information.  When I reply to my own email, which just emailed me the spam, I actually email myself!  I do not know how these low lives were able to use my very own email to spam myself, but please be careful out there. 

Please, my fellow real estate agents, Realtors, friends and colleages, be careful when you are posting on free online marketing sites like Craigslist and do not reply to this obnoxious and intrusive emails from these low life scammers with nothing to do but prey on innocent people like you and me.  Please report these emails to Craigslist or your local police.  We need to stop them. 

"Helping to make your dreams of home ownership come true."