Stuart Berman

This is what makes Relify.com stand out from other Real Estate Sites!!!!

You maybe thinking that relify.com is just another real estate website...WE OFFER SO MUCH MORE. The site is designed for people who work in all facets of real estate. We designed a comprehensive real estate site.

Real Estate Posting section:

• Broker Co-Op: as far as we know we are the ONLY site that makes this a required field when an Agent, Auction, For Sale By Owner, or Builder post on the site. We designed the system to allow for either a numerical value or letter value (ie. yes or no)

Auction Posting and Search:

• We designed a place for real estate auction companies to post upcoming auctions and criteria that is specific to auctions. We are the ONLY site where real estate Auctions ALWAYS comes up in a search. If you search a zip code no matter what the price the auction is always displayed.

Agent Mortage Company and Home Services (Contractor and Resources) Profile:

• The profile on Relify.com is designed to as a mini webpage. We allow Bio, Photos, Logo, Videos of either a property or a personal profile video (mini commercial about yourself), email, and links to multiple websites.

• • Additional features under the profiles.
    • The real estate profile offers agents the advantage to post all of their listings to be displayed under their profile.
    • The mortgage profile displays the types of loans offered as well their States they are licensed in.
    • Home Services and Resources profile allows professionals to select the State and counties they serve.

Check out Relify.com, we are building a better real estate website for you and the consumer. With your support we can achieve this goal.

Thanks for your support and please forward our information along!

www.relify.com

Stuart Berman

Co-founder

Relify.com

Becoming a landlord may not be a choice in this market. Most people prefer to sell their home and look to the future to begin the next chapter of their life. If you are finding yourself with more than one home and in need of extra cash to cover your additional mortgages here are a few tips to help.

1. Get a lease. Even if you are renting to a friend or family member it is important to have something in writing.
2. Change your locks after you move out and after each tenant moves out.
3. Let your incoming tenant know they should consider getting renters insurance.
4. Get some background information on your incoming tenant.

Find a company that does credit checks

Call their previous landlord

Check current employment to verify income

1. Find a good handyman or contractor that does various types of work.
2. If you deal with a company that offers plumbing and electric and minor repair work you might be able to negotiate a deal for only using them on your property.
3. If you have doubts about someone financial ability to pay the rent - Remember - it can be more costly to evict someone than to have it vacant for a couple of extra months.
4. If you are moving far away or do not want to deal with managing your property consider a management company. It maybe worth it.
5. Provide your new tenant with local information including trash/recycle days and gas and electric numbers.

Remember you can post your rental properties for free on Relify.com. If you have any questions feel free to email me at relify@relify.com

Stuart Berman

Co-founder

relify.com

Relify.com has officially launched in Maryland!

We want to thank everyone that has supported us during our Beta testing phase and encourage you to check out our updated user friendly website.

Relify.com is a comprehensive real estate website that offers you a unique place to market and promote yourself for FREE.

Our site is ideal for:

1. Agents / property listings
2. Auction companies
3. Builders
4. For sale by owners
5. Contractors
6. Retail resources
7. Mortgage companies

Features on Relify.com:

1. Post a description of yourself and your company
2. Post promotional videos that link to YouTube
3. Post multiple photos
4. Post your company logo
5. Add a link to you website
6. And more

The idea is to unify and simplify the real estate industry. With support from you and your company, Relify.com will provide information to consumers for all of their real estate needs while promoting yourself.

Thank you for your support and feel free to contact us with any questions at relify@relify.com

Here is a link to a recent article about the company. http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=11310&type=UTTM

Thanks Again,

Stuart and Amy

Founders

http://www.relify.com/

I recently read an online article about how bad things are in Sacramento and the large subdivisions loosing their value. To the side I notice an ad that says "what's your home worth". I decide to check it out and enter an address. I am taken to the NAR official website and check out the value of my property. This is where my frustration begins and I am interested to get your opinion.

Let me preface my experience, about 6 weeks ago I refinanced a building I own and received an appraisal from a licensed appraiser. When viewing the appraisal on NAR's website the estimated value of my property was more than 20k BELOW the income approach used by the appraiser. In addition the NAR's evaluation was more than 75k BELOW the appraised value of the property. After I clicked on the property to get more information I get a range of about 90k spread...this must be a joke. It appears as though they pulled the public records, found the assessment of the property, and set up a spread.

I know how frustrating it can be when clients say "I was online and I see that the home I am interested in is worth X amount". Our job seems to be getting harder, now we have to explain how that number is configured and all that goes into the value of a property. When a client says that they got that information from NAR's website...well how do you explain to a client that the organization that you are apart of is flawed??? Real estate agents are the professionals that are supposed to be providing the most accurate and up to date information as possible. Do you think NAR knows the system is flawed and doesn't care? Or do they feel they need to offer estimates on homes because other sites offer it too?

Stuart Berman

Co-founder

www.relify.com

Every Wednesday I go to the Broker Opens. This affords me the opportunity to see what is on in the market and to network with agents about my new website relify.com. This past Wednesday I had the opportunity today to go to a different kind of open house. This open house was for a new real estate office for a small real estate broker, Cummings & Co. Up until now they had one location in the heart of Baltimore City in an area known as Canton. In these times, I have witnessed some of the larger brokers close and consolidate their offices. I have seen small brokers affiliate with other small brokers to keep their offices afloat. When I heard about Cummings & Co. opening another office I was excited to hear about the success.

Here is a small broker going out on a limb to grow a business in a tough market. With an office in the City and now in one in Baltimore County, Cummings & Co. offers the best of both worlds to their agents and clients. I wish Dave Cummings and everyone at Cummings & Co. the best of luck with the new office. There are many great real estate companies in Baltimore with talented agents. I am writing this blog because it is so nice to hear success stories in real estate and I wanted to share it! You can locate and agent at Cummings & Co., or any other brokerage as well as going to www.relify.com and click locate an agent.

video blog link:

http://relify.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/small-broker-growing-in-tough-market/

Stuart Berman

Co-founder

www.relify.com search for your next home, locate an agent, contractor or mortgage broker at our comprehensive real estate website!

Feel Free to follow me on Twitter. http://twitter.com/relify

Here is a link to a recent article about the company. http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=11310&type=UTTM