I haven’t posted in a while, which is disappointing to me and probably you. When one starts a blog, you tell yourself that you are going to post regularly … it’s just not so easy. At this point, with the current market conditions, I am a one person show. When you start prioritizing, blogging usually gets pushed to the back burner. So, I am going to try and get back on a regular schedule.

Part of what has kept me away is that I have been getting more and more foreclosure listings from the banks, with whom I work. Working with foreclosure listings is very time consuming, with the volume I have and all the reporting that is required. I would love to have an assistant to help with all the marketing, and posting the listing information on the several websites I use. Additionally, I am taking time, in this slow down to try and make my business more “Green”. While it is difficult setting up new systems and transferring information, the new systems have streamlined a lot of the process. In the long run, these “Green” measures have made life easier. The major system I have changed to is the RELAY Transaction Management system with electronic signatures. Relay has allowed me to:

• Go mostly paperless
• Keep all my files and the transaction files in one location that can be accessed through any secure web browser.
• Customers can access these files as well, with a password
• Customers can log on 24/7 to see the status of their transaction
• I can give clients a final CD with all the paperwork at closing, eliminating a large paper file
• With electronic signatures, we can sign paperwork quickly, without having to print out the paperwork

I think this will make our our lives much easier and I a really excited about it.

I don’t want to drag this blog posting on to you get bored, so I’ll cut it short here. In the coming posts I have so much I want to share, including how this economic “crisis” is affecting us at the street level, the foreclosure market in Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley & Twentynine Palms, the real estate market conditions (by the numbers) for Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley & Twentynine Palms and an unbiased look at the Presidential Candidates approach to Real Estate.

Have a great day!

Dave