﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS generated by GDRSSFeeds v1.0 at Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:10:16 GMT--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>GoodStuff</title><link>http://larrypound.com/</link><description>A blog dealing only with what is good or solutions  to make things better. Negative comments will be left for other blogs. Subjects include real estate in Houston and Walnut Bend, the economy, politics, dining, travel, etc.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:02:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>10</ttl><generator>GDRSSFeeds v1.0</generator><item><title>Houston is Number One!</title><link>http://larrypound.com/blog/2008/06/20/houston-is-number-one</link><description>&lt;div&gt;Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine rates &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Houston&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;number&amp;nbsp;one&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; best city to live, work and play! The top ten cities are:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-city-houston.html"&gt;No. 1: Houston,Texas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-city-raleigh.html"&gt;No. 2: Raleigh, N.C.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2008/07/2008-best-city-omaha.html"&gt;No. 3: Omaha, Neb.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-city-boise.html"&gt;No. 4: Boise, Idaho&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-cities-Colorado-Springs.html"&gt;No. 5: Colorado Springs, Colo.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-cities-austin.html"&gt;No. 6: Austin, Texas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-cities-fayetteville.html"&gt;No. 7: Fayetteville, Ark.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-cities-sacramento.html"&gt;No. 8: Sacramento, Calif.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-cities-des-moines.html"&gt;No. 9: Des Moines, Iowa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-cities-provo.html"&gt;No. 10: Provo, Utah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;To read the article, go to &lt;a href="http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2008/07/2008-best-cities-to-live-work-play.html"&gt;http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2008/07/2008-best-cities-to-live-work-play.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="http://larrypound.com/blog/2008/06/20/houston-is-number-one" target="_blank"&gt;Permalink&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://larrypound.com/blog/2008/06/20/houston-is-number-one#comments" target="_blank"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><author>Larry &amp; Johnna Pound</author><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larrypound.com/blog/2008/06/20/houston-is-number-one</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Houston Real Estate Market Benefits from Online Seller Advantage</title><link>http://larrypound.com/blog/2008/06/05/houston-real-estate-market-benefits-from-online-seller-advantage</link><description>&lt;h2 class="blogEntryTitleBar"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Online Sellers' Advantage, a communicaton and seller reporting tool that is provided exclusively by agents of Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors has made the news on RisMedia.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Agents are using the tool to win listings by creating online buyer activity reports for potential sellers so the sellers can see what type of local buyer demand is available and assess whether now is a good time to sell.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Once the seller lists with a Prudential Gary Greene, Realor, the seller receives daily or weekly reports on the activity occurring in their local market.&amp;nbsp; The system also associates the listing with&amp;nbsp;a Web ID, currently recognizable on Yahoo! Real Estate, Prudential.com and PrudentialProperties.com.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Prudential Real Estate is amassing a world of online strategic partnerships where Prudential listings will be displayed because research from the National Association of Realtors found that in the first six months of 2007, 84% of buyers used the Internet as a resource to find a home.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Current strategic partners are:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Yahoo! real estate&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Prudential.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;PrudentialProperties.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Trulia.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;FrontDoor.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Furture strategic partnerships are planned with:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Google.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;PropSmart.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Zillow.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Vast.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Oodle.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Cyberhomes.com and AOL.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;RealtyTrac.com&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;All of these web sites will be tracked and used as metrics for a local areas online market activity.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;For more information on the Online Sellers' Advantage and to get a FREE copy of online buyer activity in your market area, go to:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a title="Online Sellers Advantage Gives Sellers Market Expertise" style="color: #333399" href="http://rismedia.com/wp/2008-05-12/online-buyer-activity-for-local-market-areas-now-available-through-prudential-gary-greene-realtors/"&gt;http://rismedia.com/wp/2008-05-12/online-buyer-activity-for-local-market-areas-now-available-through-prudential-gary-greene-realtors/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="http://larrypound.com/blog/2008/06/05/houston-real-estate-market-benefits-from-online-seller-advantage" target="_blank"&gt;Permalink&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://larrypound.com/blog/2008/06/05/houston-real-estate-market-benefits-from-online-seller-advantage#comments" target="_blank"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><author>Larry &amp; Johnna Pound</author><guid isPermaLink="true">http://larrypound.com/blog/2008/06/05/houston-real-estate-market-benefits-from-online-seller-advantage</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>