If you haven’t started Pinterest, now is a great time to begin!  Right now Pinterest generates more referral traffic than LinkedIn, G+ and YouTube combined!  It is the fastest growing site EVER… with the bulk of its users being 18 – 34 yr old women, right here in America’s Heartland!

Need an invite?  Send me a message on Facebook, Google+, Twitter , my website, comment to this blog, or email me at ryanvandaele@ruhlhomes.com

I am a Pinterest newbie, but so far I like what I see!  If you are a visual person, it’s almost easier to get to know someone better based off of their pinboard than it is reading their FB profile?!

I’m hoping to improve my pinboards in the days/weeks to come!  If you are new to Pinterest, or an existing user that is also a business owner, message me!  Although I am a new(er) user, I just picked up some great tips from a webinar I attended hosted by inman news.

Although my page is a work in progress, you can click on the image (of Logan) above and view my page.  Please don’t be too critical of it yet, for I am sure it will grow to be something great rather than the barren space of self promotion that it appears to be right now.

Thank you for reading!

Ryan

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I know this is overkill and you can read the actual article by clicking on it below, but if you are in my circle(s) or follow my G+ Business Page, and you were to be logged-in to google while searching “Realtor”… as soon as you start typing, my info or any other Realtor’s info that are in your circles come up 1st in your search!! That’s AWESOME! Why? If you have a FB Business Page and there is no interaction with your audience, you will not show up in anyone’s news-feeds and thus you just wasted your time. Read on below for further details… remember, just click anywhere on it to read the full post.

Have a GREAT week! Ryan

I don’t know what it is about this season that excites me?!  I am always torn between Halloween and St. Patrick’s Day as my 2 personal favorite holidays…

I’ve never been to Mardi Gras… but I love eating King Cake right before Fat Tuesday!  I’m about as good at following the rules to Lent as I am keeping New Years Resolutions, but the idea of it gets me excited!  That coupled with the upcoming holiday of St. Patrick’s Day!!

Once again, I’m not even a little bit Irish, but St. Patrick’s Day in the Quad Cities has always been one of my favorites!!  I LOVE the Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and all of the festivities that come with it!!  Click here for more info.

That Saturday morning, I couldn’t wait to get down to 3rd Street to start partying all day!!  Start off the morning with some Bloody Mary’s and party the rest of the day with thousands of other Quad Citians!!

Of course now that I have 3 wonderful children, the partying has calmed WAY down, but the excitement remains the same!  Now I get to enjoy the parade more than what I used too.  I may be half Belgian, half Swedish… but on the 17th, I feel like an honorary Irishman!

What’s your favorite Holiday in the Quad Cities and why?

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you!!!  Love your spouse, your significant other, your children… and don’t forget to love yourself!!

Remember – Nothing says love like a new house!  Ha ha ha!!

Have a great day!

Ryan

Ok, I don’t consult a crystal ball… really!!!  But I do have a pretty good method of coming up with a pricing strategy that will sell your home!  Give me a call or an email today, and I can help you with a complimentary CMA!  My number is 563.271.6684 and my email address is ryanvandaele@ruhlhomes.com.  Or, to make it REALLY easy, you can click on the picture and send me a message straight from here!

If you would like me to consult my Magic 8-ball, however, I will do that upon request!

Make it a great week!

Thanks,

Ryan

Got your attention with the above graphic didn’t I?!  It’s ok… it happens! lol!

Still think listing your home to sell in the winter is a bad idea?  Our latest Trendgraphix report came out and here are few points of interest from Ruhl’s General Sales Manager:

Trendgraphix just updated and it shows that our Residential and Condo listings in the QCARA are down another 8.5% from December bring our listing inventory to 1720, its lowest level in the last 6 years and only the second time to dip below 1800 listings since March of 2005.  (1795 in Dec. 2009). 

 

While January always finds less closings than December, compared to January of 2011, pendings were up 23.4% and closings were up 16.5%.  This tells us we are selling and closing more than we did last year at this time, but have 11.4% less listings in inventory.  (Of course I encourage you all to use trendgraphix to review the markets and price ranges you work in most often to see how they are doing.)

 

As before if you have clients that are planning to put their home on the market in the spring, they may want to consider listing them now as we are getting more and more properties with multiple offers on them.  If priced properly now is a terrific time to sell.