October 3, 2014

Why Does Autumn Have Two Names pg. 6

October 3, 2014

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In This Issue: Page Making Your Home Energy Efficient 4 Why Autumn Has Two Names 6 Top Individuals YTD 8 Top Teams YTD 9 Tech Corner 12 Should You Buy a Foreclosed Home 13 Safety is in Your Hand bSafe 14 Featured Home 19 Find the Right Agent 20 Pinterest 24 - 25 Awards Recognition 30 – 31 What’s going on Brevard 32 Birthdays & Anniversaries 34 Property Management Division 35 36 Supporting Staff

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Warm Weather? You Can Still Save Making your home energy efficient is cost-effective and better for the environment whatever the time of year. Here are just a few tips offered by the Department of Energy to help you save money and energy, winter spring, summer or fall: Insulate your "envelope" - Sealing and insulating the "envelope" or "shell" of your home — its outer walls, ceiling, windows, doors, and floors — is often the most cost effective way to improve energy efficiency and comfort. ENERGY STAR estimates that a knowledgeable homeowner or skilled contractor can save up to 20% on heating and cooling costs (or up to10% on their total annual energy bill) by sealing and insulating.

Insulate your water heater - Put an insulation wrap around the sides of your water heater. (But remember: Never put insulation on the top of the heater or near the bottom.)

Seal air leaks - Warm air leaking into your home during the summer and out of your home during the winter can waste a lot of your energy dollars. One of the quickest dollar-saving tasks you can do is caulk, seal, and weatherstrip all seams, cracks, and openings to the outside. You can save on your heating and cooling bill by reducing the air leaks in your home.

Tips for Sealing Air Leaks - Test your home for air tightness. On a windy day, carefully hold a lit incense stick or a smoke pen next to your windows, doors, electrical boxes, plumbing fixtures, electrical outlets, ceiling fixtures, attic hatches, and other locations where there is a possible air path to the outside. If the smoke stream travels horizontally, you have located an air leak that may need caulking, sealing, or weatherstripping.

- Caulk and weatherstrip doors and windows that leak air.

-Caulk and seal air leaks where plumbing, ducting, or electrical wiring penetrates through walls, floors, ceilings, and soffits over cabinets.

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Why Is Autumn the Only Season With Two Names?

How did autumn become the only season with two names?

Before it was autumn and fall, it was harvest. While the modern names of winter and summer have been around for more than 1000 years, the names of fall and spring are more recent—and Both spring and less constant. This is autumn used to go by partly because the two different names. In the seasons were long 12th and 13th centuries, viewed as secondary to spring was called lent summer and winter. As or lenten, while fall was th late as the 18 century, called harvest. In the English speakers were 14th century things got less likely to think of the a little chaotic. Lenten year as having four disappeared around the seasons, focusing beginning of the 1300s, instead on the coldest and the later lent and warmest portions of similarly vanished only the year. Even when they a few decades later. (It spoke of fall, they survives, of course, as couldn’t agree when, the name for a religious exactly, it took place. In observance.) By the the 17th and 18th end of the 14th century centuries, dictionaries by both Thomas Blount and Samuel Johnson noted that some thought that fall began in August and ended in November, while others contested that it began in September (at the equinox) and ended in December (with the solstice).

there was no firm word for springtime: People referred to it as part of summer, they used Latin (ver) or French (primetemps), or they just made up new phrases.

Harvest as a word to mean not just “a time of reaping” but also, even for city folk, “the third season of the year” lasted longer. But it was joined by autumn—a word borrowed from the French—by the 16th century. >>> More

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Congratulations to Our Top 10 Individuals YTD as of August 2014

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Congratulations to Our Top Teams YTD as of August 2014

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Size isn’t everything. Instagram may not be the biggest social network in the world, but it is the fastest-growing social network in the world. And marketers are flocking to Instagram because of its phenomenal engagement rates.

According to a 2014 Forrester Research study, Instagram generates 58 times more engagement per follower than Facebook and 120 times more engagement per follower than Twitter. Smart marketers cannot ignore stats like that! In fact, over 65 percent of the top brands are now on Instagram.

The experts have weighed in, and most believe that Instagram’s huge success is based on a few things.

It’s mobile only. The only way to share to Instagram is via a mobile device, and, globally, mobile social networks are the fastest-growing.

It’s easy to use. Actually, it’s SUPER easy to use.

It’s visual. And everyone knows visual marketing is HOT! Honestly, in my opinion, there is not an easier platform for real estate marketing!

But before you jump on and start posting, remember that balance is essential. As with any social network, you will need to balance business and personal. Use Instagram for both, but first connect emotionally with your audience by posting interesting personal photos. Then your audience is open and accepting of your high-quality marketing images. And because Instagram is a social network, just like any other social network, you need to engage with others. Don’t forget to log in once a day to comment on and like other posters’ images.

There are many fun and creative ways to market your real estate business on Instagram.

Promote new listings, sold listings, open houses, neighborhoods, lifestyle, websites, and more. Below you will find some great examples of real estate marketing! Be sure to click on the names (log in to your Instagram dashboard) and follow these amazing Instagram users for loads of great content ideas. inmanNEWS.com

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Should You Buy a Foreclosed Home?

Having a tough time finding a traditionally-sold home?

You may want to consider buying a distressed home.

Housing inventory has declined slightly, but take heed: many cities and counties are slowly working through their backlog of foreclosure and short-sale proceedings. That means you may have a decent chance of finding an REO (bank-owned) property.

But before you start sifting through REO’s, pause and ask yourself: Do you really want to own a foreclosure?

Here are some of the pros and cons of owning a foreclosed house.

PROS 1. Choose from the Biggest Selection If you’re purchasing your primary residence, you’ll have the first pick of the housing inventory. After the property hits the market, only owner-occupants and nonprofits can make offers during the first 14 days.

Investors must hold their bids on the property until Day 15.

2. Lower Prices Typically, foreclosed homes are sold for lower prices

than traditionally-sold homes. The discount varies based on property: A higher-end foreclosed home in great condition may only sell for a slight discount, while a fixerupper may feature a deeper sale.

3. Less Competition Because of the drawbacks of buying foreclosures (described below), fewer other owner-occupants are placing bids. That means you’ll compete against a smaller buyers market.

4. Instant Appreciation There’s a strong likelihood that you’ll gain instant appreciation on your home from day one, since you’re buying the property at a discount (relative to similar homes on the market).

CONS 1. Living Requirements In order to get a jump-start on making an

owner-occupant offer during those first 14 days, most banks will require you to live in the home for a particular length of time (typically one year).

You may also be obligated to move in within 30 to 60 days of closing, and not sell or assign the house during that first year.

2. Area Appreciation Slowed by Foreclosures If the surrounding neighborhood features many other foreclosed properties, the overall area might appreciate more slowly, thanks to the lower-priced inventory in its midst.

While you may experience a hit of “instant appreciation,” be prepared to see slow growth in the next few years. >>More BrevardElite.com

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How To Survive Living In Your For-Sale Home Start packing now you only have 90 – 120 days until sale day.

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When putting a house up for sale and taking the pictures for the online listing, prearrange with friends and family to take your pets for the day.

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Having already reached over $10 million in sales in 2014, Andy and Abby are grateful to all of their past and current clients.

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