Client Follow-Up Systems: Too Little, Too Late?

Jeff and Bryan discuss strategies for following up with clients.  When the market is jumping, a lot of Realtors and Mortgage Lenders tend to neglect their past clients.  Do you have a follow up system that you currently use, or are you one of the people that start sending newsletters 5 years after the transaction?

Mortgage Rates and Pricing Your Home Right To Sell

Bryan gives a quick overview of mortgages rates here in the Portland market, and talks about pricing your home to sell.

Economic Outlook for 2009

New Technology(?) to the Real Estate World: Microsoft Surface

Jeff discussing some of the latest technology to hit the Real Estate industry.

Coldwell Banker just recently announced their implementation of home search software that uses Microsoft Surface technology allowing users to "touch Real Estate in a whole new way".  Although the hardware and technology has been around for several years now, Coldwell Banker is the first National Real Estate chain to take advantage of it.  Watch for the MS Surface to start hitting CB events and offices through the rest of the year.

Business Networking - There's More Out There Than Facebook and LinkedIn

Bryan discussing his experiences filling in as a substitute for a friend at a BNI Leads Exchange group. From the sounds of it, if you can get connected with a good group, it can be a great source of business for everyone involved.

Even though social media marketing and networking sites can work, there is still no substitute for good old fashioned "In Real Life" networking.  Wanna connect?  Send us an email , or follow us on twitter .

Advertise on Zillow's "Featured Rates" Section?

Bryan gives us his take on advertising your rates on Zillow's "Featured Rates " section.  Apparently it can get pretty spendy.  Anyone know if you actually get business from it?

TwitterHawk: Paid Advertising for Twitter

Jeff gives us a rundown of TwitterHawk , a service that notifies you and can send an auto response message when people search for specific terms on twitter.  Check it out, and let us know what you think.  Cool tool, or 100% SPAM?

Worst Dinner Ever

Bryan explains how great our dinner was after attending RE Bar Camp in Seattle.

KeepingItReal.tv - Introductions

A little About Your Hosts: Bryan and Jeff

Jeff Bernheisel

Jeff is the Marketing Coordinator for Inman News - where Real Estate and Technology Connect. He has been in the Real Estate/mortgage marketing industry for over 10 years now. He spent 7+ years in the mortgage business and 2 in the title and escrow marketing world before landing at Inman News.

Jeff has been teaching classes on blogging and social media marketing to Realtors for going on 3 years now, and enjoys showing people how to use web 2.0 tools and technology to market and grow their businesses.  Jeff can be reached at jeff@inman.com or @jbern on twitter.

Bryan Husen

Bryan is a Mortgage Consultant with Sunset Mortgage in Portland Oregon. He has been in the Mortgage industry for nearly 6 years. Bryan has nearly 12 years of experience in construction and custom cabinetry before changing careers to work for a national retail mortgage company.  After getting his feet wet in a retail environment, Bryan moved on to become an independent broker licenced and lending in both Oregon and Washington.

Bryan is active in many networking groups, primarily focusing on web 2.0 tools, social marketing and blogging.  Bryan can be reached at bhusen@sunsetmortgageco.com or @PDXMortgage  on twitter.