Just Released: An even easier way to

create real estate facebook pages

Pretty exciting news!

Just announced this Friday on Facebook, there will be a new and improved “flow” for how someone

creates a business page on Facebook. I really like this improvement and think it will encourage more

and more people to make pages (instead of using their personal profile for business).

Here are a couple screen shots of the new process (see below) Once someone clicks, “Create a Page” they are re-directed to this page:

Once you click on your category, you are presented with a drop-down menu. For a real estate agent,

you would click “Local Business or Place of Interest”

One of the biggest changes for lists is the amount of options – I don’t ever rememeber seeing a “real

estate” option! In my opinion, this is one more way Facebook is really encouraging people to create

pages but create them in a smart and organized way.

Written by: Katie Lance, Senior Marketing Manager, Inman News.

Taken from www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com.

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Relevency of Information in Social Media Article taken from www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com.

So, you have a Facebook profile. You signed up for Twitter. You’re even on LinkedIn. You’re pretty sure that

you’re on track to go viral. Leads should be pouring in now that you’ve done everything possible to stay current

with real estate technology, but your Playstation friend requests seem to be more relevant than who’s friending

you on Facebook and following you on Twitter.

The New Rules of Branding Your Business Online Article taken from www.inc.com.

It's no longer enough to have a sleek website, social-media presence, and consistent brand aesthetic online. The

new rules of branding your business on the Web have a lot less to do with presentation, and a lot more to do with

interaction. In order to bring you up to speed, Inc.com has compiled nine of the most innovative and ingenious

tips from articles, guides, and interviews in Inc. and Inc.com over the past year. These are the new rules of

branding online.

1. Don’t just start the conversation

2. Either keep your personal brand out of it…

3. Or dive in and make all the headlines you can

4. Don’t favor edge over consistency

5. Be persistent in finding and targeting your niche

6. Excel at telling your customers “about us”

7. Fully integrate social media into your site

8. Monitor your brands reputation, and be ready to respond

9. Showcase your best work

For more on how to implement

these ideas, use this QR code.

Or go to http://goo.gl/kAtB7

Use this QR code to view

full article. Or go to

http://goo.gl/3uPCI

MCA Minute: Don’t forget your statement will be emailed to you! Bills are due to Pam by

Friday, February 25 @ 5:00pm If you submit your payment after 5:00pm on the 25th be sure to add $25 for the late fee.

Some things you need to know!

TREC adopts revisions, new forms

The Texas Real Estate Commission adopted new forms and several revisions to existing forms at its November 15,

2010 meeting. These changes are effective March 1, although you can now use the new forms and revised forms.

Here’s a list of affected forms:

» One to Four Family Resiential Contract (Resale) (TREC 20-9, TAR 1601)

» Unimproved Property Contract (TREC 9-8, TAR 1607)

» New Home Contract (Incomplete Construction) (TREC 23-10, TAR 1603)

» New Home Contract (Completed Construction) (TREC 24-10, TAR 1604)

» Residential Condominium Contract (TREC 30-8, TAR 1605)

» Farm and Ranch Contract (TREC 25-7, TAR 1707)

» Addendum for Property Subject to Mandatory Membership in a Property Owners Association (TREC 36-6, TAR

1922)

» Third Party Financing Condition Addendum (TREC 40-4, TAR 1901)

» Disclosure of Relationship with Residential Service Company (TREC RSC-1, TAR 2513)

You can see all the changes in the Forms section of texasrealtors.com.

Legal Q & A: Is a seller ’ s disclosure required in a short sale?Legal Q & A: Is a seller ’ s disclosure required in a short sale?Legal Q & A: Is a seller ’ s disclosure required in a short sale?Legal Q & A: Is a seller ’ s disclosure required in a short sale?

I took a listing that is going to be a short sale and will require the lender’s approval. The seller insists that since the

lender is a necessary party to any sale that the seller is not obligated to provide a disclosure notice. Is that true?

No. Section 5.008 of the Property Code does not grant a seller an exemption to the requirement to provide the seller’s

disclosure notice because any sale of the property requires approval by the lender. While the lender’s approval may be

necessary for the transaction to be successful, the lender is not a party to the contract. Only the seller is selling the

property.

Remember that the seller’s disclosure notice is a risk-reduction tool for the benefit of the seller. The seller does not

need to add to his financial problems by risking a DTPA suit for nondisclosure of items that could have been provided

to a buyer by the careful preparation of the seller’s disclosure notice.

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100% CLUB!!

These agents capped and are now

receiving 100% of their commissions!

Karla Clanton

Wendy Jones

Jean Moss

Some of Cindy D’s family

pics from the holidays. From

left: her son Jimmy, wife

Cyndi and sons Blake,

Canin and Clayton.

Granddaughter Seagan and

grandson Tanner.

Stephanie’s kids, Keagan

and Kerrigan, got to ride a

camel the other day in the

Furr’s parking lot!

Paula and friends (also

Tech fans) in Los Angeles

Cute picture of the

Wyatt family!! Everyone enjoying baby Jaxyn, Jon and

Miranda’s new baby. She is precious!

Dick and Sherry Gosdin at

the Ft Worth Stock Show

with their grandchildren!

Ann’s grandson, Eli,

leading his school

choir group to sing for

the merchants!

Doug and Debbie practicing for our Minute to Win It Christmas Party! Priceless!

Toni’s daughters

and granddaughters,

the Golden Girls!

The Caprock Basketball Tournament

that David and Julie participate in

annually raises money to help buy

AmTryke’s, a therapeutic tryke used

to increase mobility in children and

adults. Thanks, David and Julie, for

all you do with AMBUCS and KW!

Left: Mary B’s granddaughters Alyssa

and Molly playing outside. Right:

Mary’s daughter, Cindy and

granddaughter Ashley.

Timmie’s

granddaughter, Lexi

will be competing in

the Junior Olympics

in Holland,

Amsterdam in

March. Good luck

Lexi!