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July 19, 2011

It's Our Birthday ! HomeRun Homes Celebrates 9 Years of Rent to Own Homes

Hi Folks,
   I hope your week has been kind to you, or at least so far.

   OK, I'm happy and I want to share this with you...
   It's Our Birthday !

   We are celebrating 9 years of Rent to Own Homes this month.

   We are about to break the news, but here is your exclusive look at our Press Release hitting the wires this week:

For Immediate Release:
HomeRun Homes
(631) 678-5298
(631) 574-2420
http://www.lease2buy.com

Rent to Own Homes Mega-Site Celebrates Their 9th Anniversary

Ronkonkoma, New York, July 20, 2011 - HomeRun Homes (www.Lease2Buy.com) is proudly celebrating their 9th anniversary, and is announcing substantial strides toward their goal of bringing the Rent to Own Option into the mainstream of Real Estate Transactions.

Bringing Rent to Own Into The Mainstream

It has been a very busy and eventful year for HomeRun Homes. Over the course of the past year, the company has achieved the Government-mandated PCI DSS Web Security Compliance Certification, they were accepted into the prestigious Building Trades Association (BTA), and they announced a Strategic Alliance with business documents mega-site, U.S. Legal Forms. Additionally, the company started donating services to the Wounded Warrior Homes Non-Profit Organization.

Over the first part of this year, the company purchased the HomeRunHomes.com Domain Name to co-exist with their Lease2Buy.com Domain Name. The CEO & Founder of the company, Robert Eisenstein, began offering Public Speaking Appearances, and was quoted as summarizing the previous year as, "gigantic leaps forward in making Rent to Own an option that should always be on the table for both Buyers and Sellers".

Bigger Steps In the Coming Year

Eisenstein and HomeRun Homes are mapping out another powerful year, with some very helpful new projects on their agenda. Some of these projects include; making a mobile-version of the website (for Androids, IPhones, IPads, etc), adding additional payment options for customer convenience, creating a video tutorial series for the website, and creating a page devoted to the listings (Ads) RSS feeds from the website.

The company is also looking to add more countries to cover multiple different emerging markets (South Africa, China, Russia), and they hope to make further alliances with non-profit organizations to assist them in meeting their goals. Eisenstein forecasts that with the further integration of Rent to Own as an option to buy or sell a home, "it could even stoke the fires of recovery in some languishing regional housing markets".

For additional information on the topic, "Rent to Own Homes Mega-Site Celebrates Their 9th Anniversary", please visit http://www.Lease2Buy.com

ABOUT HOMERUN HOMES

Founded in 2002, HomeRun Homes is a Centralized Marketplace which helps people Buy or Sell a Rent to Own Home, a Commercial Property, or to offer Home Services nationwide and globally to the thriving Rent to Own market

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   Summary: 9 years in the books. Lots of people in their new homes as a result of our website, and a lot of people have been able to crawl out from under their hefty mortgages as a result of our website. That's what keeps me going !

   I would love to hear your thoughts, comments, and opinions!


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Have a Great Week, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !
Regards,
Rob Eisenstein
HomeRun Homes Blog: http://blogging.lease2buy.com
HomeRun Homes Websites: http://www.lease2buy.com and http://www.homerunhomes.com

TAGS: #renttoown #RealEstate #HousingMarkets #homes #BuildingTrades #PCI #mobile #Android #Iphone #RSS #tutorial #speaking

May 24, 2011

Low Housing Inventory As A Common Denominator

Morning Folks,

   Glad to have you here with me.

   This morning, the New Residential Sales figures were released for this past April, and there has been a nice bump over the past month in the sales of new one-family homes, specifically 7.3% above March. Over the longer term (since April 2010), there was a drop of over 23%. Does this come as a shock?

   According to 3 separate sources, not really, as they all cite low inventory as the common denominator.

   Barry Goodhart, a Property Manager, says that there is "less inventory for buyers to choose from", and thus, "The decrease in new houses coming on the market should help support".

   Ken Pozek, a residential real estate agent in Suburban Metro Detroit, says that they are having an "Amazing" sales year, and that, "low inventory is making this a crazy market!"

   Finally, Ken Koenen, LLM Attorney at Law, says that he has, "little faith in the numbers provided.", and that, "too much inventory is owned by the banks", and that, "they are controlling the market place at their whim."

   What are your thoughts? Were you happy about the increase over last month? Concerned over the big drop from last year? We'd love to hear from you.

Have a Great Week, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !
Regards,
Rob Eisenstein
HomeRun Homes Blog http://blogging.lease2buy.com
HomeRun Homes Website http://www.lease2buy.com

TAGS: #residential #homes #propertymanager

January 17, 2011

Cloud Computing and Real Estate

Hi Folks,

   Glad to have you back. If you are lucky enough to have the Holiday off for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I hope that you have a nice, relaxing day planned.

   Lately, every time you turn on your TV, you hear, "To The Cloud", or "Cloud this", and "Cloud that". What exactly is this, "Cloud". Well, this is not the kind of cloud that you see in the sky. This is referring to a virtual cloud, where a sky cloud has billions of little droplets of water, and the Computing Cloud has billions of servers hosting Web sites and Web Applications ("Apps").

   As Wikipedia refers to it, "Cloud computing is location independent computing, whereby shared servers provide resources, software, and data to computers and other devices on demand, as with the electricity grid.", which is the "Cloud", or you can even think of it as an ocean. It's huge and made up of billions of pieces.

   Now, as Cloud Computing relates to an industry, such as the Real Estate industry, Wikipedia continues to say that, "This frequently takes the form of web-based tools or applications that users can access and use through a web browser as if it were a program installed locally on their own computer." So, to break this down, a Realtor or an investor can be on the road looking at homes, and can pull out their laptop, IPad, IPhone, Droid, etc, and can access a Web Site that can run the same Home-Valuation App that they can run from their desktop in their office. Thus, they are accessing the "Cloud" to do exactly what they can do from their office. As long as their is a connection to the Internet, they can do this.

   Hopefully, this can give you a good understanding of how Cloud Computing is and how it relates to the Real Estate industry. Things have come a long way since my Commodore 64K Computer in the 80's! (Now, I'm dating myself with that statement !).

   Did I miss anything? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear

Have a Great Week, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !
Regards,
Rob Eisenstein
HomeRun Homes Blog http://blogging.lease2buy.com
HomeRun Homes Website http://www.lease2buy.com


Tags: #cloudcomputing #realestate #realtor

December 31, 2010

Real Estate Resolutions for 2011

Good Morning,


   Well, we have made it through another year! The last post of the last month of the last day of the year. It seems so final, but only until the door opens on the New Year, and it is a new beginning.

   In keeping with the "new beginning" mode, we thought this would be a great time to present some resolutions from our peers, and here are what a few of them have told us about their resolutions:

   Gregg Goldsholl, an agent with Houlihan Lawrence brokerage in Larchmont, New York: Price every listing for today's market - not what the seller wants to get, Work smarter not harder. Make sure buyers have financing before going out, Continue to provide killer client service, Do the things that lead to success. There are no shortcuts.

   Kelsey Lane, a Realtor with Keller Williams Realty Silicon Valley: I am getting my green designation through the National Association of Realtors - that is only part of the resolution though. The other part is that I am going to educate sellers, as I am helping them get their homes ready to sell, that we should be using as many green remodeling techniques as possible (for example, no VOC paint, light fixtures that accommodate CFL's attractively, SmartStrand carpet made from corn, etc.)

   Leonard Baron, a San Diego State University Professor and Real Estate Investor: Buy some more properties in 2011 - I bought 8 in 2009/2010. Interest rates are very low, housing prices are very low, vacancy is very low, so investment returns on properties are very high. Anyone who wants to do real estate for the long term, and you should NEVER buy real estate for the short term, should be out there learning, understanding, and then buying property.

   A lot of my own personal and business resolutions are closely related to those listed above. What are your resolutions for the New Year? Do you have any that differ from what was listed in this article? Please share with us here, as we would love to know.

Wishing You a Happy, Healthy, and a Prosperous New Year !

Have a Great Weekend, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !
Regards,
Rob Eisenstein
HomeRun Homes Blog http://blogging.lease2buy.com
HomeRun Homes Website http://www.lease2buy.com

December 13, 2010

Giving Back to Our Wounded Warriors

Hi Everyone,
   Hope you had a great weekend.

   As we all know, this is the season of giving, and today, we'd like to discuss a charity that we believe is worthy of your donations. The charity I am referring to is "Wounded Warrior Homes", and basically, the vision of this non-profit organization is to provide fully furnished homes (including sheets, towels, and the first 2 weeks of food), in which each military service member, "will rent a private room at below market rent and have the sense of ownership." In addition, the service member is connected with a case manager, along with "educational and job training options" and will, "begin working on their individual transition plan toward independence in 2 -2 1/2 years or less."

   Wounded Warrior Homes was started by Steve & Mia Roseberry, with backgrounds in General Contracting and with special education, respectively, and as they state on their website, their effort is to, "use their skills as real estate investors to help provide transitional housing to service members with Traumatic Brain Injury."

   This is a fantastic charity, and something that I thought would be great idea to announce here on this Blog, since their vision runs along the lines of the business of housing in which we are all involved in, either directly or indirectly.

   When you have a chance, take a look at their website, and see how you can help our heroes gain back their lives after defending us with their own lives!

Have a Great Week, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !
HomeRun Homes Blog http://blogging.lease2buy.com
HomeRun Homes Website http://www.lease2buy.com

September 20, 2010

4 Years Until a Housing Bottom ?

Hi Folks,
   I hope you had a great weekend, and welcome back. I'd like to thank all of our contest winners from Friday, and be sure to watch for new contests coming up very soon.

   "The Case for a Housing Bottom in 2013-14" - does that stun you? How about the following analysis; "Bubbles tend to rise and fall in symmetry, meaning that a bubble that took seven years to reach its apex typically takes about the same period to time to retrace to its starting point.". These are just a few of the points mentioned in an article on DailyFinance.com by Charles Hugh Smith. The article is worth a read, and for those who own multiple properties, take something for your stomach acid before reading the article.

   On a similar note, there are some important housing numbers being released this week:

   Tue 9/21 - Loan Performance Housing Price Index (MORE INFO HERE)
   Tue 9/21 - New Residential Construction (MORE INFO HERE)
   Wed 9/22 - FHFA House Price Index (MORE INFO HERE)
   Thu 9/23 - NAR Existing Home Sales (MORE INFO HERE)
   Fri 9/24 - New Residential Sales (MORE INFO HERE)

   It's worth it to take a look at these numbers as they come out. There are a million theories out there regarding the economy and the housing market. Is the sky falling? Well, for a lot of folks, it already has.

   I like to look at it as follows: The "Chicken Little" is someone who runs around claiming that the sky will fall, the "Optimist" is one who has the intestinal fortitude and cash reserves to stay the course and stay positive. The remainder are those who have lost their jobs and their homes. It is a sad mix, with a disproportionate amount of people falling into the remainder category.

   You know what? We are a strong country that has been through many hardships before. With a little optimism in the darkest days, the days of prosperity will return...they just have to. Everyone knows this. The questions is..."WHEN?".

Stay Strong !

Have a Great Week, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !!

August 2, 2010

Commercial Real Estate...and We Need Your Input !

Hi Everyone,


   Hope you had a nice and peaceful weekend. As for me, having a toddler, the word "peaceful" does not exist !

   We wanted to announce a few new things currently and on the horizon. First, we have created a new RSS Feed with all of our Press Releases, that covers our news, press and media, regarding rent to own and real estate in general. It is freely available at this link

   Next, for those of you who have placed your buildings, stores, apartments, and land available Ads in the "Homes Available" Section, please note that your exposure would be much better in the Commercial Real Estate section. Please let us know if you would like your Ads moved over to the Commercial Property section.

   Now, we want to turn things over to you, and we have a few questions. For all of those who respond via comments on this Blog or via E-mail, we will send you a small token of our appreciation (please provide your E-mail address along with your correspondence).

Question #1: Would you be interested in seeing additional countries added to the website? If so, which ones and why?
Question #2: Are there any Social Networks that you would like to see us on that we are NOT on currently?
Question #3: What other topics would you like to see discussed on our Blog? Please be specific.

   As mentioned above: If you answer any (or all) of the above either via comments on this Blog OR via E-mail, along with your E-mail reply address, we will send you over a small token of our appreciation.

Have a Great Day and Happy Rent-to-Owning !

July 15, 2010

What Tenants Look For In a Rental Property

Hi Everyone,

Yes, we know that we don't usually post on Thursdays, however, we wanted to pass along a great article that we were interviewed for, called, "What Tenants Look For In a Rental Property". In that article, w have listed the 10 most common things that tenants were looking for in a home over the past 60 days.

To Summarize, these 10 items are:
1. Double Garage/2 Car Garage
2. Some Land/Acreage
3. Must Allow Pets
4. Pool
5. School District
6. Basement – Nice Size & Finished Basement
7. Proximity to transportation (Bus/Subway, etc)
8. Backyard Would Be Nice. A Three Bedroom Would Also Work.
9. Fireplace.
10. Washer/Dryer Hook Up


We were very kindly referred to as, "HomeRun Homes (www.Lease2Buy.com), a rent-to-own classifieds powerhouse" and "...a highly-ranked online classifieds service exclusively for rent-to-own properties", of which we are very proud of! The full article can be seen here: http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2010/07/14/what-tenants-look-for-in-a-rental-property/


Have a Great Day, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !!

July 12, 2010

Common Misconception: Realtors ARE Welcome !

Hi Everyone,

   We hope you had a great weekend, and welcome back.

   Today, we would like to address a very common misconception, and we would like to clarify this for all of those who have asked us about this. We receive countless E-mails from Realtors, real estate agents, real estate brokers, etc, with some wonderful comments about our website, but telling us that since they are Realtors, they cannot use our website. This is a huge misunderstanding on the part of these individuals and companies, and we would like to discuss this today, since this one fact is holding them back from finding buyers for their homes for sale (or homes for Rent to Own), and simultaneously, is taking away from extra responses that buyers on our website can have presented to them.

   We would like to put this right out into the open to all people in the Real Estate industry; We are not your competitors - we are your friends and your resource.

   We are here for buyers, sellers, investors, Realtors, and anyone who is selling a Rent to Own Home, Buying a Rent to Own Home, or is offering home-related services (appraisers, attorneys, Realtors, mortgage brokers, etc). I will admit that when we first started, we did rant against Realtors, basically, it was a "silly rookie mistake", and we realized that we are all here for one purpose - to help people buy or sell homes. So for our tiny mistake back about 8 years ago, we take full responsibility and we apologize.

   Now, we know that not all of your clients want to Rent to Own. Some of them would like to sell outright, and if they can, fantastic. However, should their listing sit dormant on the MLS and be in jeopardy of becoming an expired listing, this mean that the homeowner is not able to get out from under their payments, and a Rent to Own might be the solution to their problem. So, that is where we come in - and we reiterate - we are not your competition. Of course, we ask that you not contact any homeowners on our website and ask them to list with you as that would be a violation of the terms of our website (and of course, just plain unethical), but, if you are contacting them about buyers that you have, then by all means, make the connection with the homeowner, and identify yourself and your intentions.

   Occasionally, we receive E-mails from people asking if we send them listings, however, we have clearly defined in our terms and in our "About Us" section (http://www.lease2buy.com/rent-to-own-homes.php), namely, "We do not "send" you listings: All of the listings of Rent to Own homes, Rent to Own buyers, and home service providers are all listed on our website, and you can browse them for FREE !".

   So, to summarize, where the MLS is a listing of homes for sale, HomeRun Homes (Lease2Buy.com) is a listing of homes available for Rent to Own, homes wanted by Rent to Own, and Home Services available for homeowners and prospective homebuyers. This puts us in a unique position within our niche of the Real Estate Market, and not as a competitor with the MLS and Realtors.

   Hopefully, we have been able to answer your questions about who we are and why we can work together. Your focus is on transactions, listings, and deals, and our focus is on being a central meeting place for Rent to Own buyers and sellers, but we both share a common ground in providing customer service and helping people. Realtors definitely help people, and we would like to think we do, as well.

   Have a Great Week and Happy Rent-to-Owning !!!




May 26, 2010

Ambivalent Housing Market, Secrets of Rent to Own, etc...

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are having a great week. We are already half-way through, and chugging along towards the long Holiday weekend !

Today, I wanted to return to the ambivalent topic of the housing market, and I wanted to cite two very interesting pieces. The first article is about the rise in New Home Sales in April. This is very interesting, but as we know, the tax credit expired on April 30th, and to see if the mad rush to buy new homes continued after that date, I want to see the numbers for May ! Am I never satisfied? Well, that brings us to the second article, which says, "After increasing last summer, U.S. home prices are drifting lower again". "Clashing, Contradictory, Uncertain, Undecided"? These are all synonyms from Thesaurus.com that describe this ambivalent condition. One would have to argue that as the old cliche dictates, "only time will tell".

On the Website side of things, we have been working hard to get our site to render/appear well on your IPhone, Droid, etc. We will be entering the mobile testing phase in the next few weeks and will post our results for some of the most common mobile devices after that time.

Be sure to check out our "Secrets of Rent to Own" Guide Here. This is a handy guide for anyone that is Looking to Buy a Rent to Own a Home or is Selling a Rent to Own Home. It's a great first step in the direction of a Rent to Own agreement, if that is indeed what is of interest to you.


What else would you like to hear us Blog About? We have been taking your opinions and surveys and responding to them. Keep it coming, as we truly value your input and suggestions. Comment below or E-mail us Here.


Have a Great Week, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !!

May 17, 2010

Flipping, Homes Available, Mortgages, Tip of the Day...

Hi Everyone,

Hope everyone had a great weekend. It was a really warm weekend here in New York, and of course, that means, "Daddy, I want ice cream", and of course, my personal favorite, the resulting sugar rush !

A few business partners/investors and I went looking at some local properties this past weekend to get a better sense of the underlying market conditions, and to potentially make some offers on some of them in order to flip/rehab, and then Rent to Own them afterwards. The funny thing is that we have actually made contact with a customer who placed an Ad on our site and we are going to see their property this week. When they heard that it was members of HomeRun Homes who are actually coming to see their home, they had a good laugh, due to the irony. We had wanted to see their home this past weekend, however, they were showing the property to people who contacted them via their Ad on our site (their "Home Available" Ad).

We have been receiving a lot of E-mails from people asking us about certain properties or homes that they desire to have, so we wanted to clarify here, that you can always check out homes and contact the owners (for free !) via the "Homes Available" link on the side of our website (www.lease2buy.com). If you do not see the property you are looking for, you can let "the world" know what you need by clicking the "Find a Rent to Own" Home link on any page of our website, and following the prompts to create your own, "Home Wanted" Ad.

Tip of the Day: When we originally purchased our primary residence, our mortgage broker quoted us a specific rate. When we got to closing, there was a 1/8 point discrepancy above the quoted rate. After some yelling and screaming during the closing (of course), the broker agreed to compensate us by cutting a check to hedge the "loss" for us. All worked out well, and this kind of thing does happen from time to time, and it may not be malicious on their part - it could just be an oversight. But the tip of the day is 2 words: "In Writing". Make sure you get every single quote, whether it's a mortgage interest rate, a home price...anything...in writing, on the letterhead of the broker, seller, etc, along with the date and their signature.


We will be doing some cool structural work on our site this week, and we'll let you know.

As always, remember to "Follow" our Blog (see the left-side of the page), so you can be notified when a new post is made, and as always, we welcome your valuable comments and insights!

Have a great week, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !

May 14, 2010

New Residential Construction, Loans, Referrals and Affiliates, Free Book...

Hi Everyone,

A Happy Friday to All.

Things have been simmering here at HomeRun Homes, with traffic to our website at all-time highs, and we are proud to say that we have received the most "Thank You" E-mails from our customers within one week since we began doing business 8 years ago.

OK, some important news coming out next week:

Tuesday the 18th brings the newest figures for New Residential Construction - Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions

Friday the 21st brings the Loan Performance Housing Price Index


These are both very important numbers. The announcement of New Construction, coupled with Housing Prices, should paint a better picture of where things have been over the past few months, and if they are positive, they can hopefully continue throughout the summer and beyond.

Now, we usually like to throw some exciting promo on the table at least once a week, so we are letting everyone know that we offer a generous Referral and Affiliate program. If you are interested in learning more, please leave comments here, or you can send an E-mail to homebuyer@lease2buy.com with the subject line of "Referrals/Affiliates", and we'll send you more details. It's a great way to earn some extra money and some free months on your Ads.

As a final note, we are responding to a question from one of the buyers who has received a large amount of responses from sellers this past week. Our best advice is to make a document or spreadsheet with the name and contact info of each seller, along with the details (prices, etc) of their homes. Once you have it all down visually, it's much easier for you to make a decision and make further reminder notes once you have viewed their properties. Good luck, and we hope you found your new castle !

Remember, we are offering a Free Copy of "Secrets of Rent to Own", when you purchase an Ad of 3-Months or longer.

If you're Looking for a Rent to Own Home, you can get your very own "Home Wanted" Ad at http://www.lease2buy.com/prospectivetenants.php

If you're Selling a Rent to Own Home, you can get your very own "Home Available" Ad at http://www.lease2buy.com/prospectivesellers.php


Have a Great Weekend, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !!

May 12, 2010

Great Real Estate Deals, Home Staging, Rehabbing....

Hi All,

Happy Wednesday to everyone.

It's been an exciting week at the HomeRun Homes campus, and to all of you who have thanked us for bringing you such a deluge of quality responses to your Ads...you are quite welcome. Our goal is to bring traffic to our website so buyers or sellers can find you, and you can Find a Rent to Own Home or Sell a Rent to Own Home. Basically, we are just doing our job, since we work for you!

We wanted to re-emphasize a fantastic article, called: "7 Cities With Great Real Estate Deals", which runs down some of the hottest returning markets. If you read through the article, you'll see that there are a lot of unpolished gems out there. Further, you will see our name mentioned in the article for Atlanta, and also for Orlando, Florida (and Central Florida), since we believe that these are two of the hottest markets right now.

This leads me to the next item, which is that our 8-Year anniversary is around the corner. We originally got our start buying and rehabbing homes in Central Florida (Read our full background here: http://www.lease2buy.com/rent-to-own-homes.php). One of the first homes we renovated is this one:



We will tell you more about this in the coming weeks, as our June anniversary approaches, along with some fantastic offers...stay tuned for your exclusive opportunities to be announced here in our company Blog!

The last item that we wanted to discuss is Home-Staging, which has gained quite a bit of momentum in the recent market. For example, I have a neighbor who was stuck in his home for 8 months, he could not sell, and he was not in a position to Rent to Own the home. I had a Home-Staging company get in touch with him, and they came in and revamped his entire home. During his next Open House, he got a few offers, and he is actually in contract now. This is a handy service. Are you a Home Stager? If so, please tell us more about your work.


Have a Great Day, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !

May 5, 2010

Expansion regardless of Economic Conditions

Hi All,
Hope your week is going well so far.

We have been letting people know about our newsletter, and we have many new subscribers, so we welcome them!

We also know that once they are visiting our site, they will be seeing and contacting both Buyers and Sellers of Rent to Own Homes, so the snowball effect occurs. Let me explain - you are offering a home, they need a home, they see your Ad, they contact you, you make a deal, and everyone is happy. If they have a home they are offering, they see your Ad, they contact you, you make a deal and have a new home! The circle of life; happy visitors make happy customers.

On to another topic:

We live in what was a small town out in Eastern Long Island. We moved back in 2005at the high point of the market, however, the traffic has exploded as new subdivisions have sprung up everywhere, and the influx of people coming "out East" has been so dramatic, that they recently began expansion of our main road from 2 lanes to a 4-lane highway.

This is another sign of "Sprawl", but most importantly, it's a sign of flourishing during a difficult market. The empty stores and shops with the whitewashed windows has slowed, and new businesses have moved in. It's incredible how communities spark back to life, and this should be happening all across the country. Would it be too much to ask for a Starbucks near me?

I hope everyone has a great week, and we'll check in with you later in the week to give you some more updates.

Have a great day, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !

April 28, 2010

Lease2Buy.com Updates, Featured, Free Offer...

Hi Everyone,
Happy Mid-week to you.

Today, we are just giving you some updates on the website, along with another FREE OFFER - Free Offers are Cool!

First, just an update on the ability to Feature/Upgrade your Ads.
We have completely redesigned and updated the Top Spot/Featured Ad Pages for the following types of Ads:

Buyers/Homes Wanted at http://www.lease2buy.com/top_homeswanted.php, and

Sellers/Homes Available at https://www.lease2buy.com/top_homesavailable.php

Both upgrade options are available either upon placing an Ad, OR, via your Login/Control Panel (from the "Log In" button on the homepage, or directly via http://www.lease2buy.com/login.php). When you log in and "View" your Ads, there will be a "FEATURE/SHOWCASE THIS AD" option next to the Ad.

Remember: There is only ONE "TOP SPOT" Featured Ad per State (we can only allow one on the top of each State without it getting cluttered).


Website Tip of the Day:
How to get "ONE FREE MONTH" added on to the Ad you have already placed !

When you log into your account (from the "Log In" button on the homepage, or directly via http://www.lease2buy.com/login.php), there is a button that says, "Survey".

If you click that button and fill out a short survey with your very useful comments/questions, not only will this be very helpful to us, but we will also add one extra month to the Ad you have placed!!

How's that for a sweet deal?

When we receive your comments and questions (on anything - the site, the design, suggestions, the market - anything), if they require a response, we will reply.

If it is an incredible question or comment, we might even post it here on the blog and respond to it here, especially if it is something that can help everyone.

Check back later in the week for more interesting news......

Have a great day, and Happy Rent-to-Owning
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March 30, 2010

Site Design, Social Media, & Housing

Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to thank you for being regular readers on our blog, and also, repeat visitors to our website (www.Lease2Buy.com).

A few notes on our website, as we have continued to re-design quite a few key pages and remove some fluffy text. Additionally, we will be adding newer features to get your Ads out in front of more (even more!) potential buyers or sellers, so please keep checking the site regularly for these changes and additions.

On the advertising front, we have continued working with some solid companies in terms of expanding our Social Media presence, and you can check a few our profiles here:
Facebook (Click Here)
Twitter (Click Here)

We are also listed on every major social media site, and we are developing our profiles on them substantially, as well.


On the economic front, New Residential Sales were released last week, and the numbers dipped 2.2% from January...but 13% from Feb 2009. These are some very telling numbers, and this tells us we are not out of the woods yet.

Continue to keep all creative buying or selling options open.

Thanks, and Happy Rent-to-Owning.