Homes Sales Up, and Addressing a Reader Question

Hi Folks,
   Hope you had a nice fall weekend.

   Hot off the Press: The National Association of Realtors (NAR) just released the latest data showing that "Home Sales are Up". Per the Realtor.org website, the Pending Home Sales Index rose 4.3 percent from July, "but is 20.1 percent below August 2009".

   Now, just to make you aware of what this really means; The data reflects the sales contracts (not the physical closings), so the buyer(s) still need to be approved for financing, however, that is a different index.

   Look, many moons ago when I was in the stock market, there was a saying that, "The Trend is Your Friend". I'm sticking by that!

   A few of our readers who have Ads on our site have asked how they can upgrade their Ad(s) to the top of the page ("TOP SPOT"). For example, if you have a home listed on the Florida Rent to Own Homes page, it is listed alphabetically by city. If you want the Ad to also appear on the top of the page in it's own box with extra images and space, you can log into your Control Panel (http://www.lease2buy.com/login.php), click "View Ads", and then you can select the Upgrade/Feature option.

   For those of you who like to "Go Big" from the start, you can skip all of that and create your Ad and upgrade it to the top of the state page ("TOP SPOT") via these links:

If you are Looking for a Rent to Own Home, create your "TOP SPOT" Ad here: http://www.lease2buy.com/top_homeswanted.php

If you are Selling a Rent to Own Home, create your "TOP SPOT" Ad here: http://www.lease2buy.com/top_homesavailable.php

   Please remember that due to the size of the upgraded Ad, we can only offer one per state page (so it is extremely limited, as you can imagine).

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

HomeRun Homes Knocks it Out of the Park

Hi Folks,

   We just wanted to alert you to some great publicity that we just received on Patch.com. The article is titled, "HomeRun Homes Knocks it Out of the Park", and it is located here: http://sachem.patch.com/articles/home-run-homes-knocks-it-out-of-the-park

Here is an excerpt from the story:

"By focusing on the rent-to-own segment of the real estate market, Eisenstein's business has made impressive strides. Generating a considerable amount of web traffic through its site - over 1.2 million hits to date - HomeRun Homes has also expanded in other markets of real estate"

   This is just another reminder that we are out here bringing more folks to your Ads, whether you are Buying a Rent to Own Home or Selling a Rent to Own Home.

Please read the Full Article at Patch.com

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




 
 

A Viable Option and Some Promotional News...

Happy Wednesday to Everyone,

Hope you're all having a great week.

I just returned back here after a meeting with a panel of Realtors (Agents and Brokers), along with a mix of people who are selling their homes. Surprise/Surprise; a majority of the homeowners have been just sitting on their properties, and some have engaged the services of these Realtors to help them along.

We were there, at the invitation of some good-hearted Realtors, in order to present the concept of Rent to Own, and to let them know it is a viable option. Realtors know that if they place their clients homes on our website, and there is movement, traffic, and offers on the property, they look like magicians, especially nowadays. Rent to Own is moving away from the title of a "creative real estate deal", and is becoming more of a mainstream option.

OK, website news: At your request, we have added the "Site Map" option back to the bottom of every page on our website. We apologize that is was removed, but it was only for a few days for some testing, and we thank those of you who notified us about this. Further, we are toying with the idea of mentioning some of the latest Rent to Own Home listings and Rent to Own Buyer listings in our Blog posts. Is that something that would interest you? Please let us know.

PROMOTIONAL NEWS:
Please remember that for any 3-Month (or longer) "Home Available" Ad (if you're Selling a Rent to Own Home) or "Home Wanted" Ad (if you're buying a Rent to Own Home), you will receive a free copy of "Secrets of Rent to Own", which is a great guidebook for anyone buying or selling a Rent to Own Home (More info on this book here: Click Here).

In order to take advantage of this promo:
If you are Selling a Rent to Own Home, Click Here, and,
If you are Buying a Rent to Own Home, Click Here.
After checking-out, the book will be available for download upon log in.


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