Today’s Valencia CA Home Seller Tip comes from one of the better known comics in the world – George Carlin!

Remember George Carlin?  Some loved him some hated him, there were not many that had a neutral opinion of the Comic.  I do remember one skit he did reference to “STUFF”, we have too much of it he said.  You buy a bigger house so you can buy more stuff to put into the bigger house – and it went on and on.  Very funny.  However, when Paris and I go to our clients “potential” listing appointment and have a look around at all of the clutter, we are sometimes met with quite a lot of “STUFF”.

“One of the things that I have always wondered about was what Garages were for?”  ”Do you park a car in them, or are they for other “Stuff”?”

How useful is your garage? The nice weather is here but can you reach your bike, or even find it? How about your gardening tools? Are they buried or mingled with other instruments? It’s terribly hard to use things if you cannot find them or even reach them. Organizing your garage can make life not only easier but more enjoyable.

There are so many options for turning your garage into a well organized space. Whether you want to hire a professional who specializes in garage systems or do it on your own, the garage can become more usable and can be done expensively or rather reasonably.

Simply hanging a peg board allows you to arrange hooks in numerous ways where garden tools and other tools can hang in an organized fashion and be both easily seen and accessible. Larger bike hooks can be hung on the walls to hang bikes from their front tires or pulley systems can be purchased to hang them from the ceiling and out of the way.

There are so many options to make your garage more appealing. If you want to make your garage extra fancy and extremely clean there are numerous coatings available that can be applied like paint. 

We have placed some of the best real estate resource options for the Valencia CA real estate community on our Main Valencia CA at REMAX Website.

Also, if you have been looking to hook up with a team of agents to give you assistance with your HUNTING of Valencia CA Homes – pick up the phone and call me – 661-513-4620.  One of the new “keys” to this current real estate market has to do with the “inter personal realtor” relationships.  Is your agent getting access to listings by other top producing real estate agents before the home enters the re-sale market?  Ask them, it could help your quest!

Shortly after our start, We went With Coldwell Banker Vista Realty in Valencia Ca.  I remember Norm Cox, Joann Byrd and Pam green, some were managers and some were guides.  Paris was told quite frequently told that she was going to be awesome, but when people tell you that, you don’t take it to heart.

Today, reflecting on our Real Estate business, I cannot help but compare it with being an LAPD officer for over 17 years with a current stint as a LAPD reserve officer.  From the time when I was very young, LApD was my Goal.  I wanted it more than anything else in the world.

My achievement with the LAPD hiring me took place 10/09/1990.  I remember that first day very well.  A black line on the Gym of the Elysian Park police academy.  That black line was going to turn us mice into men.  Names like McGannon, Madelena, and Quinones – were some of those that I remember most.  We have had a few of our class die as well.  Suicide, cancer and plane crashes.  They have taken their toll.  But the majority of Class of 10-90 lives on.

Representing our clients with Real Estate has been a very Freeing Experience.  We have been able to do things that others in our real estate industry could not do.  Including making Paris911 a well known brand within all of the Law Enforcement circles.  LAPD, LASD, CHP, LA Co Fire, LAFD, FAM’s, FBI, DOT, CIA amongst others.

We want to give the data you desire.  The most relevant real estate information possible.  Let us know how and when we can help you!

This will be a great event and is very close to most of the cities within reach of the Los Angeles Metro Area.  Be sure to go to the VTD-VTAC website and register before hand.  Click on the photo of the car show flyer above!!!

In fact, photos that accompany each and every blog post are a true asset to Google’s algorithm.

We pay a minimal amount for the ability for being able to capture images from our Various Real Estate Resources.

Here are some of the common items we capture.

• Easy Web Video’s:  This is our very own upload platform for videos.  We have categorized over 440 videos to YouTube showing the in’s and outs of real estate.  We can capture the “interactive Video” that is uploaded to Easy Web Video dot com and present it within a blog post.
• Foreclosure Radar:  This system seems to be one that agent’s don’t see the value in.  We have been able to work with many various buyers from different walks of life with our “previewing” of the Foreclosure inventory for Santa Clarita Valley and the other Southern California Cities.
• Diverse Solutions:  The DS system is unique.  It allows us to upload the current market snapshot and have the photo reroute to the page that is rendering all of the listings that are applicable.
• LifeStyle Real Estate Search:  With the consumer in mind, the real estate interested, we are able to capture the screen shots of various searches and have the photo link to that particular search.  Whether distressed searches or searches by various bedrooms, bathrooms, price and area combinations.

These are just a few examples of what our on screen photo captures are able to be used for.  If you want more intel regarding how to get your Business or Real Estate site to the top of the SERP’s(search engine results pages), give me a shout out so we can help you.

Even if you are in our same industry, having that “connection” blesses our buyers and sellers in Santa Clarita real estate.

When you are wanting to hunt for real estate – why not go for a resource where you can find everything you are looking for?  When it comes to real estate search and inquires, our website is tops at a Local Level in the City of Valencia California.  Located within the Santa Clarita Valley – Valencia is one of the 6 cities that we service at REMAX of Valencia CA.

Besides these cities – you can find many other resources for the surrounding areas in Southern California at our Paris911 Real Estate systems.  Besides, when you are using local real estate search systems, you don’t have to be bothered by people that are going to monetize your personal information.  Meaning, you are not going to enter into the “spam” realm.

Paris and I, at REMAX of Valencia, own and operate the best Active real estate search portals, all with one thing in common, those systems are updated several times per hour and give instantaneous property renderings.  This varies from most of the real estate syndication websites which are built around lead generation for the most part.  In fact, there are properties that I pull, on an almost daily basis that our clients have found on some of these websites.  After gathering my Intel on them I find that a few of the listings are routinely in escrow(under contract), and are not actually available.  I find others that have expired long ago and some that are no where on the “for sale now or ever” market.

You owe it to yourself to value your time spent searching for Valencia CA real estate.  Make sure you are getting the best advice when approaching the Real estate plate.

If you are a masterful writer of content, or even a so-so one that is creating content by answering consumers questions, you will not have a need for “pay for click”.  But, if you are just starting out on-line, the “pay per click” does level the playing field when it comes to “on-line exposure”. 

Know your Business keywords:

Have you ever wondered how people may be searching for your business?  In the Santa Clarita Valley, as far as real estate is concerned, we have various costs’ associated with the “largest” keywords in our market.  ”Santa Clarita Real Estate”, can cost a Buyer anywhere from $3.00 to $7.00 a click.  Don’t look at this as a way to end your competition and deplete their pay per click balance.  You only get one crack at a competitors balance from the clicking on any sponsored ad.

Google has a Keyword Tool.  Type in some brief business information and you will see the results populate the page.  You will be able to see how people are searching for your type of business.

Pay Per Click companies:

While there is not much to putting together a pay per click ad, most can do it themselves, it may not hurt to talk with company that only does “pay per click” management.  Some of these companies can be quite insightful when it comes to managing your pay per click campaign.  I’m sure some of those pay per click companies rep’s will respond to this post, see if their comments below add value or are built around self promotion only.  Go for the ones that are “adding value”.

DIY – Pay Per Click Do it Yourself:

After you get your keywords and what  you want to be known for, get into Google and start your own Pay Per Click Campaign(Ad-Words).  The same would apply for Yahoo and Bing.  You can set your pay per click campaign at only one of the Search Engines, or you can set accounts up on all of the Search Engines.  Your choice, but I’d start a bit slower to tune your ads and landing pages(more about this next…).

Start slow, find out what items get more clicks.  Make sure you have a “contact” form that is highly recognizable on the landing page.  Make every dollar spent on the pay per click campaign pays off by having the page, you have the “clickers” land on, optimized in the best way possible so you can obtain the visitors information and conduct a follow-up.

Organic versus Pay Per Click:

We will talk about “Content being King” in a future post about your BEST Business methods.  However, I’ll leave you with this.  While Pay Per Click campaigns work well.  There is something quite reassuring, to a “Googler”, to have your own business website at the top of the “organic” search results pages.  How you will do this is by adding value to what you sell or to the service you provide.  Write without ceasing and then write some more.  Get involved in the conversation, ask questions and answer the same.

Investors – Market Update – Foreclosure Update – Highest and Best – Price Reductions

Try any of the terms below in our MacBoX to get the latest intel on the local Santa Clarita Market.

Local News

West Side Calendar – Find out what is happening in the Santa Clarita Valley in the coming week.
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65515/

Ivy League school janitor graduates with honors – Don’t they like Custodial worker better?
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65519/

UPDATED: Search on for missing woman – I hope they find her soon, I am sure her family misses her…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65465/

UPDATED: At least one person injured in multi-vehicle crash on southbound I-5 just south of Hwy 14 – There were probably a lot of “lookie loo’s” on this one, as usual…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65499/

Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift – 28 years old??  Don’t they say that Youth is wasted on the Young?  I hope he starts traveling
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/65477/

Prep Sports

Canyon’s Courtney Ziese: The stage is met – I like sports, but not too much.. Everything in moderation…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65505/

CIF track and field: League’s top on display – Best runners, jumpers, vaulters, and more…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65461/

CIF volleyball: Just like old times – I used to be able to “set a spike” very well….
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65455/

CIF track and field: Foothill is on track – I knew a guy in college, Mike Sinclair, he would run a 4.9 40 yard dash and weighed 307 pounds.  Very Fast…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65463/

CIF volleyball: ’Cats keep clawing – Sharpen those nails…
http://www.the-signal.com/section/19/article/65459/

Valencia California Weekly Market Update for the week of May 13, 2012

Stevenson Ranch California Weekly Market Update for the week of May 13, 2012

Saugus California Weekly Market Update for the week of May 13, 2012

Newhall California Weekly Market Update for the week of May 13, 2012

Castaic California Weekly Market Update for the week of May 13, 2012

Canyon Country California Weekly Market Update for the week of May 13, 2012

Santa Clarita California Weekly Market Update for the week of May 13, 2012

REMAX’s Paris911 team Breaking new ground when it comes to real estate searches is what keeps our clients on top of the real estate market.  We have given coined names to all of our engines – our most famous is the MaCBox – Mac – for the first three letters of our last name, MacIvor – and Box – well, because it is a box.

We have just spoken about the Santa Clarita real estate inventory, the current list prices and the issues with regard to supply and demand.  You can check out our YouTube channel at SCV Moves or by hitting our Real estate in Santa Clarita community Blog.

BE Safe – here is a quick video recapping the most recent changes during the last week in the Santa Clarita real estate market.