Here we are 1/12 of the way through the year 2010 and boy has it been a busy month! Business is booming, and me and my clients have this motivational fire inside to make this the greatest year ever. So here is my latest video talking about it.

Megan Barber is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant, [...]

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Methinks that NAR is taking some great steps in the right direction. This is some exciting stuff in my opinion. I think this is badly needed and hopefully will erase the need for agents to buy into 3rd party aggregators. This should become a truly valuable NAR member benefit… Finally.

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In just a couple short weeks, the very first Virtual Real Estate BarCamp will be held on November 17th. I just signed up and so should you!
So what is a BarCamp anyways? According to Wikipedia – BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences (or unconferences) – open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided [...]

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If you want to ditch the desk and go completely mobile, here are the necessary tools to do so. This is a great post from Clint Miller on Active Rain. Follow him on Twitter too – http://twitter.com/therealclint

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Have you vistited our main site, www.BarberVASolutions.com lately? Well I am excited to announce that our BVAS site now has a new look! After 4+ years of having the same website design, I thought is was time for a facelift. So after many hours of hard work,  and many nights dreaming about CSS, I did [...]

I am always talking about the importance of social networking and blogging, and some cool news was announced last week from Active Rain: Active Rain Launches Outside Blogs.
The awesome people over at ActiveRain had made blogging for real estate professionals that much easier by offering Outside Blogging.  Some of the coolest features about their outside blogging includes:

The ability to host outside [...]

Las Vegas real estate agent, and friend to many in the real estate community has been diagnosed with Guillian-Barre Syndrome and is in the ICU at University Medical Center in Las Vegas. It is a very rare neurological condition that causes paralysis and muscle weakness. The good news is that it is usually a temporary [...]

After a few days of decompressing from my trip to the NAR Conference in Las Vegas, today I am back in my office, and back in action!
I came back from the trip when new contacts, new vendor connections and full of new ideas that I can’t wait to share. I am energized and excited for the all possibilities of what I can do [...]

VA’s were featured in the news today on on of the industry’s leading news sources, the Realty Times. Kim Hughes, one of the founders on the the IREAA, wrote the article Is Technology Getting the Best of You, highlighting how VAs can help rescue you from the technology overload that may be facing you.
I am [...]

In many cities across the country, the real estate market has changed. Inventories have increased, buyers are taking their time, and pricing a home right has never been more important. It goes beyond just getting the listing. Sellers now need to be educated to understand the new realities facing many markets today. 
I found this great article by Steve Harney today, [...]