https://infogr.am/being-successful-in-real-estate-requires-the-following/
This is an info-graphic I created that gives viewers a little insight on what it takes to be successful in the real estate market.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Hands on Learning
I want to design board game that provides a hands on
learning experience on how to buy and sell property in a down economy. Peoples
bank accounts tend to freeze or diminish in an economy that is not doing well.
They become very discouraged about purchasing property. This board game educate
them to see how they can afford property in these economic times and the
massive rewards that it can bring in the future. The game will be a simulation
of real life and it will help people see the opportunities that a down economy
presents to them. The game will simulate real life situations, incorporating an
economy into the game that shifts from bad to good over the course of time. The
game will solve a massive problem that a lot of people face, which is a lack of
education in this area. Educating people on this subject will really high light
the opportunities that I am talking about and lead people to economic freedom.
This
game will require limited funding but will call for brilliant ideas. The game
will be played over the course of a week and it will force people to make
decisions that they would be faced with in the real world. This game can be
played by anyone who is looking to buy or sell property in their lifetime.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Elevator pitch 2
Elevator pitch 2
My second idea is to show people that this
struggling market is not just a burden, but a massive opportunity for people to
start building something for the future. Most people see the economy as such a
bad thing, which it is, but they dwell so much on this fact that they miss out
on the opportunities that are presented in an economy like this one. I want to
highlight the positives in the real estate market for people to take advantage
of in the current economic times. This could offer some real benefits to a lot
of people.
Elevator pitch 1
Elevator pitch 1
For my first idea, I want to create a way for people
who are stuck with massive mortgages and cannot pay them some insight on how
they can afford them and get them paid off. A lot of homeowners are in way over
there head and see it as there is no way out for them. Being swamped with a
massive mortgage in such an unstable and struggling economy is extremely
difficult for a lot of people to handle. With the right mindset and knowledge
on the situation it is possible for a lot of these homeowners to overcome this
and move on.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Alternate Plan
I did a little research on the criteria for getting an
article published in the New York times. Interestingly enough I think that I
may have a chance at qualifying if I made some changes to certain parts of my
step by step instructions on how to flip a house. The guidelines that were
really emphasized are relevance to your topic, and having a unique argument or
point that catches the eye of the person who sorts through the thousands of
articles that get sent in for publishing each day, most of which are turned
down. They are also looking for news to be reflected in the article that you
submit, meaning that they probably won't publish something about old news that
happened in the past that people are still dwelling on.
To
qualify under these guidelines I would have to base these instructions off the
current mortgage rates that are available and the current value of house in the
market. Right now my instructions are to general, they would been to be more
specific to the current market. I would also have to find a niche in the
current market that no one else has touched on. Something that would make my
points about flipping houses different than everyone else's. My instructions would have to be based on the
current real estate situation, reflect news, and have a niche about it that separates
my article from the rest of the people submitting articles about the real
estate industry.
My plan
to do this is to alter my current instructions and focus is on how to flip a
house in the north east with unstable mortgage rates and a federal government
that is not operating. This would specify a location, reflect the current real estate industry, and
bring news into it by discussing the government shut down and how it will
impact this industry. My niche (that I haven't
thought of yet) would come in the instructions. I would have to provide clever
insight that no one else has brought to the table. Possibly a view on this
situation from a different angle or a clever solution to this difficult task. I
really think the niche is the make it or break it in the readers eyes on
whether or not to publish the article or not, so it needs to be strong!
Midterm Proposal
I
have already learned so much through this course. Through the readings and
trying to express myself in blogs I have taken some not small steps, but
massive steps towards communicating through interactive media. The part that I have really enjoyed and will
continue enjoying through this course is the creativity that we can use in our
writing, which leads to some procrastination because we have such freedom. It
really forces you to be passionate about what you are writing about which is
clear in everyone's writing so far. It is so much easier to read a piece of
writing in which the writer is passionate about what they are talking about
versus not passionate about it.
My
persona thus far is that of a well educated adviser in the real estate field.
Patches has loads of experience over the years and wishes to shower his knowledge
upon his readers so they can also benefit from this industry. I would like to
leave my pseudonym and keep my blog title as is. My blog title
represents precisely what I have been writing about but someone who glanced at
my name for the first time would never link it with the real estate industry
which I don't want them to be able to for a few reasons. When I picked the name
at the beginning I didn't want it to have any relation to the real estate
industry because I wanted to build that meaning myself through my writing which
I think I have done and I want to continue doing. Having a name that links my
writing directly to the real estate business is the easy way out! When people
here my pseudonym I want them to think of the knowledge that I have
provided to them through my writing and really take from the meaning that I
have created. This forces me to be clear and concise in my writing and make
sure that someone who knows nothing about the real estate business who is
reading my writing will understand what I am talking about.
There were several voices that I
could have explored at the beginning of this course. I really wanted the voice
that I went with to be something I was strongly passionate about and would be
involved with for the rest of my life. Real estate is something that fascinates
me and my interest in it will never die or burn low. I also wanted a topic that is never stagnant.
The real estate industry is always changing in the United States. I could
continue on with this voice for the rest of my life and continue this blog for
the rest of my life and never run out of things to talk about.
My voice has evolved so much in the
first half of this course because I have been pushed to explore areas that I
never even knew existed! I am definitely not ready to throw this out and start
on with a new one. The reason this experiment is working is because the real
estate market is never stable, it is always changing. These changes are
constantly sparking new interests for me in this field and always pushing me to
new areas to learn about. The most
helpful thing in my case is expressing my thoughts about this industry to
people that don't know anything about it. This is so critical in the real world
when you go to project your voice to others. It is so important that not only
people understand you, but they hear you! I want to continue taking this voice
into new areas that I haven't explored in this field, for example commercial
real estate.
There are several pieces that I am
going to edit and revise including my bio, wiki page, and my resume because I
feel as if I am a better writer at this point in the course and can do a better
job on those pieces. At the beginning of the course the freedom we had and
creativity we had to use was really making me struggle because I am so use to
classes that have a structure with only one way of going about the assignments.
I am really enjoying the course so far and look forward to continuing on the
Patches voice projecting it louder than ever in the second half of the class!
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