A condominium which is located at Two Liberty Place has set the record for highest price ever paid for a Philadelphia condominium, back in march when a resident paid a whopping $7.678 million for a unit on the 46th floor of the Residences at Two Liberty Place.

At the time of purchase the top unit was the $15 million penthouse for sale on the 57th floor, there was a rumor that a top business man was about to buy buy both and create a duplex. So I guess that buyer thought it would be a great idea to own.

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With the economy being in recession it has been really hard for Realtors to get buyers for the properties they have listed. But I am sure 99% of Realtors know about the internet and how to use it efficiently. Most realtors have there own blog or website but getting potential clients there is the problem, so that should be your starting point after your blog or website has been published. Getting visitors and potential clients to your blog/website can be a hard task if you don’t decide to hire a search engine marketing expert to do it for you.

If you decide to do it buy yourself, then you can start by using Social Networking Websites to market your Real Estate Business. Social Networking Websites is a websites that gives users the ability to connect with different users and share content. These are sites that you are already a member of but probably just didn’t know the power that they had.

FaceBook
This is a great medium that could send potential buyers to your blog or website. Probably you are there wondering how, so far you know that it is a place where you and your friends can connect. Well facebook has an option where you can create a page for your business, after you create a page potential clients can become fans of your business plus you can advertise your page on Facebook for as low as $5 per day. There are also plugins (if you are using the Wordpress Blog Platform) that will give users the capability to share contents of your blog with their friends on facebook.

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Twitter is a great marketing tool that Real Estate Agents all over the world is utilizing now to get connected to Realtors and Real Estate Agents all over the world and getting potential clients to visit their website/blog at the same time.

Twitter is a social networking site that gives users the capability to connect with friends in real-time, what you do basically is communicate and stay connected through the exchange of short status messages. It gives the option so you can add a bio and your website URL and the fun thing is that your can customize your profile with a custom image and colors to match.

Here is Wikipedia definition of Twitter…

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user’s profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. The service is free to use over the Internet, but using SMS may incur phone service provider fees.

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MobileAppLoader is a new service that offers businesses customized apps for the iPhone. The service is fearly new so you can take full advantage and make your own Real Estate Apps for free since it is still in the beta stages.

The Real Estate App builder give you the option to put in your email, website and phone number plus other options to make users who install your app search your listing, neighborhood locater and there is also a loan calculator. To get started all you need to do is visit MobileAppLoader and sign up for free and once you activate your account you will realize that the “Real Estate- Real Easy” application is featured on the homepage.

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You will never find a more unique hotel than the Costa Verde Boeing 727 Fuselage in Costa Rica. To stay at this unique hotel will cost a mere $300-$350 per day.

It is a refurbished fuselage of a retired Boeing 727 airplane. This retired airframe was salvaged from San Jose and transported piece by piece through the jungle where it was reassembled atop a 50-foot pedestal. Featuring a terrace opening up to the edge of the Costa Verde National Park.

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Dolphin Capital Investors Ltd, a company that invests in vacation resorts has recently offered the option to trade in shares for real estate owned by the company to their investors under their buyback program.

With this program shareholders can exchange their stock for property with a value double that of their holdings. Dolphin Capital Investors projects include the Playa Grande Resort in the Dominican Republic, Pearl Island in Panama and the Kilada Hills Golf Resort in Greece.

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If you are thinking of selling your house, here is an interesting by a Realtor by the name of Jim Klinge. In the video he gives tips on how to find the best listing agent so you can get top dollar.

“Jim the Realtor” works in Carlsbad, Oceanside and Vista, CA – if you’re thinking of selling around here, give him a call. If interested you can email Jim at jim@jimklinge.com

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