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Any time we visit one of our communities in Hampton Roads it’s a prime photo shoot opportunity. It’s fun and educational to take a peak behind the scenes of what happens when a home or community is being constructed. There’s a lot of organization and coordination that takes place between the builder and all the vendors that build a Napolitano Home. Sajo Farm is a joint venture community between Napoltiano Homes and Terry Peterson Residential in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Here are some great shots we got the other day of our vendors and Site Builder, Fred Napolitano III pictured above in a black shirt with Ken Gezella our Director of Sales. They’re watching Read the rest of this entry »

Today, people are on their smart phones and tablets looking for their next home before they ever actually step foot in it. They visit sites like Trulia, Yelp, Facebook and other favorites every day. So you need to have some strategies to help get them off their phones and into your open house. You can have a huge Social Media following and list every home you’re selling online but if your efforts are not getting actual buyers to the house what good is it doing you? Here are a few ways to get them off their phones and into your homes!

1. Invite Away
You are going to want to invite your followers on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and so on. It is very easy to create an event on Facebook for any open house you are setting up. Head to Facebook.com/events and you’re ready to roll. Is just sending an invite really enough though? Take this idea farther, make it fun and help convert your Likers into visitors. Use your Social Media and post a coupon on your Facebook page instructing people to print it out, bring it with them and they will get a $10 Gift Card to Home Depot. Or tell them to share the post and they will be entered into a drawing that will take place at the open house and they must be present to win. You get the idea. Read the rest of this entry »

After such a great response from our recent blog, The Best Apps for Your Home, we thought a post highlighting Apps that no home buyer should meet their Realtor without would be helpful and interesting for you. So here are 4 great Apps to put on your smart phones and tablets that can help you organize your thoughts and search for a new home.

House Hunter ($3.99 for iPhone)
This useful App will help you get all your ducks in a row. Or homes, in this case. Organize your notes, photos and what’s important to you in each house that you look at during your purchasing process. You can easily see what features were in each home you looked at. You don’t want to forget after the 7th house you walk into what the first one looked like. With features like a mortgage calculator, photo center and a great tool that lets you share notes with your Realtor, you won’t want to look for a home without this House Hunter.  Read the rest of this entry »