You need not be told how difficult it is to earn money nowadays. If you want proof of this, you could simply take a look at your budget and compare it to how much you are earning. The discrepancy should be your gauge. Even if you have a stable job with a relatively better pay, your needs may still be over and above the amount you are getting. Because of [ Read More ]
The once demoralized housing market is beginning to stabilize. As of this August, home prices were 4.6% higher than they were one year ago. This is the largest year-to-year leap over the course of the last six years. From July to August, we saw a 0.3% increase in housing prices, which also marks the sixth straight month of improvement. The implications of the rejuvenated market will hopefully allow sellers to [ Read More ]
Looking into the CMS Real Estate Demo, I discover that it was hosted by Navegabem Web Design (Portugese for “good surfing”) web design company operating from Madeira Island in Portugal. I sent an email and the next morning I had Chris, the CEO and Chief Designer, on Skype. We hit it off directly. We discussed how we could use Navegabem’s extensive knowledge of real estate and property sites. I showed [ Read More ]
With some persistence I was finally able to contact Rene van Mullem (Marktplaats.nl). I explained to him the strange reaction I had gotten to the brochure and I asked him what he thought about a property classifieds site. He confided in me that he was planning to do something similar in China, however he was just getting involved in RSS technology and this would most likely take all his time. [ Read More ]
It was spring 2006 and I completed translating the brochure for Practical Solutions – offering services to business owners to start joint ventures in Central and East Europe. They had already set up a successful printing company in Romania using subsidies from the Netherlands and this knowledge could be used to help other West European companies to set up in CEE. I received the payment for the brochure, and as [ Read More ]
