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February 08, 2008
Source:
dBusinessNews.com
Dan Doerksen Creates An Interactive Real Estate Website With The
Addition Of This Custom IDX Solution
San Jose - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EUGENE, ORE. – IDX, Inc. announces
today the addition of Dan Doerksen in Santa Cruz County,
California to the real estate professionals using their primary
application, IDX Broker. This custom search tool application will
allow Doerksen to connect his website visitors with the thousands
of properties from RE InfoLink (REIL), his local Multiple Listing
Service.
Visitors to Dan Doerksen’s website
are not only able to view property listings in an easy to navigate
format, but they can take advantage of slideshows, a virtual tour
of the available real estate, set up a personalized login where
they can save their searches and request emailed updates. With the
vast majority of consumers going to the internet as a first step
in the home buying or selling process, this easy access to Santa
Cruz area properties will help retain clients and encourage new
leads for Doerksen’s business.
About Dan Doerksen
“Dan is a full-time REALTOR®,
dedicated specifically to your individual needs, specializing in
helping people just like you purchase and sell Santa Cruz County
real estate. Additionally, Dan and his wife, Kathy, are invested
in real estate globally and have many creative tools and ideas if
you are considering buying or selling. Call Dan today to get his
views on the interesting new conditions surrounding the local or
global pursuit of real estate investments.”
About IDX, Inc.
Based in Eugene, Oregon IDX, Inc.
is nationally known as a leading provider of real estate search
applications. IDX Broker is IDX, Inc.’s principle real estate
software utility. The easy to manage and customizable software
helps real estate professionals display home listing data from
their multiple listing service (MLS) on their individual and/or
office websites. For more information on the services provided by
IDX, Inc., please visit www.idxbroker.com.
September 15, 2007
Getting Creative in Home Tours
Sentinel: Santa Cruz Homefinder By
CARRIE SIGUR, David Lyng Real Estate
David Lyng Real Estate agent Dan
Doerksen is using his noggin! He has nursed a great idea into
fruition and is offering potential buyers a way to get around
town. Share excitement and ideas about the great properties on the
market in Santa Cruz County with people who share your goals of
home ownership. Talk about apprehensions with Dan and the other
participants. Discussion with the other passengers on the Open
House Fun Bus gives new perspectives and allows you to overcome
challenges you my hear about. These people are in the same boat
(or bus) as you! Talking with others is a great way to get
comfortable with the process of searching and buying a home. It IS
a great time to buy and Dan is prepared to show you why.
Since 1970, each decade has seen
admirable increases in appreciation in the homes in Santa Cruz
County. That is not to say that there have been positive
appreciation each and every year, but if you are planning, like
most of us, to live in your home, become part of your neighborhood
and commit to your community, statistically there is proof that
you are not going to lose money! You are safe to enjoy this
wonderful area with all that it has to offer. We live in an
incredible location, and not a decade has gone by since 1970 with
negative appreciation.
We hear so much off-putting
information about real estate and the mortgage world. Money is
still available, interest rates are still good. Don't let it stop
you. Mortgage companies are in a shift right now but not ALL of
them are affected. Many of you are still great buyers and
borrowers, and this market adjustment is the perfect time to move
forward.
Dan is working to share this
knowledge and give people an easy, no hassle way to get around
town. The next Open House Fun Bus will be Saturday, September 22nd
and will feature homes from $600,000 to $1.2 million and will take
approximately four hours. Check in, get the schedule and extensive
information on all the properties that will be on the tour. The
tour departs from the David Lyng Aptos Office at noon on Saturday
and will include homes from Aptos, Capitola and Santa Cruz. If you
have been tempted by a property you have seen on the Internet and
would like it to be added to the tour, call Dan and see if it is
included on the itinerary or if it can be added to the tour of
properties for the day.
Get chauffeured around town in an
air conditioned bus. Don't worry about maps or directions. Open
your mind to see properties you may not have considered. Get
comprehensive details on properties. Have time to take notes and
get your thoughts together about each property while you are
driven to the next stop. What more could you want as a potential
home buyer on a search for a great new home in this beautiful
place we are happy to call home.
Seats are limited on the Open House
Fun Bus. Call Dan Doerksen, 831-345-4893, to reserve your spot for
next weekend's tour, or for more information.
September 7, 2007
Real Estate Agent Offers Bus
Tour for House-hunters
By JONDI GUMZ Sentinel staff writer
When sales are down, you have to
get creative. That's what Santa Cruz resident Dan Doerksen is
doing.
Doerksen, an agent with David Lyng
Real Estate, has organized a four-hour bus tour Saturday to show
homes selling for less than $600,000. The tour, which departs from
Aptos at noon, will include homes and condos in Aptos, Capitola,
Soquel and Santa Cruz. So far, 15 of the 30 spaces have been
taken.
An investor and former business
owner who got his real estate license last October, Doerksen
quickly picked up on the fact that house-hunting is stressful.
To visit several homes on a
Saturday usually means looking in the newspaper for open house
listings to see what fits your price range. Then you have to map
out your day so you don't waste time driving back and forth. At
each property, there's a different agent making a sales pitch to
you — and other prospects.
Doerksen figured that a tour of
homes in a specific price range would be more convenient for
prospective buyers. If the homes aren't part of an "open house,"
he figured that would allow the agent to give a more focused
presentation. And he figured a chauffeured tour on an
air-conditioned charter bus, with information on the properties,
prizes and refreshments, would mean less stress.
"So, which sounds better: do it
yourself or allow us to serve you?" he asked.
Countywide, home sales have been
lagging, with 143 homes sold in July, an 11-year low for that
month. The median home price rose to $775,000, as high-end homes
attracted buyers. August figures are expected to be released by
Sept. 10.
When sales are down, the buyer has
an advantage.
"Due to the subprime market
fallout, many people are nervous about buying, which has caused
sellers to offer incentives to sell their homes," Doerksen said.
"We feel that right now is one of those rare moments in Santa Cruz
County where prices have leveled off."
Given that median prices have risen
steadily from $240,000 in 1996 to $744,000 in 2006, he sees the
current market as "the perfect time to buy". Loans are available
if you have good credit, a good down payment and you can document
your income, he added.
If you go ...
WHAT: Chauffeured bus tour of homes
and condos.
WHEN: Noon-4 p.m. Saturday.
WHERE: Starts and ends in Aptos.
COST: $16 per person or $30 per
couple, includes refreshments, prizes, giveaways. Adults only.
DETAILS: Reservations required;
www.OpenHouseFunBus.com or call 345-4893. Another tour on
Sept. 22 will feature homes priced $600,000 to $1.2 million.
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