~Dave Harden, Harden Property Group

• *NEW* REIN website
• *NEW* REIN members only area
• Google Apps

There are many nice areas that you should take advantage of with the *New* REIN website & Google Apps can make it where you can get a very simple and easy website up and running quickly and make you look more professional.

Here are some of the places on the REIN Website that you should take advantage of:

Open to Public:

• REIN Calendar – first place to see what is scheduled
  
• Media List – go to the main meeting with a shopping list
  
• Classifieds – viewable by the public, only members can post items

Members area:

• Reference items, like Board and Leadership contact information, Discounts, and roles one could fill
• My Info – edit your contact info & profile, add an image, and manage what emails you receive
• Message Board – there is an area for communication between subgroups, the RC.REIN group sets up carpools there.
• Survey – please fill this out to help the leadership know what you want and need

At this point the group requested some information on Google Apps.

Google Apps does some things great, and some thing acceptable for just starting out. It is great for running your email, and allowing for good collaboration and communication between people. It is easy to use and this morning we had already received the following email:

I really got a lot from your presentation at the meeting last night. … I went home from the meeting and started my website. I’ve never built websites before but was still able to come up with this: www.hardenpropertygroup.com. It’s not much, but it’s way better than nothing. I appreciate your great advice.
~ Dave Harden, Harden Property Group

If you use your website as a major communication, promotion, and data storage area, you will eventually want to move to something more powerful or more customized because you want something more then the limitations on the website side.

As far as the email, documents, sites, and other programs. Nation Investors and many other more advanced websites use them still. I am even typing up the initial notes in Google Docs.

It was a great meeting, and I enjoyed meeting new people. If you need help with a website, or just need a coach, we have a sister company focused in that, contact us.

Thanks to all who have submitted properties or filed out the property buyers list application.

In March we are looking for one property in Brentwood, two in Mufreesboro, and two in Smyrna.

The one in Brentwood will need major work and be in the 4+bedroom, 3+bath, 2,000 to 3,000 sq foot range. We could also consider one that is east of I-65 with similar qualifications.

In both Smyrna and Murfreesboro, we are mostly looking for houses that are not on major roads, needing major work, one 3 bedroom, one 4+bedroom. Good sized master bedroom is a must.

We can also do short sales, where the bank accepts less money then the balance due on the mortgage. This is normally a much longer process, however if we can help some people start the process this month that will be an added bonus.

People have been looking at this site for a while going “not that impressive”, well that was at least to an extent intentional. We wanted to be live for a while, however knew some things just had to be finished before we made the switch.

There is still more to be done, some content is not filled in and out all the way, but start we must.

The Buyers and Sellers sections have a good bit of content already. If you have a property to submit or want to be on our buyers lists, we encourage you to fill out the forms. They will be tweaked a little, but we want to help people and this website is a key component to our plans.

We are still looking for a great logo if you have any suggestions or recommendations. The goal is to switch over ASAP, maybe even today and then work on some branding and such later.

• back end programing
• visuals development
• data entry

The data entry is a big thing needed in all areas, so far the focus has been both the back end and visuals.

Just keep that in mind as you look around, think of this as a rehab project in the middle. It will look great when it is done.