Fall, 2000
HGTV - HOUSE HUNTERS "Growing Family" Episode 305
Featured Realtor, Michael Stark, for clients Patrick and Maisa Faucette
TESTIMONIALS
"Michael Stark is one of the pioneers of Internet Marketing in the U.S., and a good friend for 12 years. He is also the Program Chairman of RIAOC (Realty Investment Association of California). See his excellent and huge web site at:NeoRealEstate.com."
"Always love visiting your sites and listening to your video interviews, and just plain appreciating your entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of the real estate space. You‘re a marvel."
"As my wife and I had never sold a home before, we were cautious at our choice of a realtor. Michael Stark was our first choice, and he proved to be the right choice. Michael was always there for us, 24/7. He faithfully kept us informed on the progress of the sale of our home. Through Michael‘s guidance and experience we were able to get much more for our home than we expected. As far as my wife and I are concerned, we will always have a dedicated, trustworthy realtor in Michael Stark. Thanks for all your help and hard work Mike!"
Dr. and Mrs. Jamie Ferguson, San Francisco
"I am writing this letter to praise you for your professionalism and excellent rapport with your clients and property owners. Having the experience of purchasing my condominium in August 1999 with your sage advise and acting as my broker, I would not hesitate to recommend your services to my friends. Thank you again for making my first property purchase a breeze. Keep up the excellent work."
Mr. Alfredo M. Zacarias, Los Angeles, CA
"Dear Michael, With you as our agent, selling our home proved to be a real success. You were instrumental in exceeding our sales expectations. The whole process from open house to escrow closure followed through seamlessly and successfully as a result of your commitment. I was originally recommended to you by a selling neighbor, and now I find myself recommending your services to others when the subject of real estate comes up. Best of luck to you."
Glenn and Ellen Haugen, Los Angeles, CA
"I have assisted many people with their online web presence over the years, but none are as determined and tenacious as Michael. He is the ultimate real estate visionary in Southern California. Michael has been and still is on the cutting edge of real estate marketing on the web - a total pro! If you have any dealings in or around real estate - he is the guy."
Charlie Schell, Raleigh, NC
"I am constantly searching other real estate web sites and I must say I was very impressed with your site! (DeCaro Realty, Inc. has been around for over 24 years and I am not impressed easily). Your site is very informative, helpful and easy to use! I appreciate the opportunity to be linked to such a great web site! You have a fantastic site!!!!!!!!!"
DeCaro Realty, Inc.
Pam Martello, Owner
ABR, CSP, GRI, RECS, Principal Broker www.decarohomes.com
"NeoRealEstate.com is by far one of the best real estate agent sites I‘ve seen."
"Michael is a true professional thru and thru. His knowledge and expertise should be appreciated by all professionals. What separates Michael from anyone else is that he puts himself out there to help other professionals, and helps his community. It is a real pleasure to know him and do business with him."
"Michael Is a creative person working hard for his clients. Check out the many web sites he has available to help you with your real estate marketing and needs"
"Jerry and I want to thank you so much for your help with our Via Porto sale. Thanks again for everything you did. I will refer others to you if I can. Best of luck in your RE adventures and sales. Our best to you and your family."
Linda and Jerry Clark, Costa Mesa, CA
"Working with Michael has been a truly great experience! He‘s professional, knowledgeable, reliable, prompt, and courteous. I look forward to working with him again."
Samara Tarpley, Covina, CA
"Thank you so much for all your help in finding us our home. It was such a pleasure working with you because you are so good at what you do. You kept us informed and involved every step of the way. We are very happy with our new house. Thanks again."
"Michael was one of the first to recognize the value of exchanging links to boost search engine rankings in the ‘90s. She said another of Michael‘s sites, NeoRealEstate.com, was ‘my very first link‘ to her own site, SeattleDreamHomes.com."
"Your sites are very informative, very interesting, and people can easily understand that you are a web lover, and that you take care over your sites. Michael, your web sites are fantastic, very informative...really!"
"I stumbled accross your website and was very impressed, and will use it as a source of information and hopefully business. Your name is coming up more and more as I research various real estate networking forums and groups. I am very impressed with your website and the amount of information it contains."
Chester McAteer
Franklin Bank SSB www.TCBLive.com
"Thank you for your help, Michael. I will plan on using your services when I am looking for my next home."
"Dear Mike, It was great to work with you as well."
Mr. Paul Brach, Irvine, CA
"It was truly an honor working with you. Your tenaciousness, professionalism, and such attention to detail is refreshing; and we hope to work with you again soon."
Mr. and Mrs. Harold and Victoria Stokes, Irvine, CA
"Dear Michael, Little did I realize, when you agreed to participate on our real estate directory, that I had found the most cyber savvy Realtor in the country. The combination of your superb technological talents, and your outstanding realty expertise, makes you an extremely valuable resource for our real estate and relocation visitors. You have made our directory a much better one by your participation."
"Agents whom I know well, and who pushed their sites to the top of organic searches for their areas, include . . . Mike Stark in Newport Beach . . . who sweated their websites on to the top of organic search engine results, thereby saving tons of money in not buying PPC ads."
"Thank you for representing us and handling the complete selling process of our home. As it was our first time selling a home, it was a pleasure working with someone who took the time to instruct us on the selling process. The professionalism that you displayed while working through this process should be held as a model for others to follow. You truly made the process easy, informative, and secure."
James and Barbara Rotondo, Irvine, CA
"I would like to thank you for helping me and my two partners in the sale of our land in Bel Air. I very much enjoyed working with you, and I was quite impressed by your professionalism as well as your perseverance. It was our first "experience" in real estate, and by being very patient and always taking the time to help us understand the difficult process, you made it a pleasant one."
Gina Farahnick, New York, New York
"Mike, you have a great site! It is nice looking, has culture, is unique, and personable. It works. That is why people love it!"
"I did check out your website and found it very useful, so I forwarded it to about 1,500 realtors that are in my database. Maybe we both can get some business out of it."
"Michael, I am viewing more video clips on your website as we speak. You conduct yourself in a very professional manner and articulate very well. You are providing an educational content while potential customers and advertisers are visiting your websites. Speaking with you Michael, you have demonstrated not only a deep knowledge of the real estate markets in Southern California, but also you have pointed out the significance of the social media, internet marketing and SEO when it comes to searching for properties and real estate listings in different states. I am looking forward to your continuously updated content on your websites."
"I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael on my radio show. He is a creative entrepreneur. He is an articulate speaker who demonstrates a keen sense for collabrative marketing opportunities. I highly recommend Michael to any business person looking to develop a relationship with a smart and thoughtful entrepreneur."
Rick Franzi of Critical Mass for Business wrote on his website: "Michael Stark, one of the pioneers of internet marketing, and President of PostYourProperty.com, talks with host Rick Franzi about how his site, PostYourProperty.com, became a highly trafficked site for home sellers. He also discusses the importance of the successful entrepreneur‘s need to continuously evolve their business to respond to the changing market dynamic."
"It was great to see you again at Affiliate Summit. Congrats on your ongoing growth and success! Man, you are everywhere. Every time I Google your name, the number of results for your name seems to double exponentially. You should consider hiring us to manage your Social Media Persona! You‘re getting to big for yourself to handle!"
"Michael Is a creative person working hard for his clients. Check out the many web sites he has available to help you with your real estate marketing and needs"
"Don‘t know Michael personally, but was pleasantly suprised when I arrived on his site, and found exactly what he offers. Simply a place to list your property for free. As Internet scams are rampant, Michael and company are not a part of that movement in any way. I was able to list my property, no strings attached. What a refreshing experience. Thanks Michael. All the best to you and your continued success in the coming year. The best is yet to come! I feel it is paramount that folks know when someone, like you, and especially on the net, is doing what they say they‘ll do. You are great for business!"
"NeoRealEstate.com was developed by Michael Stark at a time when relatively few Realtors used the Internet as a marketing tool. Michael is an innovator. He is a 4th generation Southern Californian and covers the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. He lists and sells residential and commercial real estate, but also does leasing. He packs a lot of information on his site. Explore his site. You won‘t be disappointed."
"Wow! That‘s some enterprise you have built! Congratulations on your success, and may I wish you a prosperous future as well. Keep up the great work and service. As I‘ve been browsing thru your site more and more :), I want to say that you truly provide a great real estate resource! Thanx for being so-o helpful."
"Lots of Useful Information . . . almost too much! NeoRealEstate.com has an amazing amount of information attached to it! One can easily become overwhelmed, but there are so many useful links that I must wholly recommend it. I particularly found the Agents & Brokers Top 10 list to be helpful."
"Hi Mike, I am a Realtor on the ‘other coast‘ and found your website. Its awesome!!! I just relocated from Orange County. I would love to have a web page like yours ! It‘s cool!!!!!"
"We both want to let Michael know how truly grateful we are for your hard work and commitment to us in finding a house. This house is perfect!"
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Proctor, Monrovia, CA
"SELLING A HOME? START HERE! (THANKS MICHAEL!) A big THANK YOU to Michael Stark, realtor, entreprenuer and founder of PostYourProperty.com. For those unfamiliar with PostYourProperty.com, you probabaly aren‘t in Real Estate or buying or selling a home. His site is quite popular with all the search engines (an aged domain and thousands of unique pages does a lot of good these days). Realtors and home owners will place their listings on Michael‘s sites, and once on PostYourProperty, the listings are aggregated to popular sites. It is a free service, and an extremely valuable tool if you are in the market for a home, or selling one. I was already familiar with the site, but after meeting Michael in person I can tell you he‘s the real deal. His sites have been around since 1999. He‘s on his toes and knows where this industry is headed. I hope that even a small amount of Michael‘s energy will rub off on me for my upcoming projects."
"It was great seeing you in NY again. My hat is off to you and your business model. In fact, I will admit that I studied what you were doing back in 2002 (basically because you were the only one doing it), and taking some of what you did, I now have 8 of the most trafficked real estate websites for their respective markets."
"Thank you for permitting me to include your link onto my web site. I found your site to be educational and hassle free for home buyers and sellers to view. You do have an outstanding site and I am proud to be linked to it. I think your web site is terrific."
"Just got in from the Inman Conference which in my opinion is a must for todays online real estate agent. The most important aspect was the networking. There were plenty of elbows to rub and lots of relationships to make. If they gave at an award for conference networker, the statue would got to Michael Stark of PostYourProperty.com for sure. I bet that guy picked up a hundred link exchanges as well as future referrals. He is a testament at what you can do at a conference of this magnitude. I guess I just added a one way link to his site:-)"
"Platinum Producer - Top 10% Award - Broker Agent News" "It is an honor, on behalf of Broker Agent News, for Michael Stark to be recognized as one of the nation‘s finest real estate professionals. In addition to being respected by his peers, Mr. Stark has demonstrated an exceptional level of success in his community and is a leader within the industry."
"Michael, you have done such a GREAT job as Program Chair for 2010 of RIAOC (Realty Investment Association of California), that I cannot imagine 2011 without you at the helm!" Joel Carlson, President RIAOC 2010-2011
"Michael, I hope you stay on as Program Chair for 2011 of RIAOC (Realty Investment Association of California). In my opinion, you did a great job this year."
"Michael, I have enjoyed your handy work all year setting up great guest speakers for RIAOC (Realty Investment Association of California). There have been many informative speakers this year that have been highly informative and educational thanks to your efforts."