May 19, 2012

Top 5 Questions to Ask of the Person Handling the Financing for Your Transaction.

Top 5 Questions to Ask of the Person Handling the  Financing for Your Transaction. The loan is a critical part of the transaction, without a doubt.  When you are calling on the lender, mortgage broker or buyer’s agent to determine the status of the loan, there are several key questions, that will give you a [...]

Are you an Optimist?

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I’ve been a  fan of Lee Milteer for many years now, in the post below she talks about optimism.  Often when I talk about optimism, people say, what are you Pollyanna?  No, but I can say when faced with a challenge, I can be optimistic or negative.  ____________________________ You’ve seen it before — Success in [...]

Relationships Matter by Amy Hanavan

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Relationships Matter             by Amy Hanavan Have you ever found yourself wondering “What is the matter with the world today?” Well, one answer to that question is could be “Energy is the matter!” Modern science has already determined that everything in the universe is made up of energy. So if all matter is energy, and all [...]

Reach Out and Touch Someone…………On Your Schedule

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When I started in real estate17 years ago, we didn’t use the internet at the firm I worked at. It had just become available in our homes and AOL was charging by the hour to access slower than ever dial up. There were no websites to get instant information on taxes or neighborhoods. We didn’t [...]

Making Your Marketing Memorable

Are you guilty of being.......boring?!?1?

Making Your Marketing Memorable   Are you guilty of being……………boring?!?! Each month I get several postcards in my mail box from local Realtors who have sold or listed a house nearby, and they all look the same. Same boring card, same boring photos of them and the house, same, call me I’m the best, refer [...]

Action Speaks Louder Than Words

Remember the saying we heard as children, actions speak louder than words? At least in my house that was a common one.  As a kid, I’m not so sure that it meant much, other than clean your roomnow and stop telling me you’ll do it later.  Mom liked us to take immediate action and not [...]

Top 5 Ways to Improve Referrals

Recently while working with a coaching client on improving sales, the following action plan was devised to help him connect with his sphere of influence.  As we looked over this he said “this is information that could be helpful to everyone”.  He suggested that I share this with you so here it is, almost verbatim [...]

For fastest results and more freedom, develop and implement systems

One of my all-time favorite books is The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber.  In this book. Michael tells us this is the secret to success is using the right systems and people.  Here are a few take always on using systems grow your business and regain or retain balance in you life; NEVER rely on [...]

Are you in business or just complaining about business?

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Are you in business or just complaining about business? As I reflect on some incidents of the recent week, which I’m not going to elaborate here,  I am questioning if many people who say they are in the real estate business are actually in the business of selling homes or just the business of complaining. [...]

Marketing Budget Out of Control?

Feel like you are you spending too much on marketing? In many a real estate business the largest part of the budget is allocated to lead generation whether by design or by accident. This comes in various forms, websites, print media, paid advertising online and offline as well as direct mailings and social media, to [...]