I got to thinking about where consumers go to find information about homes that are for sale and came up with the usual suspects: zillow, Realtor.com, trulia and sites like Redfin. If you take zillow out of the equation, Realtor.com is the top choice that isn’t zillow. So, since you are a REALTOR®, you are…
As this goes to “press” there are only 48 more days left in 2022! Some of you will think that is a good thing because by all accounts this year has been challenging! Others of you have been busy listing and selling houses, while still others have been hunkering down and not getting much done.…
I have found the secret to succes in 2023 and it is contained in the article below! Here we are in the final quarter of 2022! I hope that you have been having a good year in your business in spite of all that has gone on and is going on! The latest “thing” that…
I was meeting with an agent the other day when I noticed that she has over 4,000 unread emails in her gmail account! (The total number of read and unread emails was staggering!) When I asked her about it she replied that her email has become almost unusable. Further questioning revealed that her clients know…
This article originally appeared here on February 16, 2018. The info is still valid so take a moment to revisit the material below! Unless you are oblivious to the news you have heard about data breaches.Some of the more notorious ones have been Equifax, Yahoo, Dropbox, Target and Anthem Health Care. These are just a…
When was the last time you took a good look at the apps on your smart phone? If your phone is anything like mine, it’s loaded with apps that don’t get used. There is nothing harmful about having unused apps on the phone aside from the fact that they take up memory storage space. There…
This week I have a broad mix of articles by others that I think you should take the time to read. Any one of these could make the difference between finishing the year strong or finishing it far back in the pack. In any market right now we have a large group of agents chasing…
As the market starts to shift, it will probably cause some agents to seek other opportunities. At least that’s what happened over the last three market shift that I have experienced over my 36 years in this great business! In each case, the agents who were merely order takers, the ones who didn’t really have…
I flew to Charleston, South Carolina last week to attend the Spoleto Music Festival, visit Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot and visit with friends that I met on a River Cruise in Europe last summer. The flight from SFO to ATL was about 4 hours and the connecting flight from ATL to CHS was…
Where do you get your real estate industry news? If you just rely on your local Association of REALTORS® newsletter or MLS splash page, you may be missing out on some key information that could help you better serve your clients. What follows is the list of sites that I regularly check out and I…
