Have you ever heard the expression “windshield time”? The Urban Dictionary defines windshield time as the amount of time wasted or lost driving from point A to point B during work hours. If you are like many real estate agents you have a lot of time spent in your car going from place to place…
Have you ever wondered how to find someone’s email address? I know that I have been asked that question many times, so I went on a hunt to find ways to do just that! Here are three ways to find those addresses. One is free, but the others have some cost associated with them. If…
According to REALTOR® magazine “prospecting is the lifeblood of any successful real estate career. It’s that simple. The more people you come in contact with, the more listing and sales you can achieve. All it takes is a plan and some persistence.” To help you achieve that plan they offer the Prospecting Tool Kit at:…
In the past 7 days I received no less than 4 separate requests for help or information on how to purchase a computer. I think several of the requestors actually wanted me to go to the store with them! While that might have been fun, it sure isn’t practical. A lot of people assume that…
Last April I wrote an article about things to do when you have nothing to do, and it was well received by my readers! I thought that I’d bring it back around again and add a few and change a few. What follows is the 2019 version! Every once in a while we have one…
Since I often write about products that I think will help your business, occasionally competing products will be featured in the weekly postings. Of course this leads to the question: “Which one should I buy/use/get? That’s a great question so I thought that I should spend some time this week outlining how I choose a…
I have yet to meet the real estate agent who doesn’t like free stuff! After all, we are constantly shelling out for E&O, desk fees, lock boxes, MLS access, Board Dues, franchise fees, phone bills and other tools that we need to run our businesses. No wonder that free stuff is so popular! One of…
What’s in your mailbox these days? In my neighborhood, I get two or three oversized postcards from local real estate agents every week. Since they turn up so often and from more than one agent I figured that they had to be producing results…or else why would they continue to send them? But, I wanted…
I happened to be helping an associate with his iPhone the other day and saw that he had over 12,000 UNREAD emails in his email inbox! How does this happen? His explanation was that most of those were spam that he received as a result of online shopping, online inquires and so on. When I…
OK, the parties are over and we are all back to work with a fresh shiny set of new resolutions and goals! But, for many of us those goals and resolutions are going to fall by the wayside as victims of crammed schedules, demanding clients, family situations and more. Wouldn’t it be great if there…
