So you’ve heard the buzz and have seen the excitement and you want to get involved with Facebook Live. This is a great decision and one that can give you a great edge over the competition while helping you to connect with your audience in new ways. All that’s left to do is to get…
Ever wonder how to know what size pictures work best on your social media accounts? Some people always seem to have the best looking pictures on their profiles and posts and it would be great to be able to do the same. One of the factors that helps really great pictures look their best on…
It’s a commonly accepted fact that when you post useful content on your social media sites, you will build a following. The more you post, and the more relevant the content, the faster you will build a following. The bigger your following, the better your chances are of getting new business from your efforts. In…
As I cruised around the Inter-Webs this week I ran across some really good content that I want to share with you. Take some time to look carefully at each of them. Any one of them can help you make more money if you implement what you learn. Imagine what could happen if you implemented…
Are you getting enough time to read these days? Are you even getting to read one book a year? How about one a month, or even one a week? If you are like most of us, leading busy lives balancing family, friends and work, the answer is probably not. And that’s a shame. Because reading…
Today I want to revisit a post I wrote in November of 2014 because it is still relevant today. Maybe more so. I like to read. My tastes include historical fiction, science fiction, military fiction and suspense thrillers. That’s just on the fiction side of things. I also like to read non fiction which includes…
One of the things that I enjoy doing as a real estate agent is to tour new listings. In our area we have a tour day where the listing agents hold their new listings open as a courtesy to the real estate community. This allows agents to see the houses that are new on the…
How many times have you heard that direct mail is dead as a method for growing your business? You’ve probably heard from well meaning peers that either haven’t really used it, or tried it once and didn’t get the results that they had hoped for. In truth, Direct Mail does work if done correctly. I…
When we are representing buyers in a home sale, we are often asked questions relating to various things that have an effect on the desirability of the property. Everything from schools, to crime, to demographics of a neighborhood. In most cases, we can refer them to resources on the Internet that the prospective buyer can…
On March 23rd, 2013, US News and World Report published an article that went largely unnoticed by the real estate community. Perhaps you missed it too. The article laid out some sobering facts about how the demographics of the US population is changing. Here is the opening paragraph: There are 75 million baby boomers who…
