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:…
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…
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’ve got a fun little app for you today. It’s called Bond and it performs a simple task that we all need to do. What it does is create and mail handwritten notes for you. I know, you can write your own notes, but how many do you actually do? Do you write notes to…
I want to take a different approach this week. As we get near the end of the year, it’s time to start looking at the year to come. Maybe the following will resonate with you as you start to plan 2019. In 2001, a small games development company called Remedy Entertainment produced the video game…
There is a Scottish Gaelic proverb that reads, “Coinnichidh na daoine far nach coinnich na cnuic”, it translates as: The people meet each other but the hills do not. It basically means that in life some things are impossible, for instance like two mountains meeting, but people can always meet. I’ve always found it to…
Well it’s that time of year again. If it’s early November, it means that it’s time for The National Association of REALTORS® to hold their annual convention. I rarely go to these, preferring to spend my convention “dollar” on attending events put on by my company, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Drysdale Properties. But, one aspect of…
Depending on who you talk to, and where you are located, you are probably hearing that the market is flattening or at least changing. In my opinion, this is a regional phenomenon with some areas chugging along and others not so much. But for the sake of this post, let’s assume that your market has…
I am a big fan of using the latest technology in as many aspects of our business as possible! From looking around this blog, you can tell that I am a technology fan, but it wasn’t always that way. I spent my entire first commission check on an IBM XT clone computer, a green screen…
