If you’ve been to my "Tech Tools for Realtors®" or my "YouTube and You!" classes recently you have heard me talk about the line of video cameras from Pure Digital known as the Flip. The reason why I have been so high on these cameras is because they seem made for Realtors®. I am sure…
Well, November 4th has come and gone and we have a new President-Elect. I can honestly say that from my perspective the elections couldn’t have come a moment too soon as I was truly weary of the many propositions, issues and races. But, the Presidential race held my attention right to the very end. I…
One of the nice things about writing a blog is that you get to write the blog! What I mean by that is that I get to choose when I write and what I write about. I also get to choose to let someone else write if I want to, and today is one of…
In my 22 plus years in the real estate business I have never seen such a strong opportunity for buyers to invest in real estate. There are any number of factors that have all come together in a “perfect storm” of opportunity for buyers. Interest rates are still low enough to be affordable by many,…
When I started in real estate in 1986, I wanted to work exclusively with buyers because I thought that was the best place for me to start, and in many ways it was. But, the old timers that were in my office kept saying to me “You have to list to last”. What they meant…
Have you ever had the need to set up a conference call? And have you ever been stymied by how to do it on the office phone or your cell phone? Do you know if your home phone can do conference calling? I may have the answer to these questions for you in today’s post. …
In my opinion, one of the characteristics of a good real estate agent is the ability to listen to what their client/customer has to say and then to be able to translate that into action. Equally important is the ability to communicate information back to the client/customer. In the past we typically did that in…
I want to take a departure today from my usual format and talk about something that’s been on my mind lately. It seems appropriate to do so because I received 2 emails about this topic today, and today’s homily in church was on the same topic. Any time I get hit with something from 3…
You say that you have a listing that isn’t selling? And the seller wants to know what innovative thing you are going to do next? And a price reduction just isn’t in the cards? Well, bunky, I may have an answer for you. I just became aware of a new property search web site with…
“My client would never do that…” “That Web 2.0 stuff is just for kids.” “My clients don’t ________ (fill in the blank)” Have you ever said that? I hear it all the time as I travel about doing training classes. Every time I hear it, I wonder if I am hearing fear or…
