Back in the good old says of real estate, a smart agent kept a written record of every conversation they had with their buyers or sellers, inspectors, contractors, title people, lenders and so on. If the conversation had anything to do with a transaction we wrote it down. Eventually those records became Conversation Logs and…
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Did you ever read a book that changed your life? I did. In my first year in real estate I was turned on to “Real Estate Listing Magic” by Gael Himmah. Gael was a northern California real estate broker that wrote and published this book in 1964 and it eventually became the “bible” for…
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A few days ago one of my friends posted this on Facebook: “Looking for recommendations for wifi services for RV’s. If I’m going to take advantage of being able to work remotely, I need internet.” This got me thinking about ways that that she could do this. Of course I came up with the fact…
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I met the future of real estate agents today, and I have to say that I am impressed. First a little background on why I would say that. By the way, that statement was made 10 years ago in 2011. Yet the issues that I describe below are still rampant today. Much of the problem…
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One of the ways that you can utilize your social media accounts is to post interesting information about real estate. Doing so on a regular basis helps to position you as a knowledgeable person on real estate topics. But, you can only post so much about your new listings or your open houses or your…
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More than a year ago we were told to shelter in place for two weeks to flatten the curve. Over time, as we learned more about the virus, we progressed to steadily more restrictions on what we could do and what we could not do. We lost much of our ability to interact with clients…
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I don’t know about you, but over the past year my car has not been used to the extent that it was Pre-Covid-19. In fact, there were weeks when it never left my garage. This had some financial benefits of course, but it also comes with some caveats. Prolonged un-use of an automobile can also…
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Voice Dictation for all of us! I am a sucker for new apps on my iPhone and on my Macs, so when something catches my attention I usually get it. But, many times after trying it a few times I never go back to it! Consequently I am forever deleting unused apps on my phone!…
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I originally wrote this in 2013. I’ve made a few edits and brought it up to date for 2021. I am often asked “what ______ should I buy?” (Fill in the blank!) While I appreciate the vote of confidence that the person asking the question has in my opinions, it does put me on the…
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Well, here we are at the close off the first quarter of 2021! I don’t know about you, but this first quarter has literally flown by! It seemed like 2020 would never end so that may be why 2021 seems to be roaring along ! Who knows, but what I do know, is that we…
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