Last night I had the extreme good fortune to attend the Installation of Barry Zwahlen as President of the Contra Costa Association of Realtors® (CCAR). I say it was “extreme good fortune” for multiple reasons, which are too numerous to mention. But, perhaps the foremost reason is that since my wife, Diane Gilfether was the…
In the first part of this series I detailed the 6 traits of successful agents (as I see it) and in the subsequent posts I have focused on trait number 5 at least as it pertains to some of the hardware and software systems they use. Then last week I talked about how successful agents…
I sift through an incredible amount of information every day. I read 4 blogs (ChrisBrogan, Mashable, LifeHacker, ProBlogger) on a daily basis, others from time to time. I get e-newsletters from waay too many sources to list here on a daily basis, I read paper magazines about real estate and technology as they arrive, and…
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…
“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…
In fact, don’t do anything in the office at all! Except to meet your clients who want to meet in the office, attend office meetings and other management required office attendance. Other than that, you need to be spending your time where the clients are…and I have a news flash for you…they aren’t in your…
Welcome to late spring! In about 4 weeks it will officially be summer and by now all of your listings should have offers on them or should be in escrow…right? Hardly. This market is not recovered to the point where you can make general statements like that. In years past, it was commonly accepted knowledge…
I want to talk to you about getting some certifications under your belt. As you know, today’s real estate market can be challenging to say the least. It’s harder to find clients that are ready to transact and when you do find them, they have to be convinced that you are the person to represent…
The World Wide Web is huge, and it continues to grow with myriads of new web sites appearing every day. There are web sites on every topic under the sun and in every language spoken by the human race. With such a bewildering assortment of web sites, how can you possibly stay current with the…
According to a blog post today by Tom Yager at Infoworld, Apple has licensed ActiveSync from Microsoft and will build push e-mail, calendar, contacts, and global address lists in the next release of iPhone software. What this means for real estate agents working for companies with Exchange servers is that you will be able to…
