Unethical real estate agents. Are your best interests in 100% perfect alignment with your clients? Are you sure? If the answer to either of those is no, or if there is a hesitation at all, it is time to become a protector for your client. The real estate industry has a very bad reputation. We have shown you a a few reasons why recently with our blog post on annoying telemarketing real estate agents and agents rolling around in money as part of "training." Here is a story from this summer, … [Read more...]
Hello-Have You Heard The REALTOR Parody?
Recently, I heard an awesome REALTOR parody of Adele's hit song Hello. When I first saw the headline, I wasn't sure if I really wanted to click on it. I had a couple of reasons for not wanting to click. ( video below, don't miss it! ) My kids were in the room and they were sure to make fun of me. I just "knew" it was going to be a waste of time. Against my better judgement, I clicked on the video and was soon chuckling like crazy at some of the lines. While it is an awesome rendition … [Read more...]
Everything that is wrong with the real estate industry
I watched this video and was disgusted with my industry. It is a good starting point when we talk about what is wrong with the real estate industry. I recently heard someone talking about a Youtube video that was recorded during a training session of a brokerage that is currently the largest brokerage in the real estate industry. This brokerage is know as having “the best training” programs for agents. Here is the video, and if you wonder why real estate agents have such a bad reputation, … [Read more...]
Evernote – Hidden Secrets of a Real Estate Power User
Evernote is one of those game-changer applications - your life simply will not be the same once you start using it, and you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. And since there are millions of users, there are probably hundreds of thousands of blog posts about it - how to get started, how to organize it, what to use it for, etc. etc. Heck, I've written about it a few times too - most recently 8 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts and Goldilocks uses Notebooks and Tags. And our friend Dean … [Read more...]
The Power of Slow and Steady
Imagine what your business would be like if you had hundreds of referral sources, scattered across the country, all recommending your name to people who are ready to buy a house - today. It would be amazing - a never-ending supply of well-qualified buyers, each asking if you can fit them into your busy schedule! (and if you can't, I'm sure you could refer them out to another helpful agent in your office, who would gladly pay you a 25% fee for doing very little work.) That sounds like a great … [Read more...]
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