Christy Harvey's (christyharvey) Blog

You'd really be surprised at who you'd find looking for bargains at a yard sale. I saw the local doctor, people from church, people running for office, a newspaper publisher, the street cleaner, the antique dealers, and so many people today that now have my business card all because of a yard sal...

Ok, so I'm shameless! I had a bunch of leftover Jaguar Schedules that I got from someone that have a business card attached. I made up little packets of candy and threw one of those in each bag to give out for Halloween! Shameless, I know, but I'm interested to see the result of it.I wish that I ...

I wonder if I have an addiction problem that I need to take care of.  I'm so work addicted, I don't know quite how to let go of my day.When I'm not showing homes, getting my customers to the mortgage broker, doing open houses, creating new newsletters, calling customers, helping customers get hom...

When you ask a new agent, "How are you doing?" The answers you may get are "fine" "good" "ok" or you could be getting "frustrated" "annoyed" "discouraged", etc. Then, you start with the pep talk...."Have a positive attitude and things will look up for you" "Only unsuccessful people are negative."...

I believe that everyone in life has a special gift. Each person created by God has a purpose and a destiny that can be changed. Like mine for example, I'm a very clumsy person! It's my calling and I know that. I trip over my own feet and today of all days was the "kicker". I ran right into my doo...

Integrity is a word that seems to be getting used for everyone in their businesses. You see car salesmen, banks, Retail Stores, and so many others using the word "integrity" in their advertising. What people often forget is that everywhere you go and everything that you do is watched so if you ad...

I had an Open House last weekend and it was firey! How'd I get people to come? I had a yard sale!I got neighbors coming over...a request for a CMA.I got 1 strong buyer lead that called me...and a strong referral fee that would be coming from the sale of her home in another state.People were inter...

Ok. So I know that there are people out there dropping their commission and I don't get why. One of my previous posts was about justifying your commission.Now, the listing that I took today was previously listed with another agent for 5% according to my customer. Well, my new customer complained ...

What Realtors really do for their money...1. Customer Service Center -Phone Representative2. Administrative Assistant3. Sales Person4. Sign Delivery5. Copy Maker6. Teacher7. Manager8. Consultant9. Director10. Driver11. Coach12. Investigator13. Legal Assistant14. Marketer Here are some of the regu...

Now why didn't anyone tell me that putting a flyer on a mailbox was illegal solicitation? All this time, I've seen many many people put things on mailboxes. In fact, a girl in my office says that she did that usually on Saturday nights because the mailman didn't have mail to put in there. I knew ...