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To bring you up to date if you've missed my blogs part 1 and 2, Hakan and his family are holed up in a Turkey forest, hiding from the "bad" people who have seized his passport & accounts. He was able to hide away some money and wants to buy a house in South Florida. I have found him the perfect ...
09/23/2006
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I was complaining to my coach, Bob Corcoran at Corcoran Coaching about how I think my buyers agents aren’t responding quick enough to leads. He reminded me of NAR’s statistics that say that if you respond to internet leads with-in 15 minutes, you have an 85% chance of converting that lead. Furt...
09/22/2006
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I always get a laugh when I pass an agent on the road with his/her company license plate. I think, ok, that agent is with Coldwell Banker or Keller Williams or Century 21, but who are they? If I was a consumer, who would I call? Ok, so suppose I like the vibrant blue color of Coldwell Banker’s l...
09/22/2006
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We are all familiar with the typical ways to generate business, mail-outs, yard signs, magazine ads, tele-prospecting, newspapers, etc. There are other “outside of the box” ways to generate business. Become the expert in the area. I send out press releases (similar to a blog) to the local newspa...
09/22/2006
I’ve never been a deposit Nazi! Unless the escrow deposit is completely ridiculous, like $500 or $1000, I usually don’t recommend to my clients that they counter. I do, however, explain that it’s usually difficult to keep a deposit. The buyer just needs to back out by following the contract cont...
09/21/2006
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I run a lot of listing appointments. I get most of them. On occasion I don’t go for the close. I know I should be whipping out the listing agreement and asking for the order but sometimes I’m just not up for it! I want the listing but I just don’t make the effort to close. When I get an object...
09/21/2006
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I figured out the key to a restful night sleep! I usually get a great night of restful sleep so when I don’t, I analyze why! Here’s what I came up with:1) Always make a list of things to do before you go to sleep. This way you won’t stay up and worry about what you need to accomplish the next da...
09/21/2006
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If you haven't already noticed, Teri Isner is a day away of blogging from taking over the number one spot on Active Rain! It's super hard to move up in positions when you get close to the top! I would say it's certainly deserved as Teri writes well though-out blogs and relevant comments, not to m...
09/20/2006
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For the past 13 years, my computer desktop has been a picture of tropical waters with an island on one side with a palm tree and a sail boat on the other. Most of you have this image pre-installed with Windows, called Azul. I’ve had this picture on my home, office and laptop computers. I would s...
09/20/2006
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For those of you who read my earlier blog about an email I received from a Turkish "buyer" who wanted me to send him "clear pictures" of a listing so that he could buy it, I would like to bring you up to date. We had a few more emails where he asked for more information about a specific property....
09/19/2006