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Going beyond the plethora of listings to discover what is keeping realtors from sustainable sales success.
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The media outlets and real estate information forums, newsletters, websites, etc. continue to predict that real estate sky is falling and woe to real estate agents.  Funny thing about predictions, they are usually wrong.Remember all the hysteria about Y2K bug and the 2000 scare?Then we had all th...
03/27/2024
The last two weeks have been beyond busy (10-12 hours days plus) and my morning discipline of posting to Active Rain has taken a back seat to meeting real estate commitments along with some personal commitments. My first revisited learned lesson is sometimes one must prioritize one’s actions and ...
03/27/2024
Victor Hugo said it best:“Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.”To be successful, to triumph in life, in business and especially in real estate sales, one must embrace perseverance on a daily basis. Now, in 2024 for real estate agents given what has happened within the real estate industry, is no...
03/25/2024
Our thoughts reflect our attitudes as Zig Ziglar stated "Attitudes are habits of thoughts." Those thoughts are filled with words which we think consciously or unconsciously.Norman Vincent Peale understood the power of thoughts with these words:"When you change your thoughts, remember to also chan...
03/20/2024
As a seller or a buyer, this fact may be of interest:81% of the sellers and 71% of the buyer’s only interviewed one agent whom they subsequently hired (Source NAR)There are several possible reasons why interviewing only one agent happens: A sales referral from family and friends which NAR’s indic...
03/17/2024
With all the angst from the settlement of the NAR lawsuits, there is a lot of change forthcoming being forecasted by so called experts.  For those who may have not read this book, Change or Die, the first time when I reviewed this book in May of 2023, maybe now is a good time to re-read it or rea...
03/17/2024
A couple of years ago I was the buyer’s agent for this 3 bedroom, 2 bath with inside laundry room manufactured home located at 327 S Higley Rd, Golden Valley, AZ. Being on rural water and real power this one acre plus lot was also zoned for horses or livestock. There was plenty of room at the rea...
03/16/2024
Some recent data from NAR suggested 81% of the sellers and 71% of the buyer’s only interviewed one agent whom they subsequently hired.  Possibly the reasons are several such as referrals from family and friends, a property down the street just sold or a for sale sign caught the consumer’s attenti...
03/15/2024
Yesterday when walking a 40 acre parcel with a buyer, we exchanged numerous laughs as we looked for the ribbon markers at the property corners.  Unfortunately, we only found one, but it was sooo tiny we would have missed it. We both laughed together wondering if the listing agent could have made ...
03/14/2024
Many of us have heard the song “Tomorrow” that is from the musical “Annie.” Einstein shared his wisdom about tomorrow with these words:“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to questioning.”Dr. Seuss also understood the result of the hope for tomorrow...
03/11/2024
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