Shawna Gibson's (skgibson) Blog

Every year I try to come up with a good, low cost but high quality gift to give clients I've done business with in the past year.  This is no small feat!  Here's what I've come up with this year and in years past:A Christmas Tree - our company holds an annual event where clients bring in an unwra...

Yesterday I joined 800 of my fellow Coldwell Banker Burnet agents at a seminar with David Knox.  If you have never seen David, you are missing out.  He has been in real estate for the last 30+ years and a trainer for many of them.  He is entertaining - which is great.  More importantly, he delive...

Many people from the Boise, Idaho area are moving to the Minneapolis metro for job relocations.  If you or a client want to live in one of the Minneapolis metro's best kept secrets, read on...Chaska, MN, a wonderful suburb of Minneapolis, MN was recently rated as the 8th Best Place to Live in the...

In a meeting today, we started talking about when it was routine for the listing agent to meet an appraiser at a property they were selling.  Many agents used to do this as a courtesy and in case the appraiser had any questions or issues.  Some of the agents in my office still do this, and many p...

Hi.  I posted this a week or two ago as well.  I didn't get any advice, but had some other people wanting the same info.  If you are familiar with this type of financing, please respond.  If you are an agent who has worked for a buyer who needs "non-traditional" financing in accordance with their...

I'm thankful for the opportunity to be paying two mortgages right now; the house I bought in June, and the house I've been trying to sell since July.  Even though it is a struggle every month to make the payments, I have shelter and warmth.  I can walk outside, bring my kids to the park and not w...

This is not my project, but I wanted to participate and pass the link along to others.http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2275H36JR5S - the survey takes about 5-10 minutes.  If we all give good info, I think this could be a big help for all of us in 2008.  When you finish the survey, you can...

Okay - this is purely personal observation, but as a recent transplant from the city (specifically, Minneapolis) to the suburbs (namely, White Bear Lake) I've made some astounding discoveries.  Please, read on for a city girl's impression of what I used to think of as, "The end of the earth."I co...

Thoughts about marketing: sometimes in our drive to be different and "set ourselves apart" from the competition, we do some goofy things.  Personally, I've come up with some horrible marketing ideas (usually at about 2 AM when unable to sleep!). It is important to make an impression on people, bu...

If you are a newer agent looking for a company that will help you mentor with an experienced agent, please read.  We are looking to bring new agents to our company to work with experienced agents who need help with their listings.   Learn from the best in the business!  If this is something you t...