Angie's Blog

The year's well past half over.  Have you looked at your goals, figured out where you are as to where you wanted to be and have now re-set them according to what can be accomplished by the end of the year? I'm behind, as usual, behind on re-checking my goals and therefore, re-setting them.  But a...

Yes, going on vacation is hectic and coming back is hard too since you have no time to adjust.  All the work that took place while you're out has to be re-introduced and feel like you have to play catch up. Sallie, don't worry about your listing too much.  Just get it in the Multiple Listing  and...

You always hear it and it never seems to fail.  Want to increase your business?  Go on vacation.  Okay, so maybe the time of year we take vacation is the busy time for buying and selling, usually during the summer.  I'll accept that this would be a time that of course you'd get busier.  It sure s...

It's not just the simple new construction or resale out there.  While the last few years may have helped newbies learn real estate deals, todays market will determine really how flexible you can be as a agent.  It's truly diverified!  With foreclosures or REOs and short sales and lease purchase o...

Had all day training today on team building from Gene Rivers, who's got to be one of the best instructors in real estate, much less KW trainers. Anyway, I don't have a team and I tend to refer out to those who don't have teams either.  My philosophy is that I want the person I'm talking to (when ...

I do open houses just about every weekend, usually Sundays.  If anyone shows up at all, it's usually just a couple of groups.  Most have an agent they are working with.  If not, others are obviously neighbors with no intention of doing anything for a while, just checking out the houses in the nei...

Those of you who serve the older population know that serving this group of individuals takes additional caution.  As Realtors we need to always be aware of any possibility of being seen as taking advantage of seniors. That's partly why I earned the Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation.  I ...