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2018
Whether it is great or not. Whether it would benefit you or not. Whether you could learn communication skills or not. Whether you could even pick up seller and buyer clients in the future, like I have over the past six years. Causing my investment of $162. Per year to give me a 400% return on my ...
01/30/2018
Well today is the third time in the last 60 days (in other words) about 50% of the time Realtors who represent the seller, ignore the time of acceptance.Some think I should give them a day or two. Either they have not sold much, or they have little success representing buyers.Whether they know i...
01/29/2018
Often in my life I have learned from someone how to do what I am doing easier, which saves time and money. Sometimes I have done things a certain way for months even years, and after a little advice from a kind person my life gets enhanced and we move forward and upward.Here is something from me ...
01/29/2018
A couple of words I really get annoyed when I hear them: No problem and I’m Busy.Get a life! When I tell you, I have reached the end, or accomplished what we were out to get done, or say thank you to you.Don’t respond to me with NO PROBLEM. Who started that ignorant statement. No meaning whatsoev...
01/28/2018
1 Return telephone calls promptly.2 As a listing agent present ALL OFFERS in person. Emailing them is stupid.3 Keep your name in front of former clients every 4 – 5 weeks. Call them and TALK four times a year minimum!4 Ask Questions Ask Questions Ask Questions5 Being nice, polite, kind, gentle, a...
01/27/2018
Imagine! How life was for me for 15 years after high school. Did four years U S Navy. Then 11 years wondering around, wondering if I would ever amount to anything.Then I found my passion. I guess it happened after my first closing, and a check for more than I was earning two months of hard labor ...
01/27/2018
Realtors if you do this, you are fighting a losing battle.ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS YOUR LISTING.Yesterday I wrote an offer which deserved to be countered, two main reasons.Almost $20,000 below the list price. And asking for a 25-day inspection period.Sometimes you must do what the buyer says, and ...
01/26/2018
It is simple although it may not be easy to make a change in your thinking for this year.After all it is not too late, when you begin NOW.MINDSET CHANGE Making a change in your mindset, believe me, I have been in sales 38 years, and no one could have experienced any more times to have to fight ou...
01/26/2018
My International Speech for Toastmasters I am about to deliver next month at the club level is entitled: BELIEVE.Are you aware when you BELIEVE you can increase your sales?I will share some of the parts of my speech pertaining to believing.Did you know believe is a very powerful word? Don’t bel...
01/24/2018
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Believe is one of the most powerful words. Don't believe me? Look in the bible it is there over 243 times.Enjoying a game of racquetball today with an agent who asked me how many homes I sold last year. After I answered him, I asked how many did you sell?He said 22. I looked him up in the MLS an...
01/24/2018