Leanne Smith's (highdesertre) Blog

During the last several months, I have pulled real estate property permits and discovered how important to protect and promote my clients by actually reading each pulled permit issued for any real estate property.My first surprise was for a future property to be listed in Golden Valley, AZ. I vis...

Thanks to Dr. Paula McDonald and Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist  for this month’s challenge about Acts of Kindness. The Dirt Road Real Estate brokerage has 12 real estate agents. During a recent work family zoom call, a decision was collaboratively made to participate in the Kingman...

Human beings due to their innate desire for survival no longer live in caves or under rock out croppings. We have evolved to homes with the “creature comforts” from air conditioning to indoor plumbing and cook tops. Of course, our ancestors had open fires, blankets made from animal hides, open fi...

From part 5 of this series 2024 Executive Strategic Thinking and Planning, quality questions helped to provide clarity regarding how to start thinking about what is identified as the Values Statement that is the non-negotiable behaviors to be demonstrated Here is the result of answering those que...

A buyer asked me about a vacant land parcel here in Golden Valley, AZ. Other than 50% of the vacant land parcel was in a flood zone which was not clearly stated in the public remarks, the listing agent provided the following information in real estate agents’ only remarks:Owner on record, husband...

Possibly by now, there may be some questioning why this series begins with these four words: Executive   Strategic Thinking Planning ExecutiveWhat I have discovered from my past executive leadership consulting and sales coaching clients, there was often a confusion by independent contractors with...

The execution of this executive strategic thinking and planning of a master action plan begins with having 100% clarity about how one will behave. This behavior begins with one’s moral code, one’s ethics, one's code of conduct, one’s values. REALTORS® have the NAR Code of Ethics which is a potent...

When crafting any executable executive strategic thinking and planning master plan of action, the quality of the questions along with the depth and breadth to be asked is paramount. This is also true within the sales process.Quality questions when asked strategically will deliver quality results,...

And your vision for your real estate practice, small business, is? Here is mine:With Grit and Gratitude, my real estate practice here in NW AZ will consistently blaze the trail by demonstrating integrity, knowledge, and a commitment to excellence because life begins where the pavement ends. By go...

Now is the time to return to the basic foundation for executive strategic thinking and planning along with my own business philosophy.The first question is why am I in this real estate industry?ANSWER: To stay mentally and physically active  To support those seeking to turn their dreams into real...