Jeff's Blog

By
Real Estate Agent - The Payne Group at Keller Williams Success Realty

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2007 

Lately, in our market, the newer homes are really seeing a discount in Homeowners Insurance.  One particular neighborhood we are seeing prices go from 1200 to 700 from last year.  I first noticed it when I got my new insurance bill and it dropped 550.00.  I closed a home near mine right after tha...
09/30/2007
FLIP the book is coming to Panama City,FL on December 6,2007.   Has anyone attended yet?  Gene Rivers, a renowned real estate trainer, will be teaching the class.  I have been working with a young investor who has taken the course and has purchased 14 properites since May 2007.  Stay tuned for mo...
09/30/2007
I see some agents who rent apartments or homes and have never owned a home.    This is a hard for me to understand.   What do you say to a buyer when they ask you about your home?  Usually when I am working with a buyer, we get into a discussion about homes and home ownership and the question ALW...
09/30/2007
For those that have a contact management system, Do you just have a phone book or do you have a real database?  I recently attended a class and the instructor asked us the question.  After looking thru my database I promptly realized that I have a phone book instead of a real database. It will ta...
09/30/2007
I see so many realtors advertise that they work 24/7.  Call me anytime is what I see them saying.  I personally don't like to get a call at 9:00 PM or 6:30 AM from one of my sellers.   Since I primarily work listings and my buyer specialists work buyers, I tell my sellers when I will call them ea...
09/30/2007
2 Comments
Recruiting seems like such a cold, impersonal term.  I don not want to be known as a recruiter or a recruiting office since this is really not what our company is about.  What would be a better term to use for speaking with other agents about working with our company?  I know that it is about fin...
09/30/2007
9 Comments
Why do realtors insist on these silly glamour shots for their photos.  I see so many of them, especially women, who look like they were dressed up to go to a formal event with thier hair fixed up different than they normally wear it.  The picture looks nothing like them and most look like they we...
09/30/2007
245 Comments
How many of you do BPO's? I have been doing them for quite some time now and I am beginning to wonder if this is a huge waste of time.  It has been great for learning the market and view properties but it seems like they kick everyone back because they did not like the comps.  I try to find the c...
09/30/2007
12 Comments
Some do, some don't.  I personally don't do floor duty as we have a receptionist who answers our phones and directs the "leads" to the agent who has the property that the caller is asking about.  All of my signs have my phone number and web address on them so all sign calls come to me for my list...
09/29/2007
4 Comments
What does your email address say about you?   What do you think about those yahoo, gmail, msn,hotmail type emails like  mailto:iamahomeseller4567inpananacity547@yahoo.com ?  These types of emails are not professional and they are certainly hard to remember.   How many of you have an email like th...
09/29/2007
Rainer
194,261

Jeff Payne

Panama City Real Estate
local_phone(850) 392-1770
smartphone(850) 890-0132
Contact The Author
Panama City Real Estate, New home construction specialist, Cherokee Heights, Deerfield Estates, Military Relocation, Tyndall Air Force Base, Naval Coastal Systems Panama City Beach, Panama City, Real Estate, Panama City Beach Real Estate, short sales, REO, foreclosures, first time home buyers