Josh Murphy's (jmurphy) Blog

I had a very interesting conversation this morning with a friend on Facebook. She wants to get involved in a career in Real Estate. She is local to my area, and I know her fairly well. She started this morning- "Josh, can I ask you some questions about real estate?" "Of course" "Im thinking about...

When you work with clients, are you telling them to pass your name along? Are you asking for referrals? Have you talked to your friends and family about passing your name along? There is much success to be found just by asking folks for business. Worst case, your back where you started.   In real...

There are some folks out there with some very creative minds. I have seen agents use tons of different efforts to "try to get the word out". The key is you want  your name and number on something that a potential client is going to see and use often. 1. Pens- Probably by far the most popular one....

A listing is much like a business investment. You are putting your time and money into something, in the hopes that it sells. If and only if it sells, do you get any money back. If this is the case, why would you invest in something you know will not sell. Can you honestly look at EVERY single on...

So here we are, in the midst of a very interesting market. You are still doing real estate, so that means one of two things. 1. You are from a family of 2 incomes and yours is not one that needs to be steady, nothing wrong with this at all, you are doing what you love, and probably having a lot o...

We have all read endlessly about the $8,000 tax credit available to qualified buyers that close on their first home prior to December 1st, 2009. A few things you might remind your buyers about with this credit. 1. The price that they are searching in is the most active price range in the market r...

Somehow, I stumbled upon this site tonight, and I LOVE it, its nearly 2 Am, and I have been working vigorously to upload all of my content to my Belfair Washington Real Estate NING Website. I plan to have this website used as a resource, for those wanting information on the Belfair Real Estate Ma...

In your opinion, what sells a house? Is it a who? Is it a What? What about a Where? Location, Location, Location, we have all heard it, homes with a preferred location sell first. Does this apply on the Internet as well? ex. Is a home more likely to sell on an ActiveRain posting than a Trulia lis...

Dreams are what keep us focused, and working hard. Some of our dreams are simple, have a humble home, pay my mortgage every month... ahh i'm living the dream. Others dreams may be complex or expensive, but we all have them and they keep us all motivated. Right now you are reading my post here on ...

Calling All Seattle Area Agents... RE Bar Seattle returns in September. If you are local, or willing to travel, Seattle will be hosting a second RE Bar camp, scheduled for Tuesday, September 8th of 2009. I will be traveling about an hour and a half to attend, which will include a beautiful ferry ...