Tips & Techniques for REALTORS

Knowledge is power in most arenas of business and this is particularly true in the real estate industry where home prices and real estate data are becoming more widely available for little or no cost to consumers. The more real estate agents and brokers can understand and even anticipate about po...

 With the start of the New Year, you may have made it your resolution to purchase a home, whether it is your first time or fiftieth time. Congratulations! Yet, buying a house (particularly in today's market) may not seem like an easy task, especially when dealing with a completely unknown seller....

Do you like to be liked?  Of course you do, particularly if you are using Facebook to market and grow your business.  But getting someone to like your page is not the "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow".  That is really just the beginning because consistent engagement (i.e. post likes, shares...

The REALTOR® 2.0 is the real estate professional that wants to maximize earning potential available via online consumer interaction on social sites.   But that interaction does not come haphazardly or automatically. Effective engagement that can influence an agent’s level of real estate sales is...

    Thank God it's Friday!  I am especially happy for this Friday as I get to help make this year's holiday season a little brighter for children here in the U.S. and those that may live in various parts of the world ravaged by war, famine, starvation and other unspeakables through the Samaritan'...

You just struck a deal on some prime real estate you own or want to own but now you have a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach.  Beads of sweat cloud your brow.  You imagination runs wild and you faintly hear what could be the weeping sound of a violin "strumming your pain".  Your mind st...

  If you are reading this, you may have missed the free, 1 year offer that DotRealtor was offering to the first 500,000 members of the National Association of REALTORS® and 10,000 members of the Canadian Real Estate Association that wanted to acquire the new top-level domain (TLD) .Realtor that i...

Did you know that...          But why are so few sales agents asking for referrals?   Conceivably fear (of rejection, failure, the unknown, etc.) could be crippling you and stopping you from trying... Or it could be that your current strategy is not working... Perhaps it's because you did not kno...

Quick Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Business?   Do you wonder what others are saying about you or your realty firm? Are you perplexed with how to stay in-tuned with the latest gizmos and gadgets for real estate? Are you "in the know" about the latest residential developments in your area or wha...

What do you have planned today? You may be at a closing for 2 hours, negotiating contracts for 30 minutes, spending 2 hours cleaning out your email, nurturing your SOI (sphere of influence) on social media for 1 hour, networking with agents for 1 hour at your office's sales meeting and 3 hours m...