Truth, Excellence and a Good Deal
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2007
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In my office I have a huge 8 foot by 4 foot map of Atlanta hanging on my wall. I copied and cut and pasted together 90 pages from my MLS map book.It's amazing how much clarity a good map can give when figuring out areas to target in a home search.When my new clients come in, it's easy to points ...
01/12/2007
What's your first response when you see a listing without a picture? Usually it's "NEXT". The normal agent or consumer just doesn't have time to deal with a listing that has no pictures.What a great opportunity! That home is probably not going to get very many showings so there is going to be ...
01/12/2007
I love a story that I heard Joe Stumpf of By Referral Only tell once.He said that most agents and loan officers are trained to be hunters. Go out there and cold call and network. You need to sell, sell , sell. So many go out there and begin shooting at the birds as they fly by. Once in a whil...
01/11/2007
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Have you ever had new client show up for their first appointment late? I bet most of the time those same clients continue to show up late most of the time after that. They probably are also late in getting documents to the lender and late in everything else that they do.My favorite recent quote...
01/11/2007
What a listing to get. A "country" that is only 550 square meters, Sealand, is being listed for 997 million dollars. But the grapevine says that anything over 8 figures, that's $10,000,000, might be acceptable. A Spanish company has the listing. It's not a very fancy listing presentation. I ...
01/08/2007
I find that when times get tough, I find comfort in remembering a good quote that fits the situation. It reminds me that I am not the only one who has faced a challenge. At my weekly BNI networking meeting, we always try to end with an inspirational quote. It seems to be a moment we all anticip...
01/08/2007
I think anyone found guilty of creating computer viruses, spyware, malware and anything else that messes with my computer should be put to a slow and painful death. I know it is harsh but enough is enough. I am mad as hell and if I ever find the people who create this stuff, watch out.I know th...
01/07/2007
One hears a lot about the Fiduciary responsiblity of an agent. I wanted to refresh my thinking on what exactly that meant and what exact responsiblities an agent really has. I went back to the key source documents and found that agents are really responsible for a lot less than I have previous...
01/06/2007
Have you ever had a person that is really good at what they do but every interaction with them takes much longer than necessary? A simple one minute telephone call turns into a half hour conversation because they just go on and on. I'm all for being friendly and polite but sometimes you just ha...
01/05/2007
I love going to continueing education courses that go over the purchase and sale agreement in detail. There have been some major changes to our contracts in Georgia so everyone is trying to get up to speed as quickly as possible.The biggest thing I learned, or what I was reminded of, had nothing...
01/04/2007
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