Oscar Marquez' Blog

Harvard University conducted a survey with over 1,600 businesses and found out that 70% have no written or verbal business pan, 27% had verbal goals and 3% had a written business plan. The same survey also showed that 98% of the wealth was created by those 3% who had a business plan. I would like...

Most media loves to point out the negatives in today's market.  We'll this week I spent some time with my friend Chris Leader and we agreed there are some positives to this economy.  1. I love today's market because during the last market I lost more than one sale after my clients were outbid and...

We've all been there, attending a motivation seminar with hopes of learning the wisdom of the ages and learn the one "magical phrase" or sales technique that will eliminate all objections and close every sale is a powerful lure to a hungry agent.  Unfortunately, as you've already experienced, aft...

Is the state of the market getting to you? Maybe you are one of the many real estate professionals wondering, "How can I stay positive in today's market?" Following are 7 ideas to help you stay positive. 1. Fight the toxic avenger. (no, I'm not talking about the movie). Who is the toxic avenger? ...

My idea is to create ablog where we can leanr from each other and inprove our voloume.  Personally I have been in this great business for 18 years as a listing and selling agent; 10 of those years as a speaker and trainer.  I had the opportunity to meet many great producers and I will be very hap...