Realtor/Coach/Trainer
“When I say reset, I’m not looking at a particular specific set of data. What I’m really saying is that we’ve had a time of a red-hot housing market all over the country, where famously houses were selling to the first buyer at 10% above the ask even before seeing the house. That kind of […]
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With kids, the first two years are the hardest. They are the messiest, loudest, and nastiest. It kind of sounds like real estate. Once you get past the first couple of years, it gets easier, though still not easy. You’re going to have work that you don’t want to do but you have to keep […]
Real estate conventions can be an amazing place to connect and learn. To get the most out of anything, some planning and forethought are helpful. Have a goal. What area of your business do you need to work on? What change in your skills, mindset, or tools can cause the greatest effect? If you are […]
The true answer to what is the best CRM is, is whichever one you will use. That’s it. They are some bells and whistles and they are some things that they do for you. But, in the end it has to be you that is in on the CRM, that is working it, that is […]
A lot of new agents come in to this business and they feel that they have to battle. They think that they are walking into a gladiator arena, and are just prepared to battle every single time. And they feel that their job is to get every single penny and every single negotiation tactic in […]
It means almost nothing, especially on a large scale. In real estate we try to find numbers that normalize the ups and downs of activity. Similarly, the inventory number is a theoretical number that says, if sales continue at this pace and no new homes were added to the market, this is how many months […]
Imagine only being requested to help a friend move one single box, give a high five, and get on with your Saturday. Wouldn’t that be nice? I mean. it’s always a Saturday isn’t it? The same friend that would take a bullet for you will likely find an excuse not to help you move. Why? […]
I’m not worried about Zillow and Trulia like some agents. Actually I’m all about open information, and that is what Zillow gives, to a point. But only up to a point, and that is how their product actually helps me. One issue that agents have with Zillow is the Zestimate which Zillow’s estimate of the […]
I can’t get too deep in the details of selling this home but we got four offers in two days. The pricing was not fun, which I will talk about when the deal is over. By far the most interesting aspect of this is watching Jessie, my girlfriend. I get to watch her from a […]
[Originally written January 2011] “Sexy, to me, is the way you carry what you have. I have a big nose, but I rock it.” – Justin Timberlake. Our Multiple Listing System recently started tracking and reporting view counts on RMLS.com, RMLSweb.com, and when a listing is emailed to a buyer. It’s wonderful because now we […]
In the video above the authors of Freakonomics talk about Realtors and how they are not incentivized to get the best price for your home. A $10,000 reduction in sales price is only a few hundred dollars reduction in commission. First, are there agents like this? Absolutely. I also know of agents who won’t show a home […]
(Excuse the distracted talking. I was watching for my clients.) Over the years I have heard agents brag that they never show more than 10 homes to a client. I always sat in disbelief that they would think like this. In my nine years in real estate it has never occurred to me to do […]
It’s so hard to pick a good Realtor because most people don’t buy homes often enough to get a good gauge on the process and know what to look for or what works for them. Do you pick based on sales? I know a Realtor that had 60 sales in one year and your best […]
It’s that time of year, so much to do, so little time it seems. That’s why real estate slows down so much during the holidays. Few people are motivated enough to buy or sell a home once the middle of October hits with Thanksgiving around the corner. Once January rolls around the market gets flooded […]
Dennis Hope, a Nevada entrepreneur, has been selling lunar real estate, priced at $20/acre, for the last 20 years. By exploiting a loophole created during the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty (the Treaty stated that no country or government could lay claim on extraterrestrial land, but did not mention private individuals or corporations), he […]
