
Buyer Considerations – It’s Time to Revise Your Investment Strategy
2014 Buyer Considerations – It’s Time to Revise Your Investment Strategy Last year the Stock Market was the place to be with investments. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased from 12,925 on January 1st, 2013 to 16,577 on January 1st, 2014. These were very impressive gains that were bolstered in part by an improving […]
Buyer Considerations – Time to Get Out of Stocks and Into Real Estate
Presentations – Make it “Sizzle”
2014 Presentations – Make it “Sizzle” The weather up north has been terrible and it’s expected to be bad in February and March as well. Yet, here we are in Florida, in our warm little bubble. Most of us have enjoyed the Florida lifestyle for so long, we take it for granted. This can be […]
Relationship Management – Don’t Be a Couch Potato Salesman
2014 Relationship Management – Don’t Be a Couch Potato Salesman We’ve beaten the issue to death, yet we still have some agents that are slow to embrace the idea that there is a windfall opportunity for sales professionals that “Take the Shots!” right now with their past clients, advocates and sphere of influence. Listed […]
Listing Management – Don’t Do A Drive-By Photo Shoot
Salesmanship – “I Must Have…” Applies Today Only
Salesmanship – “I Must Have…” Applies Today Only One of the most offensive cliché’s in real estate is “Buyers are liars, and Sellers are storytellers.” It stems how many times you have heard Buyers and Sellers say: “I have to have” when referring to some key amenity or point? For example: I only want to […]
Prospecting – Using Testimonials
Prospecting – Do Your Buyers Make the Cut?
2014 Prospecting – Do Your Buyers Make the Cut? In the past, we have emphasized the fact that working with sellers can be far more productive than working with buyers, because a much higher percentage of listings close. If you pre-qualify your buyers however, you can achieve a much higher closing ratio with them. This […]
Seller Considerations – Top Reasons Why Homes Don’t Sell
2014 Seller Considerations – Top Reasons Why Homes Don’t Sell ActiveRain, an online community of real estate professionals, asked 1,000 agents to rate the top 3 mistakes made by home sellers and they are as follows: 77% of the time, OVERPRICING A HOME was in the top 3 34% of the time, SHOWING AVAILABILITY was in […]

