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2010 SMDRA bowling tournament

Sometimes it can just be about the fun.  over 260 members had an awesome time Wednesday celebrating ST. Patricks day and bowling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxAWOTQrw3Q

I have wondered what to do if business is slow

I don’t have all the answers but this one is a no brainer. Go to REALTOR Rally!!!!  for $25 you get the best day of education available. You hear timely speakers who will enlighten on the present and future of real estate and give key tips on how to do better.  How can anyone not make this investment of their time?  How do you sign up, go to www.realtorrally.org. It’s that simple.

personal production is hereby halted-smoking a cigar and working on social networks now

… “When your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep will be your downfall!” -Jim Rohn

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Quick tip on building your business

This morning, while speaking to a friend in the business, he said he had just placed a million dollar property under contract this week.  When I asked him how he found this buyer or how the buyer found him he explained.  “The buyer walked into an open house I was holding about 11 years ago.  We hit it off immediately and the friendship has endured all this time.  I kept in great contact with his family and him.  I never pressured him to buy or sell but when the time was right for him I was there to be his trusted advisor”

I really ejoyed this story and think there is much to be learned.  Do open houses work? Yes!  Do the building of relationships work? Yes!  Does being trusted and not pushy work? Yes

To me this was a great example of how to build a a premier real estate buiness that lasts and lasts?

“When your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep will be your downfall!” -Jim Rohn

How can REALTORS influence the market?

I wonder if the attitude of REALTORS influences the perception of the public or if the public is influencing the REALTOR?  When we are out showing properties I wonder if it is the buyer who is asking to see short sales or if the REALTOR is suggesting short sales as bargains? The question is, when is a bargain not a bargain?  The answer is simple, when it doesn’t close the buyer doesn’t get the house, the buyer misses the tax credits, looses the deductible interest and looses the pride of home ownership. I am concerned that those losses are exactly what buyers are headed to as the tax credit time is coming to an end soon.  Sometimes I think that buyers aren’t being presented or even looking at a great value house in the neighborhood if it isn’t a short sale.  So I ask, did the buyer get a great house at a great price if they didn’t end up getting anything?  I think not.  would it influence that market if we sold better properties rather than distressed properties?  I think so, what do you think?

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