Just a couple of articles for our Real Estate Resource Roundup this week... Housing Market Slow to Hit its Spring Stride Recent housing data suggests that the market's spring selling season is getting off to a slow start, a worrisome sign after a winter of expectations that warmer weather would Continue Reading
Apr
18
2014
5 Things Real Estate Agents Know
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As I was reading a book by developer Jorge Perez about how to be successful in real estate, (Powerhouse Principles, The Billionaire Blueprint for Real Estate Success; Celebra, 2008) it struck me that most, if not all, of the principles he outlined in his blueprint to riches are principles that many Continue Reading
Apr
12
2014
Real Estate Resource Roundup: Top Stories of the Week
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Happy Saturday morning - go on, grab your coffee, and away we go! Wanna effectively serve Generation Next homebuyers? Learn to speak "digital" The median age of REALTORS(R) is 57, whereas the median age of first-time buyers is 34. If you want to effectively serve “next-gen” buyers and sellers, Continue Reading
Apr
10
2014
Leveraging GENLIFE to achieve what we all want most… More.
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What’s the # 1 thing every agent, broker or owner wants? The answer is simple. “More.” We want more sales. We want more agents. We want more momentum. We want more time with our families. We want more income to relieve financial pressure. We all want more of the things we Continue Reading
Apr
09
2014
Paint, Putty and a New Attitude
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How important is your office space to your company’s culture? Easy question to ask, very difficult to answer. How does one quantify the effect of the space they work in, in relation to their very success or failure? Companies such as Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter and any number of start-ups that Continue Reading
Apr
05
2014
Real Estate Resource Roundup: Top Stories of the Week
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Happy Saturday morning - grab your coffee and let's get started with our Real Estate Roundup. Home Sales in U.S. Poised to Surge With Spring: Mortgages More than half of U.S. home sales take place between March and June. However, the market’s getting a late start this year because so much of the Continue Reading
Apr
03
2014
Don’t Count Out the Baby Boomers
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Baby Boomers fueled an unprecedented housing expansion that created the American suburbs as we know them. Today – contrary to what a lot real estate professionals might think – they’re poised to do it again. Our latest Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate survey found surprisingly buoyant Continue Reading
Mar
29
2014
Real Estate Resource Roundup: Top Stories of the Week
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Welcome to our Real Estate Resource Roundup, and happy Better Homes and Gardens National Open House Weekend. Visit a BHGRE Open House this weekend, take your picture with one of our open house signs, and submit it for a chance to win $2500! Subject to official rules, of course! In the meantime, Continue Reading
Mar
27
2014
BHGRE National Open House Weekend Countdown: Part 4, The Don’ts and Do’s of Your Open House
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We’ve been counting down to our BHGRE National Open House Weekend this Saturday and Sunday – the moment is almost here, are you ready? In this final entry of this series, we recap the do's and don'ts (or rather, the don'ts and do's) of running your open house. If you’re having trouble making real Continue Reading
Mar
25
2014
BHGRE National Open House Weekend Countdown: Part 3, Establishing Benefits and Closing for the Appointment
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Welcome back for part 3 of our countdown to our BHGRE National Open House Weekend, establishing benefits and closing for the appointment. We are finally about to get into the day of your open house event - there are several strategies which you can use to establish the benefits of using a real Continue Reading
What have you done for them lately? Random Acts of Kindness week, a success at BHGRE Tech Valley
Doing good works. Everyone talks about it, and if they’re lucky, people actually go out there and do them. This past week, we took a bit of a break from our real estate lives, packed up our snazzy Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate–branded MINI, and drove around Albany trying to do some good Continue Reading