Agent’s guide to surviving a red-hot seller’s market
Are you in a red-hot seller’s market where listings sell the first day with multiple offers? If so, you can turn this seemingly difficult situation into a huge competitive advantage if you know what to do.
I recently had a conversation with Mary Pope-Handy who works the [...]
What Agents Should Start Doing Now to Drum Up Business
In 2006 I wrote a column cataloging eight early warning signs that your market was heading into a downturn. By the same token, shifts in those same signs can herald a seller’s market in the near future.
Are you hoping that the dreadful [...]
When change comes to town, it seems to divide people into two camps: victims and villains. Those who precipitated the change are often the bad guys of the situation. And everyone else seems to be warily looking for their name on the chopping block. Change has the same effect on businesses, which is why mergers [...]
As the market moves to a more normal stance, real estate agents are scratching their heads. Many real estate agents were weaned in an order‐taker’s market. Buyers were rushing to buy before that dream home was snatched up or to get a couple more appreciation points by getting that investment just a little bit earlier. [...]
Your Web site should be working for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, capturing leads and marketing your brand. Your site should be helping consumers search for homes, find local market data, and get answers to some of their burning questions. And all of this can [...]
We asked for your sure-fire tips for cultivating fabulous business relationships. Here are some of the ideas you swear by. January 2013
Get Involved in Your Neighborhood
Lynette O’Brien Columbia River Properties, The Dalles, Ore.
Be involved with your community outside of real estate. Remember people’s birthdays and anniversaries. Break the ice before you talk [...]
Brokers and agents who want to promote their listings on several high‐end real estate websites have a new option ‐‐Listing‐Feed.com.
Currently partnered with the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Boston Globe, Listing‐Feed.com automatically syndicates subscribers’ listings to its partner sites, directly from their multiple listing service (MLS) feeds.
Instead [...]
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