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Branding Spotlight: Open House Tools

Your open house system is key to making open houses easier and wowing potential buyers. Open houses are a lot of work, but they also come with a lot of opportunity.  Just passing out your business card won’t be enough. This winter, take out all your open house tools and see where any gaps may […]

Branding Spotlight: Past Client Materials

You have successfully closed the sale. Your buyers are thrilled with their new home. After months of working closely together, you don’t want to just disappear. (And, let’s be honest, it would be wonderful if they could refer you to their friends and family.) So what can you do to stay relevant without being pushy? […]

Branding Spotlight: What the Market is Buying?

Give your clients a snapshot of where current market interest is focused by showing them the full spectrum of recently purchased homes in their area. This can help your buyers see where they face the most competition for homes. Use this to show your sellers what kind of demand the market has for a home […]

Branding Spotlight: Homeowner’s Equity Appreciation Report

Do your clients know how much their property has appreciated in value since they purchased it? When you need something quick, this Homeowner’s Equity Appreciation Report is a fantastic tool that can be added on to Annual Client Review or it can be a completely separate report that you send. This is a fast and […]

Branding Spotlight: Appreciation by Neighborhood

Are you helping a seller visualize the market value of their home? Or are you assisting a buyer in pin-pointing a good area for investment? Or maybe you are at an open house and want something valuable to give to potential buyers? The Appreciation by Neighborhood map can be a star in all of those […]

Do You Have Trouble Speaking Up?

Quick show of hands – how many of you had a challenging transaction over the last 12 months? One that was in danger of failing at some point between pending to close? Wow! Let’s see. Hmmm…almost…all of you!

Education is the Key to Great Client Care

I’m so excited because this week, I’m in beautiful Las Vegas. I’m staying at the incredible Cosmopolitan Hotel, which has the best views of the Bellagio fountains. (You’ll see them going off behind me.) I’m here sharpening my skills and updating my knowledge, because I always want to be in the forefront of what is […]

Six Pieces of Data to Wow Your Clients (and tell your market’s story)

Most real estate agents consider themselves “people” people and aren’t as comfortable with data, graphing, pulling numbers, etc. However, if you could master finding out how to pull just six pieces of data in your MLS, I guarantee you will be more confident in your buyer and seller consultations, will be able to drop numbers […]

Need Listings? The 4 Letters That Can Revolutionize Your Listing Lead Generation Strategy

Tired of tech and want an easy-to-execute listing lead strategy? If you think it sounds too good to be true, it’s not. I developed my Letters for Listings series more than two decades ago. Although the series has been updated, the mechanics are as basic as they were more than 20 years ago, and perhaps even […]

Creating a Team or Partnership? This is your MUST-HAVE!

Expectations in a team or partnership.

I have worked with dozens and dozens of partnerships, teams, and businesses through the years. The vast majority of them wind up falling apart. Agents and brokers form alliances with the best of intentions – I am good at this, you are good at that; let’s leverage our time and resources – but usually don’t […]

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