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2018 Real Estate Success Summit
Posted by Denise Lones on January 18th, 2018
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Tags: continuing education, Denise Lones, Lynnwood, Real Estate Coaching, Real Estate Training, top agents 
No Comments »What’s Your Net?
Posted by Denise Lones on May 11th, 2017
Last week I talked about how important it is to truly being able to calculate how much money an agent makes per hour by dividing their gross commission income by total number of hours worked in a given year. For example, if you make $100,000 gross commission and you work 40 hours per week for […]
STEP UP or STEP OUT: What Buyers Need to Know About a Multiple Offer Market
Posted by Denise Lones on April 6th, 2017
I have had at least three calls in the past week from frustrated agents who were trying to figure out what they were doing wrong and why their clients lost yet another offer in a multiple offer situation. After long discussions that detailed every step of what these agents did, I was convinced that it […]
Connect with Your Clients with an Annual Client Review
Posted by Denise Lones on November 10th, 2016
The holiday season is a great time for people to connect and reconnect with each other. Every year at this time agents ask me what they can do to connect with their clients in a big way during the holidays. While I do agree that it is nice to get a holiday greeting of some […]
Posted in Communication, Client Care, and Follow-up, Lead Generation for Real Estate Agents, Tools and Systems for Real Estate Agents, Zebra Reports Tags: ACR, annual client review, Branding & Design, client care, CMA, connecting, Denise Lones, holidays, Lead Generation, mailings, zebra report 1 Comment »Challenging Appraisals in Today’s Real Estate Market
Posted by Denise Lones on November 3rd, 2016
There isn’t a week that goes by lately that I don’t hear a nightmare appraisal story from one of my clients. There has been a huge surge in appraisal challenges in the last 90 days and it makes me wonder what is going on! Many transactions today are being delayed because appraisers seem to be […]
Posted in Communication, Client Care, and Follow-up, Motivation & Planning, Real Estate Coaching, Mentoring, and Training, Zebra Reports Tags: appraisal, closing, comparable prices, comparables, Denise Lones, fast market, fast paced market, hot market, Real Estate, real estate transactions, The Lones Group, transactions, working with buyers, working with sellers, zebra report No Comments »The 20 Most Common Mistakes Homeowners Make When They Renovate – Part II
Posted by Denise Lones on October 13th, 2016
Last week, I covered ten of the most common mistakes homeowners can make when they take on a renovation project. Here is the rest of my list! Failing To Anticipate Chaos When you are renovating you can expect that something will go wrong. Timing deadlines often can’t be met because when one things go wrong […]
Buying to Renovate: What Your Clients Need to Know!
Posted by Denise Lones on September 29th, 2016
Many buyers are finding themselves having a hard time purchasing the type of home they initially began searching for. Often they are faced with a decision to alter their criteria and even their price expectations. Many areas are experiencing severe inventory shortages, leading some buyers to make the decision to remain in their homes and […]
The Power of Numbers
Posted by Denise Lones on September 8th, 2016
Lately I have been working with a lot of numbers and I have been reminded of their power. While numbers themselves are non-emotional, often they bring up a lot of emotion and therefore, are sometimes avoided. Anyone who has ever not opened their credit card statement or avoided revisiting their commission statements knows exactly what […]
September Buyers and Sellers: Savvy and Serious!
Posted by Denise Lones on August 11th, 2016
September is a month of new beginnings for kids going back to school and parents getting back to their pre-summer routine. With the busy-ness of the summer finally behind them many buyers and sellers that did not take action in the summer will be primed and ready to move forward in the fall. September can […]
How to Let Go and Learn to Delegate
Posted by Denise Lones on July 7th, 2016
When I first started selling real estate, I was a young “whipper-snapper” who wanted to set the entire industry on fire. I had it all planned. I was going to be the Number One real estate agent in America – no, the WORLD! – and I was going to do it alone. Being young and naïve, I […]
