And you thought things were looking up…apparently National Association of Realtors had been double counting some home sales resulting in overstated sales figures since 2007. You can follow this link to the story from Appraiser News. I’m not very good when it comes to solving mathematical equations, in fact, if the tip percentages can’t be...
At this time of the year it’s traditional to start looking toward setting goals for the year ahead. The past few years have left many in the real estate industry in a state of shell-shock. No one can accurately judge what the future holds. Tomorrow is dark and difficult to see. Yet we often set...
If you are a REALTOR® in Pennsylvania, New York, or New Jersey, the Triple Play Convention is next week — Tuesday, December 6 through Thursday, December 8 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. You can register onsite for only $99 — which is such a deal! There are 26 CE programs alone, all in 3 hour...
You know it, I know it, and the energy companies know it. The cost of heating your home in the winter, whether you’re using electric or gas, has risen over the past couple of years and shows no signs of slowing. Don’t get sucked into just jacking up the thermostat in your home to keep...
Why video? Video has the ability to increase your business, build better relationships, and amplify your credibility. With today’s technology, it is easier than ever to capture great video, and by using video you have a 50x better chance of ranking on page 1 of Google. In a survey, 73% of homeowners say they’re more...
Since the true meaning of the communication with your client is all about the response you receive, you should ask yourself two things: What kind of response am I looking for? What kind of results? You must know what you want before you can measure results. If you don’t know your destination, it’s difficult to...
Shortly, we’ll be turning back the clocks to end daylight savings time. As a practical point for real estate professionals, it means fewer daylight hours to show houses; leaving the office in the dark, and sometimes wanting to roll over and stay in bed. But when you turn back your clock, turn your calendar forward....
Building Your Personal Brand One of the advantages of social media is that it offers the opportunity to build your personal brand. You can create a unique, memorable, and convincing image of yourself in the eyes and minds of others along with the impact you want when you have generated the characteristics of a brand....
Stop whatever you are doing and look around you. Take your eyes off the screen and look around you — 360 degrees. Chances are overwhelming that, with the exception of natural land forms and large natural bodies of water, everything you see is, in some sense, the product of a human community of one kind...
The popular online real estate brokerage, Redfin recently added a new “Scouting Report” feature, which allows home buyers and sellers to search for agents while providing information about the agents such as home-sales data, including the average length of time — or “days on market” — that it took agents to sell some properties. We’re...
Turns out you can feel happy and sad at the same time. I actually didn’t think it was possible to mix opposite emotions like that until last Friday. That’s how the real estate team here at McKissock felt when our resident “Supreme Queen of D-Zyne-ing” (pronounced designing with prolonged syllabic breaks. It just sounds cooler...
Social media is everyone’s newest darling. Real estate agents are on Facebook, Linkedin, and they are tweeting on Twitter. Some of them, however, are just using social media for the same old/same old. That’s a shame. Social media gives you a unique opportunity to position yourself among your “peeps” as an expert on real estate,...
