Today's Keller Williams office meeting had a theme of BACK-TO-SCHOOL and BACK-TO-BUSINESS!  We've all enjoyed the summer season, but the actions we take in the next few weeks will determine our level of success through the fall.  It's time to get back into Lead Generation and make sure our pipelines of business are full!  We had great info about working successfully with appraisers in this changed mortgage world and great info about businesses moving to our area!  If you live in north Texas, make sure you check out www.worldvillagesofgrapevine.com!  It's going to be amazing.  And for your own motivation, you will enjoy the clip we showed today....it's only 2 minutes so have fun naming the movies and get inspired for a terrific fall as a Realtor!!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI

Tuesday, July 28th

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Prince Bistro in Flower Mound at FM3040 & Gerault

We are inviting the agents who closed a deal with us in the second quarter of 2009 to enjoy some beverages & appetizers on us!  Just a simple thank you for getting the job done during these crazy times!

No Business Discussions, We Promise!

(972)874-1905

annel@kw.com

Yes, that's right:

Jeff Brand of RE/MAX, Kurt Buehler of Keller Williams, Donna Robichaux of Ebby Halliday, Russell Rhodes of Keller Williams and Cammy Turgon of RE/MAX.....five of the top agents in DFW's NTREIS area 41 of Lewisville, Flower Mound & Highland Village will be sharing the secrets of their continued success in our market today!  TUESDAY, May 5th   6:30pm - 8:00pm at the office building located at 3605 Yucca Dr in Flower Mound......across Yucca from Kohls, and off 1171/Main behind the Keller Williams building.

An incredible learning & sharing opportunity with the best of the best.  Don't miss this unique opportunity!

Since our office has the dominant market share of listings in our MLS area, we are excited to be having an office open house this Sunday, April 5th from 2:00pm - 4:00pm.  We are planning to do this every month and we are calling it: PAINT THE TOWN RED.  We believe this will be a great benefit to our clients and to our agents.  If you live in the area and would like to tour our open houses on Sunday, visit www.kwmetronorth.com to view the open houses.  We have so much good going on in our office and our listings are selling.  We're thankful to be in north Texas and thankful to be at Keller Williams!

Since our office has the dominant market share of listings in our MLS area, we are excited to be having an office open house this Sunday, March 8th from 2:00pm - 4:00pm.  We are planning to do this every month and we are calling it: PAINT THE TOWN RED.  We believe this will be a great benefit to our clients and to our agents.  If you live in the area and would like to tour our open houses on Sunday, e-mail me at annel@kw.com and I'll send you the info!  We have so much good going on in our office and our listings are selling.  We're thankful to be in north Texas and thankful to be at Keller Williams!

I just returned from Family Reunion with Keller Williams in Orlando.  What a great experience!  Amazing to see so many people committed to their company and to their industry during a more challenging time.  Keller Williams has now risen to #3 in the US and is coming out with new things every day that support their agents and serve their clients!  The amazing culture and focus on God, Family then Business was apparent in every presentation and meeting, which validated my decision to associate with the best!  Over the next week, I will be including info here about the kw.com distressed property search, the new training programs specific to today's market including pricing in front of the market and best of all for you agents out there.....GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE FOR KW AGENTS! 

Now isn't that GOOD NEWS??????   Stay tuned for details.

I just returned from an intense two day clinic that focused on the leadership council agents in my office.  It was exciting to devote time to the development and support of their real estate business, since they give so generously of their time & talents for the good of the entire office.  One of the best discussions centered around the fact that Realtors are frequently guilty of viewing Productivity and Profitability as the same thing, and that simply isn't true.  Keller Williams has an incredible agent economic model and budget tool that help agents determine their own profitability based on their own gross commission income and expenses.  It even offers a typical chart of accounts with recommended percentages for each expense category!  The tools offered for running a financially sound business of your own at Keller Williams are incredible.  The make it so easy to be in business FOR yourself but not BY yourself!  If you're an agent struggling to determine if you are actually making any money, then I'd love to show you how to use these practical tools - no obligation to be a Keller Williams agent, just a chance to review your business with the best tools available! 

The Good News in Real Estate for our area just keeps coming!

Did You Know....

...that in January 2009 the winter PMI risk valuation index placed the Dallas-Ft Worth area as the area in the country that is LEAST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE A DROP IN HOMES PRICES?

...that in January 2009 Home Vestors ranked Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio in their Top 10 Opportunity Markets?

...that our southern Denton County, Texas area continues to be a great place to purchase investment property with a continual, steady increase in price per square foot rental rates and a continual, steady decline in days on the market for lease properties?

..that as of today, if properties continue to lease in Flower Mound at the rate they have been for the last six months, there is only a 28 day supply of lease homes listed for lease in MLS?  Get off the fence and into the market!

...that The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller is a terrific, very practical guide to becoming a successful real estate investor? 

...that if you are interested in becoming an investor yourself or interested in working with an agent that has been trained specifically to work with investors or perhaps want to BE trained to be a successful agent in selling investment properties...then Keller Williams could help you?  They wrote the book - literally!

AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS!

Welcome to my blog, which will be dedicated to spreading the GOOD NEWS about real estate in our area, job creation in our area and the many transportation improvements underway that make our area in southern Denton County a magnet! 

Did you know...

The price per square foot for 2008 in our MLS area was down only 2% and our median                       home price was up 6%?

The price per square foot for leases is up, the days on the market for leases is down and the total number of properties leased is up?  Great time for investors!

Texas is home to more FORTUNE 500 companies than any other state? 

That for the last 6 years Texas has led the nation in exports? 

In 2007, Texas added 65,800 additional jobs and through October 2008 had added an addtional 50,00 jobs to the economy?

Allied Van Lines reports that for the year 2008, Texas was the #1 destination for residential relocations?  This is the 4th year in a row that Texas has been #1 for Allied.

There are 4,108 new residences planned in the next 5 years in Flower Mound alone?

That Keller Williams Dallas Metro North in Flower Mound sold more listings than any other brokerage in our area in 2008?  That the training & education you receive at Keller Williams will help you run your business as a wealth building asset....not just a job?  That Keller Williams Dallas Metro North in Flower Mound returned over $158,000 back to their agents as profit sharing in 2008?  AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS!

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