63 Spinnaker Way Portsmouth, NH

63 Spinnaker Way Portsmouth, NH Offered at $199,900 2 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 1377 Square Feet Acres Built in 1988 More Details at Ann & Jim Team Site NEW PRICE on this two bedroom, three bath Spinnaker Point townhouse offering terracotta tile in kitchen, Pergo flooring in LR & BR's, a master bedroom with bath and laundry, a wood burning fireplace, central A/C, affordable natural gas heat, private patio, and lots of closet space! The half bath on first floor is a nice feature of this Spinnaker condo. HOA fee includes two gym memberships, two pools, tennis courts, two parking spaces, on-site storage unit, insurance, water/sewer, plowing/snow removal, landscaping and trash removal. Do the math! Location, location, location for commuters and people who want to be near downtown Portsmouth at a great price! Spinnaker Point Condominiums now FHA approved! Listed by: Mitch7e & Associates / Ann & Jim Team Site

Jim Lee , REALTOR®, Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)

http://JimLee.com RE/MAX Coast To Coast Properties

150 Mirona Road, Portsmouth, NH 03801 Phone: (603) 431-1111 x3801

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When you blog with a heart, you meet others with a heart ~ *Holiday Miracles*

The New Year of 2010 started off for me the same as most years, full of hope and optimism for the year to come. I had just ended a very difficult year with an increase in business, and resolutions to other challenges in my life, I had no reason to envision that in just a few short weeks a seemingly endless cycle of loss would start. Big losses and small, some that ripped my heart out, and some that any other year might have seemed big but this year were mere inconveniences. Amazing how loss can change our perspectives.

 

 

Let me backtrack to two years ago when Sally ran a very similar contest to this one. I had agreed to enter but for the life of me couldn't think of anything positive.  Despair had taken over my world and health issues consumed what little normality I tried to maintain.  If I could erase 2008 from my memory I would in a second, all except the Contest.  It was because of my commitment that I focused on the beauty of life instead of losses.

 

I came to Active Rain back when there weren't that many people.  It was a fun place, and the way it was set-up at the time we could see who was online and find them for what basically was a chat on whatever they had recently posted.  But with all good things also come the bad.  For me, it was loosing people that I came to care about.  

 

 

"When you blog with a heart, you meet others with a heart."  

 

This was what I wrote about someone in Blogging with a Heart.....Will we remember you when you're gone that I  came to care about, someone that passed away just weeks before I would have met him in 2007. His passing was hard, and he did indeed leave a legacy for all that knew him. One of the comments on that post was from my dear friend Carol.  She was our resident Feng Shui Consultant, and she also was very good about going to others blogs and writing honest, heartfelt entries. 

Back to this year, and the cycle of loss.  It started the third week of January for me when I lost my house.  That was an overwhelming experience filled with guilt, and a lot of uncertainty as to the future. In the 2007 Holiday Balance Contest I had written that even though things were tough it was the sunrises and the sunsets that were the most important things.  That time was one of total despair as I saw my life crumbling more every day, and it really was only the gifts of nature that sustained me.  I fought every day to keep going, and in January of this year my fight was over...the bank took my house.  I remember Laurie sending me a mail saying how she cried when she read my post.  Never would I have dreamed that just a few months later I would cry over loosing her.

 

Gifts of Appreciation Contest  was one I started where other members were encouraged to write about the people  in our community here that they appreciated.  The difference of this contest was the writer wouldn't receive any points, but instead the points would be given to the people that were acknowledged. Laurie Manny was one of 3 people that won by way of Lola Audu's entry, Sometimes the Wind Kisses a Wisp of Dandelion

 

"In a sense they are like the wind...I did not know them personally, yet their notes of encouragement, good humor and insight have inspired and guided my quest to become a better communicator.  Their most significant contribution to me remains their willingness to give just a little bit." Lola Audu

 

This is really the legacy that Laurie and Carol left, their willingness to give, unselfishly.  To give for no other reason than to help someone else become better at what they do, or be more aware.  Both of them were Eagles, Giants, in their own way.  One would kick us in the butt, the other offered soft teachings...but both made an impact.  Both blogged, and taught with more heart than most.

 

"Give more than you take, and never leave anyone worse off than when you met them"  is how I lead my life.  Maybe that is why I connected with such wonderful people.  Our hearts connected with compassion.

 

 

 

What do you say.....when it has all been said. Colleen Kulikowski said it all in her contest entry. Parallel posts, extremely similar being posted just hours apart. Yes, when we blog with a heart we do indeed find others with a heart!  The Holiday Miracles this year are all the people that have reached out to each other during these losses, including the very sad news that little Gianni, Desire Daniels beautiful little boy just went to join the Angels in Heaven. One more loss...one more tear as this year winds down.

 

My wish for this Holiday: As the sun rises tomorrow, and all tomorrows, that our hearts will beat as one......we will be thankful for all we have and reach out to each other as we feel the losses of our friends. The sunrises and sunsets will remind us that the beauty of life only increases when we reach out and touch each other ~ when we  not only Blog with a heart, but share it with others.

 

Welcome to the first Active Rain virtual yard sale | Need to list or sell more houses? These tapes and materials can help.

Welcome to the first Active Rain virtual garage sale of real estate sales training aids.

These valuable books, cassettes, and tapes have been collected over the years from some of the top sales trainers in the country. Here's your opportunity to learn more and get great tips for a faction of the original price. These timeless tips are still very relevant to today's market.I've bought and used lots of these types of material over my 30 year career and I can truthfully these training have helped me to sell many millions of dollars worth of houses to several thousand buyers as well as help me list and sell those houses.

First up, this 4 volume set from Alan Jacobson, a total of 20 audio tapes and 4 accompanying workbooks.

• Volume I Listing Real Estate
  
• Volume II Selling Real Estate
  
• Volume III Farming
  
• Volume IV Telephone Techniques (what to say after you say "Hello")

$50.00 plus postage

 

Another Alan Jacobson set, 2 two volume sets; List to Win and Sell to Win. A total of 24 audio tapes plus 4 workbooks. Includes: twenty prospecting methods, how to follow up, what to say, and all the dialogue you need to list and sell effectively and profitably.

$50.00 for "List to Win" and "Sell to Win"

A 3 wolume set from sales trainer Mike Domer with a total of 24 tapes plus workbooks. All these materials are in like new condition and the workbooks are unmarked, never written in or marked on.

A classic here from master sales trainer Tom Hopkins. When Tom first got started in real estate his manager told him to wear a suit to his first sales meeting. Unfortunately Tom did not own a suit at that time so he wore his high school band uniform to the meeting instead. "When he arrived at the office meeting, the manager stopped and stared. So did everyone else in the room. Then he heard the manager say, “If that kid in a band uniform can make it in this business, the rest of you better be getting rich!”"

Tom went on to become a millionaire by age 27

16 total tapes in this set plus the workbooks. "As new" condition. Tom Hopins was always one of my special favorite sales trainers.

$50.00 for "Mastering The Art Of Listing Real Estate" and "Mastering The Art Of Selling Real Estate"

Another Tom Hopkins work, "The Official Guide To Success". 6 audio tapes and the 11 words Tom finally got his role model to give him that he credits a huge part of his succes. Ask me to throw in a copy of Tom's book: "The Official Guide To Success" too.

$25.00 for "The Official Guide To Success" with the hardback: "The Official Guide To Success" thrown in.

A timeless classis series from Danielle Kennedy. A 12 audio tape series  on FSBOs, Farming, Listing Presentations, advertising, handling, and lots more. $25.00 Hre's a bonus offer, buy this tape package and I'll throw in your choice of one of Danielle's books. Choose from "Seling the Danielle Kennedy Way" or "How To List & Sell Real Estate In The 90s"

From master sales trainer Bill Barrett, a set of 4 VCR tapes including:

• For Sale By Owner, a 30 minute tour of the 20 most often asked questions.
• When Your Listing Expires. For expireds, explores the options available to you. 
• "How To Buy A Home", a 30 minute tour of the 20 most often asked questions.
• "How To Sell Your Home", a 30 minute tour of the 20 most often asked questions.

$25.00 for all four VCR tapes.

From one of the original sales trainers Roger Butcher. Roger was one of the first to advocate doing things "just a little differently". For instance during open houses in the summer he would give good prospects a gallon of ice cream as a 'gift' for coming to his open knowing they would have to go home with it instead of visiting other open houses. 3 VCR tapes titled:

• Power Listing
• Buying A Home
• Pricing To Sell

All three for only $25.00

From Lauren Harper Haden a set of two VCR tapes titled:

• Hassle Free Listing
• Rejection Free Prospecting
• Both for only $30.00

And:

• Making The Listing Sparkle
• Negotiating Price Reductions
• Both for only $30.00

Here's a special offer: Buy all four, Hassle Free Listing, Rejection Free Prospecting, Making The Listing Sparkle, and Negotiating Price Reductions for only $50.00

From Star Power founder Howard Brinton, 2 tapes and a workbook all titled "How To Work Less Than 40 Hours A week And Make Over $300,000 A Year PLUS I'll throw in "The Inside Scoop" Power ideas from a private meeting with over 50 "Star Power" Stars.

Your Price for the whole package: $35.00!

From master salesman Ralph Wiliams, six audio tapes titled: "Listings, The Name Of The Game". Ralph listed 271 properties his first year in the business. "As a sales manager he led his office to an average of 4.85 listings per associate per month and 1.82 sales per associate per month in what has been described as the wors real estate market America has seen."

Find out how Ralph did it for $30.00

A batch of stuff from Re/Max superstar Craig Proctor including "Ultimate Systems For Real Estate Success", his scripts, dialogues, 6 audio tapes, and more from the agent that earns over 1 million dollars in commissions plus year in and year out.

All yours for $25.00

From long time trainer David Knox, his personal development series of 12 audio tapes titled "How To Achieve Success In Your Business And Personal Life" PLUS "Pricing Your Home To Sell"

Both items: $30.00

Dave Beson's series on 2 VCR tapes titled: Personal Promotion Systems That Work"

Only $25.00

Another Howard Brinton production: "Taking Charge Of Your Tomorrow" with Chris Bird, former IRS employee, Tony Dicello, CEO, and Jeff Scislow, Realtor.

Includes business planning, taxes, retirement, and lots more.

A total of 6 audio tapes; only $20

And for those interested parties that read this far. If anyone is intersted in the whole package described here, you can but it all for only $250.00 and I'll pay the postate. This offer is only good until one of the other listings items sells.

If you're interested in putting some packages together, i.e. combine 2 or 3 sets, I'll pay the postage on those as well.

Even after being in this business for 30 years I still believe very strongly in both education and sales training because the market and people are contstantly changing. I believe if you can learn one thing at any time then that's time well spent.

 

 

 

 

Jim Lee, CRS, ABR, GRI, ACRE, NAR Certified e-PRO Trainer
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In 3 - 5 minutes, you can help make a wish come true today

Sam Callahan, the son of a Realtor (and my friend & Active Rain member) in Silicon Valley, is 14 years old and has cancer which is not responding to two different types of chemotherapy.  His cancer, Ewing's Sarcoma, had metasticized before it was discovered on September 22nd. 

Sam writes about his battle with Ewing's Sarcoma on the Sam's Team website: http://www.samsteam.org/About_Sam.html He is an amazing 8th grader with a good attitude who wants to beat this thing.  If you read his "about Sam" page, you'll find he's a great writer, too.

Normally, we can feel very helpless to "do anything" besides offer our compassion, thoughts and prayers. 

But this time, there IS something you can do, and it only takes a couple of minutes.  It may not change how he feels after radiation or chemo, but it will lift his spirits and those of his family and friends to see an outpouring of support.  And it will help Sam and his family to make a little goal they've set up for themselves.

In addition to the website, Sam's family & friends have a "fan page" on Facebook.  It's called I'm On Sam's Team.    Their modest goal is to have 5000 fans by St. Patrick's Day.  I'd like to help them get there.  As of this moment, they have 2608 fans.  They want people to know about Ewing's Sarcoma and they want people to know about Sam and his battle with this cancer.

What To Do:  So, my Active Rain friends, I know a lot of you are on Facebook.  If not, this might be the right time to join! 

1. Please take a moment and log into Facebook.
2. Go to the Search bar and key in I'm On Sam's Team
3. At the very top, in the middle, there's a button which says Become A Fan - click on it

That's it.  How easy it is to send some support and encouragement!  Of course, read through the website and the FB page too!  But it only takes a minute to "fan" a page. 

Just to reiterate, Sam is someone I know, it's not one of those fake internet hoaxes and he's part of the real estate family (his dad's a Realtor).  Join us on Sam's Team!  Please re-blog!

Five Ways To Be Better Than You Are Now

I recently read an article that really sparked my interest.  The article was simply a basic list of the ways that someone could re-invent themselves by investing time and effort into the one asset that all agents have - Themselves. 

The key principle to this article was the fact that, despite this uncertain market, there are people that appear to be striving to make their own abilities better and five ways to do so.  Below is the list that was in the article...and a good healthy dose of my own explanations as to why this is so important in this uncertain market.

IMAGE: You chose a career in real estate to be an independent business person.  So, do you carry yourself in a professional manner?  Do you "look the part"?  Do you have your business cards on you?  Are you showing that you are proud of whom you work for or what you do?  Whether you want to believe it or not, your image IS your first impression.  Make sure that the impression you are making is the on that you actually want to make.  There are some places where you can get away with blue jeans and a nice shirt.  There are other places where a suit is more appropriate.  Dress the part!  Maintain your personal image.  Get your hair cut or styled.  Ladies...get your nails done.  Guys...shave every day.  (Believe me, I realize that sucks ...I'm a guy...I understand.  But, its 2 or 3 minutes...and it makes a ton of difference to those around you.)  I actually know of one agent that wears a tuxedo to all of his closings.  That is part of his image.  It is what sets him apart from the rest.  (His name is Todd Waller out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and he works for RealEstateOne.  But, you can get more info on him and his Team366 at www.blog.team366.net.) 

TRAINING: Aside from the mandatory requirements involved, you should try to find as many different options to better your ability as you can.  Take the time to sit down with your broker to discuss some in-house training options.  If you know of any free options for training, jump on it.  Any training you involve yourself in will only re-emphasize the skill set you already have developed.  So, it will not be wasted time or effort.  You never know, you may learn something.  (Also, anything that you can learn about social networking...that is a must!  Trust me on this...this is a skill that does require some time to master, but you will not regret it!)

NETWORKING: Making yourself known in the community by getting involved with community events is a great way of networking with some of the more influential people in your market.  Get involved with the community.  Start working with the Chamber of Commerce.  Go to PTA meetings.  Join Toastmasters.  Get involved in your local neighborhood activities.  Surrounding yourself with such innovative, like-minded people will help you with both your image and your over-all success.  Most people do business with people that they know on a social level.  So, networking like this is a key to success in a troubled market.

MENTORING: They say that the teacher will always learn something from the student.  Become a mentor for younger agents.  Help them be successful.  This will cause you to make sure that what you are doing is what you SHOULD be doing.  It will help you cross your ‘T's and dot your ‘I's, as it were.  Besides...there are times when you can actually team up and work together for the success of each.

YOU: Seems weird that I have to add this since this entire post is about you.  But, if you are not taking good care of yourself, you will not have the energy or the will to commit to the rest of this list.  Take care of your own body and mind.  Get sleep.  It is probably more important than anything else you can do for yourself.  Make sure you get some exercise.  (In this industry with showing property and running from one location to another, that usually isn't hard...but you should do 30 minutes of cardio every day.)  Eat right.  (Did you know that eating an apple will actually wake you up better than a cup of coffee??)  Bring fresh fruits with you on your appointments and eat them when you can.  Avoid the drive-thrus.  If you don't know where else to start in your investments in you...look in the mirror and start there.

 

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