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2009 

CONGRATULATIONS:  ERIE, PA HOWARD HANNA AGENTS WIN AWARDS More than 1,200 Howard Hanna sales agents and managers from PA and West Virginnia attended their annual awards event held at the Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel. Top producers and top offices were recognized for production successes during 2008.  ...
03/31/2009
Why do Realtors ignore the For Sale by Owner nicknamed FSBO? Do FSBOs bite? Will we live to sell another day if we knock on their door?  Are we secretly harboring fears as we find so many excuses not to approach a FSBO property? It's not what happens when we approach a FSBO property; it's what we...
03/30/2009
Epilogue written from the comments on my recent series Revisting the Basics; Revisting the Basics--Part 2 ; and Revisting the Basics--Part 3  These comments confirm just how important the Basics are to our success.   Rather than reword the comments I have included a few quotes and a link the auth...
03/30/2009
In these challenging times the basics are the rock on which we need to build our own stimulus plan. BE THE EXPERT IN YOUR AREA OR FIELD  In a competitive business like real estate sales we need to known as the Expert for the services we provide.  Chapter One in every training manual:  Know the in...
03/27/2009
  Meet: Posi  Posi will introduce each positive post. Good Samaritan The Erie, PA newspaper, Erie Times News,headline didn't read, 'Good Samaritan' but read: Man shot on area street.  It wasn't the headline that caught my attention.  It was the name of a middle class suburb in my hometown of Erie...
03/26/2009
Yesterday we looked at two basic tactics to stimulate our business: prospecting and networking.  Today we will look at three more tactics to get our business back on track despite our challenging economic climate. GROW YOUR EXISTING BUSINESS  Do your seller clients plan to move out of the area?  ...
03/26/2009
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Challenging economic times are driving even the most seasoned real estate agents back to the basics we learned as Newbies in FastStart or Sweat Hog training courses many years ago. Let's look at a few key basic tactics that lead to our initial success and will get us back on that success track ag...
03/25/2009
Mercyhurst College, Lady Lakers Women Hockey team is disappointed because they lost the national women's hockey tournament called the Frozen Four, but they are proud of the strides they made as a team and the development of individual players.  No one likes to lose, but Mercyhurst College's, Lady...
03/24/2009
No, that is not a misprint. For second year in row Home Prices Are UP in Erie, PA.  Unlike the rest of the country Erie prices are up 1.3 percent.  Modest though it is a 1.3 % increase in home prices in Erie, PA contrasts sharply with the national average of 11.6 percent decline in home prices.  ...
03/24/2009
Mercyhurst Lady Lakers defeated #2 team in women's ice hockey in the semifinal game of the Frozen Four tournament in Boston.   Mercyhurst ....5 Minnesota.....4 Today Mercyhurst will face off against Wisconsin, #1 team in champsionship game of the Frozen Four tournament at noon.  Watch game on CBS...
03/21/2009
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