Are you still prospecting? - 10/20/10 10:53 PM
Are you still prospecting?Prospecting!! Love it or hate it, everyone must master it in order to reap rewards in the real estate business. Whether you are a part-time investor, full-time flip guru or veteran agent chances are you could still benefit from refining your prospecting efforts.Prospecting LogicThere is a natural progression or logic model to the art of prospecting; once mastered it can be used in nearly any industry with fantastic impact. The steps are deceptively simple:1. To increase profits you must first close/sell more properties.2. To close/sell more properties, you need to sign more contracts.3. To sign more contracts, you … (2 comments)

New Face of Real Estate-Part 2 - 10/19/10 03:27 PM
New Face of Real Estate-Part 2  Knowledge is power so today we are going to take a few minutes to discuss some timely statistics along with a few tips for putting them to work in your own real estate dealings.  1. The "average" buyer personally visits an average of ten properties over a two month period before making a final decision to purchase.Tip: Learn how to gauge effort and motivation then put the 80/20 rule into effect. Motivated buyers that start-strong may be great bets or endless lookers; learn to differentiate the two in order to move forward and close the … (2 comments)

New Face of Real Estate - 10/19/10 01:51 PM
New Face of Real Estate - Then & Now Real estate has changed dramatically in the past 25 years yet some agents are still doing business in much the same manner as when they first hung a newly minted real estate license on the office wall. Let us take a quick trip down memory lane as well as a glimpse into the near future of real estate to see what clients want and how it matters to both agents and investors. Blast from the Past The year is 1985 and a desirable fixed interest rate is 9%. A real estate license virtually ensured success despite … (2 comments)

 
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Charles Gardner-Realtor/Investor

Humble, TX

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Address: 4582 Kingwood Dr, Ste 162E, Kingwood, TX, 77345-2640

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