NEW LISTING 71 Madison ST North Berwick, ME

Everyone PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY!!!

Quaint 4 Bedroom Cape nestled in a beautiful neighborhood w/ Commercial Possibilities. Close to all the ME and NH points and downtown North Berwick. Enjoy the natural sunlight inside along with the quiet Backyard.4 x 40,000/a Bedroom equals Happy Home!!!

Route 4 South, through intersection of Route 9, left onto Madison Street.Route 9 to Main Street, Bear Right 3rd on your right is Madison Street.

You gotta see it to believe it and Bring your buyers (First Time home buyer/ starter home property) would be a great start towards a new home

JUMP-START YOUR SPRING WITH KNOWLEDGE

hELLO EVERYONE, BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT THERE TODAY. LOOKS LIKE THE SPRING IS GOING TO START OVERALL!!

Today is going to be plain and simple, I would just like to let you know:

 TWO VERY IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE RE WORLD FOR ME!!!

I launched my very own personal website:     http://www.jankovarik.info/

                                               AND LIKE to invite you to  

To Spring real estate kickoff that we are going to be hosting!!!

I would like to share with you and BE SURE TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR F0R Saturday APRIL 12^th!!!

PASS it along, MORE ATTENDEES AND FRIENDS THE BETTER!!!

Take CAre and we will all see you there.

Always great to talk to you!!

7 Customer Service Stars that will always shine for YOU

Good afternoon Everyone, I hope you have all enjoyed your Easter Holiday Weekend and are looking forward some warmer weather that is definatelly coming.

 Today, I hope to reveal some marketing customer service tips that might make you think twice about your own clients.

I will once again stick to the whole LIST format because in this rushed world we need to be very selective of our information and how we get the info.

In a slower market, you have to make sure that you provide the best quality client and customer service that you can because the good word spreads quickly but bad even quicker.

 1. Make a Great - Long lasting First Impresion - Always be friendly and proffesional on your first contact

2. Exceed your customer and client expectations - Under - promise and Over-deliver . Understand the motivations, needs and wants.

3. Be accesible, aprochable, easily reachable, responsible, always up front and honest - Two words TRUST AND TECHNOLOGY

4. BE your company's best advocate - customers and clients like when they deal with someone that likes working for that particular company/ agency.

5. Improve, Educate, Guide, Advice, Help - BE the true proffesional in every situation and maybe talking and finding out attitude changes that might occur will even help you out in future negotations and trades.

6. Track, contact, Track, Touch - BE a Resource, Send out cards and newsletters, updates, notes, phone calls and such. Pick up the pace for your own sake.

7. Network!!! - Sorround yourself with eagles that can fly high! Let everyone know that you are here to help and reach out to wide range of people and taket that extra step to do the dancing with everyone.

I hope you have enjoyed my short message today and that you are looking forward some successful time ahead, maybe even this upcoming weekend.

Take Care everyone,

Jan Kovarik

Realtor   

10 More Great Websites to check out for yourselves

Good afternoon everyone, I would just like to share ten more websites that I thought might give you an idea what I am personally all about.

I have been so encouraged with all of your great feedback and comments from last week with my first list of website so this time I am going to post the websites and let you take a look yourselves.

1.http://jankovarik.mreis.mlxchange.com

2. http://activerain.com/jamesdean

3. http://www.wannanetwork.com/member

4. http://www.recyber.com/member/JanKovarik

5. http://ME.Living.net/Realtor/11546339

6. http://www.myspace.com/jankovarik

7. http://www.ogunquitrealestate.com/agentsdetail.php?agentID=122

8. http://www.recyber.com/cybertips/JanKovarik

And I would also like to share 2 motivational Sale and Marketing tools that I use every day!!!

9. http://www.gitomer.com/

10. www.bufiniandcompany.com

Have a GREAT WEEK EVERYONE

SEELLLLL SELL SELLLLLL

10 Ten Websites that YOU Can't survive without in Real Estate

Hello everyone, just wanted to drop a little note for YOU to enjoy and maybe even use and find it helpful!!!

Today I have decided to LIST (EVERYONE LOVES, don't we) 10 websites that I would not be able to survive without the Real Estate world and always use as a Resource.

 !. www.MREIScom / www.Mainelisting.com/ www.idx.listing.com/ http://www.mreis.mlxchange.com/ - One of the biggest assets in the Real Estate professional world that as a Realtor is provided to us.

2. http://www.realtor.com/ - The official website for Real Estate, National Association of Realtors.

3. http://www.recyber.com/ - the official website of the Real Estate Cyber Society which I am a member and also have my designation from.

Check out my newsletter and my website

http://www.recyber.com/cybertips/JanKovarik

http://www.recyber.com/member/JanKovarik

4. The local and official websites of the town that you live in!

USUALLY in the format of www.townofTOWN.org

5. Tax Records and overall look at the property history www.visionappraisal.com

New England states have all the website and is accesible to the proffesionals and general public.

6. www.onemorerefferal.com - One of the very valuable Networking groups that belong to and participate my efforts.

7. Local Chamber of commerce - www.gatewaytomaine.org - Great source of information and database/directory of local businesses and sole proprietorships.

8. Local boards of Realtors and the county councils - www.yorkcountycouncil.com or www.mainerealtors.com

9. www.youtube.com or www.myspace.com and www.facebook.com - Internet at its best, 2.0., great way how to network and reconnect with friends, roomates, high school/college and life buddies that you might have not seen in a while.

10. www.activerain.com - The true website force of RE blogging and getting the vibe from the industry

Spring is in the AIR and the Real Estate is booming

Good afternoon Everyone, I hope you are very happily looking forward the upcoming Blooming Spring Season and you can't wait to spend some time outside in the Real Estate world.

I would like to share with you a piece of information with you today that really resonated with me in the past 7 days that I have been in the field.

The article that I read this in was in Rismedia online and I hope to just re-fraze  some of the bullet points.

The article talks about what importance does it have to keep systems and procedures in place for not only business owners but also you as an individual.

Strive to be a predictable leader. The least stressful companies to work for are those in which the rational system-the officially stated goals, values, policies, procedures, job roles, and so forth-is a fairly accurate description of what actually transpires on the average workday. The person's behavior is consistent with what the rational system of the company would lead you to expect.

Map the anxiety in your situation. Because anxiety feels uncomfortable, we tend to play "Hot Potato" with it: We dilute the pain by passing it on to someone else. When you understand this mechanism, it's possible to figure out where your anxiety originated. Draw a circle that represents you and other circles labeled with the names of those around you. Use arrows to indicate where anxiety is coming from and where it is going. Interestingly, you may find that some of your anxiety is coming from a family member or even a figure from your childhood.

- Inhale for two seconds, sending the air where you need a little help. It can be sent to any part of your body, mind, or spirit, or you can direct it to a troubling idea, a present worry, a concern, even a recurring theme.
- Exhale for two seconds, releasing all muscle tension in your body, starting at the head and moving to the toes. Think of yourself as a boneless chicken.
- Do NOTHING for two seconds.

10 Questions to Ask: Is your company drowning in an ocean of anxiety?

1. Do people take sides with other people instead of taking stands on issues? Do they form coalitions and/or cliques?
2. Do people assert their territory to the detriment of the organization as a whole? Are feuding, back-stabbing, and turf wars a way of life?
3. Do work groups tend to come to rapid agreement, with very little discussion or dissent?
4. Do particular individuals or departments tend to be blamed consistently for organizational problems?
5. Is there a problem with disruptive employee turnover? Are people constantly quitting due to job stress or dissatisfaction with the organization?
6. When conflicts and problems arise, are people exhorted to show more "team spirit"?
7. Does leadership send out conflicting instructions and mixed messages? Are organizational objectives contradictory or unclear?
8. Do people tend to avoid conflict by avoiding each other altogether? Do they hide out in their offices or cubicles, neglect to return calls, etc.?
9. Is "improved communication" considered the solution to all problems and conflicts rather than making decisions that are based on solid principles?
10. Is high productivity emphasized as the key to organizational well-being? Do you get the feeling that people are overworked?

If your answer to most of these questions was an emphatic yes, you probably are dealing with a level of anxiety that's too high to be healthy-for your employees or for the company itself.

"Anxiety, like anything else in life, is best in moderation,"

With that being said I believe that the balance of things is a key to everything possible.

Have a GREAT Succesful week and take charge of your life.

Maine is heading towards the spring but it is still freezing and snowy

Hello everyone, as you know (looking on your calendar) it is always my pleasure to contact you directly or indirectly and give you my 2c worth of knowledge and observation through my blog.

As I am looking outside of the window, after yet another 2 snow storm, I can not help but wonder what it is about the white stuff that keeps on falling. Do not get me wrong, I love the season- winter - and in that matter fact the 4 seasons that we can cherrish here on the seacoast but what sometimes less is more and that is exactly how I feel about our never ending winter.

ONE of the reasons is the amount of percepitation influences the amount of sales and the activity (or the lack of) on the Real Estate market.

Along with more snow, the month of first part of 2008 ushered in lower Maine Home Sales. Single-family real estate sales decreased about 25% in the past two months, compared to 2007, Median price of the sold homes had only leveled off slightly. Record or large snowfall can impact interest in searching for homes. While prices decreased overall, even thoughsome Maine Counties experienced price gains during this time period. Nationwide, real estate sales were down 22.4 percent from the same time last year, with Median price decreasing by about 5%.

I know that it will change very quickly here and we are going to have a beautiful spring with lot of potential/willing and motivated buyers on our hands.

I cant wait. It will happen and it is only my proactive responsibility to be ready for all of those buyers on call that are going to be popping in at no-time here.

 Take Care and I hope you are making sure to grow your already prosperring business.

 Jan Kovarik

Realtor at your hands

February in New England is beautiful

Hello Everyone, how are you>?!

I hope everything is going well for all of you and that you are progressing in your business as things are starting to pick up for all of us.

Thank you for taking the time and tunning in to read my blogg that I prepare for all of my devoted readers.

Today, I would like to share the tips and importance of the internet presence and I hope you will find some of the information usefull for your current and future business.

 I have recently joined the Real Estate Cyber Society and Became a member and was awarded the

Real Estate Cyber Specialist  

I believe that having a designation and especially a internet-based designation will help me with an internet appearance and I will work on aproaching buyers and sellers from the web angle.

I am very excited to report to you that ever since I joined the REC society I can already see my business go up in volume and being a part of a greater network allows me to "bounce" ideas off of other proffesionals and talk about the current conditions in the local and national market.

I also have come up with some interesting ideas (postcard programs) that take into consideration the internet and my motto "Your Home/ property is always on-line with Regan Real Estate" is so refreshing to our client.

 Hold your hats folks because the internet is rushing at us at lightning speeds and we have a choice to either be reactive or proactive.

I CHOOSE TO KNOW WHERE I AM GOING AND TAKING CHARGE OF MY BUSINESS.

BE PROACTIVE IN ALL THE SPHERES OF YOUR BUSINESS AND YOUR MARKETING

Think outside of the Box because it is the home that we are talking about HERE.

USE all the resources that you can and get going on your appearance.

 Have a wonderful week full successes and pleasure.

Take Care and if there is anything that I can do for you!!!

LET ME KNOW  

Happy St. Valentine's Day February 14th

Good afternoon All!! How is everyone doing?!

Today is the lucky-charm 3rd TIME that I am blogging and to be completely exscatically honest with all of my readers, I have been loving every minute of it.

Today I would like to continue my quest to jump-start the Buyer's/ Sellers Relationship and the Real Estate market.

 I have recently read a report from the central bank chief Mr. Bernanke and he anticipates signs of a rebound in the housing market by the end of 2008. Great News for Real Estate Agent along with customers/ clients and the general public because we will see the economy shooting up again with the Housing Market leveling off and making a return into the BLACK/ HOT Numbers.
On the flip side of the coin the threat of a downturn and even recession is still in the immediate neighborhood, which prompted the Fed to cut interest rates recently.
An "outright recession is unlikely evaluating the economic outlook, even though the the indicators are slightly less than 50-50 odds of a recession.

Little news about mortgages and the loan frenzy that we have been wittnesses to, we have been noticing that the 30 year rate is going up but we are still lower than the last weeks of 2007.

 The ARM rates are moving lower because of the recent lowering of the fed funds rate.   For the last 3 years we have been dealing with an inverted yield curve and the ARM rates have been about the same and sometimes more than the 30 year rate.                                                                                                                   And regarding the bad rap adjustable rate mortgages have been getting lately:  All adjustable rates have annual and life time caps which are disclosed at application and closing.  They can be used quite effectively for someone who is planning to sell their house in the short term or perhaps has a spouse going back to work in a few years.

As I said in the beginning, I really enjoy the community and the Information sharing that we have created here on Activerain.com

Until Next week, Have a Good One and I know that we will see you around.

If there is anything else that I might be able to do for any of you, please do not hesitate to contact me

207 363 4412 or 207 641 7064

EMAIL. jan@reganrealestate.com

There has never been a better time to be a part of the RE Market

Hello everyone, It is once again Thursday and today I would like to enlighten you with some valuable inside on buying property and what a great time it is right now to do so.

It's high time we told buyers (and sellers, for that matter) the truth about whether a home is a good investment or what they can expect in the months to come.

Buying a property is still a great investement, despite what the media and the investors want you to believe. You get a USE asset that depreciates over time while it grows in market value. All you have to do is keep the home in good repair to maximize your investment.

Here are five reasons why you get more for your money with a house than any other investement:

1. Time is moiney: You put in a little money to get the entire house, with investements, you put in all your money for a little piece of a company.

2. Taxes are always certain. You receive tax incentives. If you live in your home for at least two years, and you don't have to pay capital gains tax on up to $250,000 in appreciation if you're single and a combined $500,000 if you're a married couple.

And that's not all - consider the benefits of fixed-rate mortgages, property tax write-offs, interest rate deductions, and depreciation. Is this a great country or what?

3. Do you want to be in control. With purchasing a home, you have control - what you buy, how much you pay, and where you live. You can improve the value with repairs and updates.

4. Do you like where you live. You are taking a part in a neighborhood you want to be in, and the size and style of a home that fits your needs. With a home, you're purchasing a vantage point for yourself and your family. 

5. Looking into the future. Your house will seldom become worthless, barring a catastrophe, your home will retain a major portion of its value, even in the worst of times. Slight fluctuations in the value of your home in any given year is possible, but housing has lost value only one year out of the last 35.

It's more normal to beat inflation by 1 percent to 2 percent.

The bottom line is if you are a person that likes to build a community or does not really care where they live.

I was always the kid that loved blocks and I am an strong advocate for Real Estate Investments!!

Until Next week, Enjoy and Have a Great Weekend

Partial Source of Information from Realtor.com