Kima REAL Estate Blog...

Follow up systems!?  Wow, what a variety of ways that agents stay in touch.  We are looking for an automated way to do this.  We have some follow up emails that are automated but feel that something tangible in the mail is more impactful.  We have researched Dave Beson letters and Gooder Group.  ...

We are getting ever so close to the new Mellow Mushroom pizza breaking ground on 1A in Wake Forest!  Everyone seems really excited about the idea of having another place in Wake Forest to sit outside and enjoy the incredible NC weather!  In addition, I see that they are working quickly to clear t...

We are very excited to be hiring our first employee!  When I first came to Coldwell Banker HPW and real estate in general I made it a point to always speak as though I was running a much larger organization...We instead of I.  Our instead my.  Fact is that I believe that one must first believe an...

We here at www.WelcometoCarolina.com and Coldwell Banker HPW are excited about what 2008 holds for real estate.  We have come off of yet another record breaking year and anticipate 2008 to be even better.  There are many factors as to why the real estate market in Rlaeigh and Wake Forest, North C...

Business Planning time!2008 is almost 1/12th over and if you have not invested the time to write your real estate business plan you are already behind the 8-Ball.  I don't mean a few goals on a napkin or on the back of an envelope.  I mean a well thought out road map for 2008.  Set your goals.  W...

Well, North Carolina's largest Open House event just ended.  Whew....I love Parade but it sure is a lot of work! Do many other cities around the county host a Parade?  For those not in the know or if you call it something else....Parade of homes is when builders can showcase their wares throughou...

It seems as though I daily have to take calls from various organizations wanting to sell me leads!  Ugh.  It can be overwhelming.  There are many legitimate lead purchasing options out there and I know of several agents currently using those and it is working out well.  How do you decide which is...

For that do not know about this great hidden secret.....Wake Forest NC lies just north of Raleigh and is considered by many as THE North Raleigh suburb!Below taken from my website.... www.WelcomeToCarolina.comLocated in northern Wake County, Wake Forest is a progressive community of over 25,000 r...

A very good friend of mine (a Mortgage guy) here in Raleigh and I are about to begin a campaign that will include direct mail marketing AND a way to give back.  Give Back?  Yes, give back to the community that gives to me each and every day.  You see, we are going to ask our farm to go to my webs...

Real estate mentors?When one joins a prominent real estate organization is a progressive area it is likely that he/she will be faced with the decision to either take advantage of a mentor or to forego this opportunity.  A mentor program, for those do not know, is when a newer agent essentially hi...