exit realty: Bill Barnett’s NOW=New Order of Wealth
- 07/27/10 03:05 AM
It would be impossible to outline 2 days of training in 500 words or less and so I won’t try here. Bill Barnett’s free seminar about real estate investing may have been the best 2 day commitment to learning and growing I have ever made, the proof will come over the next 5 months as I close in on my goals this first year. Bill’s book, Are You Dumb Enough to be Rich, started this all off when I won the book for coming the furthest to a DFWREIClub meeting in Fort Worth where he was speaking. Bill understands you can … (4 comments)
exit realty: What do you think about?
- 07/25/10 11:06 AM
It is a proven fact that we resonate what we think about. The Laws of Attraction are based on this fact. The Secret was written about this phenomenon. Napoleon Hill while writing his seminal book Think and Grow Rich catalogued this success through every single multi-millionaire he wrote about. So thinking good thoughts has a physical effect on you it is well documented. You get what get what you think about. You can photograph your aura, but more importantly the people around you can feel what you are feeling. This is your aura. So again, I ask, what are you thinking … (26 comments)
exit realty: Assessing and Adjusting
- 07/22/10 03:20 AM
Even Tiger Woods has a coach and he who is considered one of the greatest golfers ever. Along the way, he has adjusted his swing on several occasions to get even better. Yes, I have heard that story. I don’t have a coach of my own, but have turned to books and a dizzying array of meetings to grow and learn. Assessing what you are doing is not a weakness but a strength. As I drive back from another showing or listing appointment I run the tape of what happened against the tape of what I wanted to happen before I … (6 comments)
exit realty: Working through the hard times.
- 07/21/10 01:03 PM
I am so thrilled that Active Rain got a hold on its server error issues. I read so many negative comments and people jumping ship, even a very well known AR blogger from this county. I think that the staff of AR and all the technical people who worked tirelessly to solve the issue should be publicly thanked for those efforts. Thank you. I appreciate this platform and all the good it does not only for me and my own business, but more importantly for what it does for our industry. With their RainCamps and their continuing education programs I have … (4 comments)
exit realty: Great Expectations?
- 07/21/10 03:57 AM
How many Realtor® come in to this business believing they can be millionaires in no time? How many of them take it seriously and achieve that goal? How are you doing along your list of goals and achievements? Is real estate a means to that money, or do you bring other skills to bear that propel you towards that success? Do you use those skills on a daily basis? Have you communicated to your prospects and your clients that differentiation on an ongoing basis? Do you wake up with the excitement of delivering greater skills and information, or is it about … (7 comments)
exit realty: “Dumb enough to be rich.”
- 07/20/10 03:00 AM
Bill Barnett is an author, radio show host, and speaker, but most importantly he is a Realtor, investor and family man. This weekend I traveled to Fort Worth and the DFWREIClub meeting to listen to Bill speaks on the subject “How to thrive in today’s real estate market. This is a fascinating topic right now due to a number of factors. The interest rates are at a low that we will never see in our lifetime. There is a good bit of inventory on the market to pick and choose from. Bill called this the best market in 80 years and … (5 comments)
exit realty: June 2010 Trends and Values
- 07/19/10 02:58 AM
Making Sense of Trends The Interest rates are at a record low. Housing prices are low and occasionally teetering on lower. Foreclosures have not gone away and won’t for the next couple of cycles. There seems to be no clear indication of anything, or said a different way, there seems to be a case that can be made for any wild interpretation of the trends. Locally here in Texas and even closer in North Texas and the DFW area things are not as bad as they have been in other parts of the country. So what, I say, when you are … (1 comments)
exit realty: What is news?
- 07/16/10 03:56 AM
News for most agencies, including my EXIT Realty Corp, is a closing. We focus on the end; we begin with the end in mind and that is all we care about. Along the way we present, list, market and sell on the listing side. On the buying side we get a lead, sign an agreement search and search, submit a contract, negotiate and close. With all these steps you would think there would be a bit more that is news than just the close. It takes an incredible amount of maturity to work for months with only a single moment to … (3 comments)
exit realty: What are we paid for?
- 07/15/10 03:08 AM
It used to be that a Realtor® was paid for information. The Realtor® owned the access to the MLS and all the listings and the homebuyer/seller needed that information. It was also next to impossible to get comparative market values in a neighborhood for the buyer/seller without the Realtor®. As we know those days are long gone and the consumer has all that information at their fingertips. Quite often the consumer will show up at your office armed with far more information than you have at that moment and expect you to know it all. Sadly that is not the case, … (7 comments)
exit realty: Best market to learn; what’s your niche?
- 07/14/10 03:17 AM
Yesterday I listened to an agent explain all the reasons why he was not achieving at a level to sustain himself. His reasons were well thought out and plausible. He was able to back them up with statistics and examples. He was convincing to himself and to many others. He had been successful at one point and needed to have answers why he was not at this point. It occurred to me that all the time he spent formulating reasons and ideas on why he was not able to do what he wanted; why he was in the position he is … (40 comments)
exit realty: Open House How To’s success
- 07/13/10 03:22 AM
Let me share this week’s new distinction and go over what I took from my last Open House that worked. You may remember I had 28 people come through my last open house in 2 hours. Most of them spoke of the card that I had left at their door and called me by name. I prepared an Open House Invitation and personally asked them to come on each card, in my own handwriting. I have learned that when you write on a card the person is more likely to read just that portion. I did the same with this new … (2 comments)
exit realty: House or Home, and at what price?
- 07/12/10 02:46 AM
We have lots of tools today to market the properties we list. With interest rates dropping to the level not seen since 1950 you can lock in long term low rates which means you spend less for your property. With more foreclosures being released by the banks by asset managers there is more property becoming available. This industry is a huge engine and it is poised to deliver value today that will be equity tomorrow. This should be great, but it isn’t yet. The banks are making it difficult for the borrower. They are demanding credit scores considerably higher than ever … (9 comments)
exit realty: What to ignore
- 07/08/10 02:29 AM
Yesterday one of my listings was given a critical review by friends of the seller. Not surprisingly these friends were able to find something they didn’t like. That is the thing when you ask smart people a question, they will strain to give you an answer. Well, maybe strain is too strong a word, a smart person can make decisions quickly and without effort, but they will give you an answer. Sometimes the answer will be right on and sometimes not. I am not sure about this one so I made the change requested. The comment was about the fact that … (39 comments)
exit realty: How I won.
- 06/17/10 03:25 AM
This week I had a listing presentation with some people outside my farm area who had been attracted to call by a relationship a friend of theirs had with an agent of EXIT, but not my office. The office the recommended agent was from was geographically further than the seller believed the agent could properly market. When the seller went looking for another agent they googled my agencies name and "real estate agents". My name came up on the first page, she called me. Lucky me. Shows what a daily blog will do. Before I made my presentation I asked a … (6 comments)
exit realty: How Long does it take to post a blog
- 06/04/10 03:28 AM
I have been asked a variety of times how long I spend blogging in a day. This is a legitimate question considering I blog almost every day. Here is an 8 minute video explaining and showing the process in detail. I write for half an hour and post for the other half hour, that is all. I do it all in the morning, mostly before I get to the office. … (18 comments)
What would you do today, if you knew you could not fail? What actions would you take, what would you share and how would you treat the people around you. Storyteller Marketing in Real Estate by Larry Lawfer will explore the real estate industry in MA and beyond through the eyes of the community it's people and stories.
It would be impossible to outline 2 days of training in 500 words or less and so I won’t try here. Bill Barnett’s free seminar about real estate investing may have been the best 2 day commitment to learning and growing I have ever made, the proof will come over the next 5 months as I close in on my goals this first year. Bill’s book, Are You Dumb Enough to be Rich, started this all off when I won the book for coming the furthest to a DFWREIClub meeting in Fort Worth where he was speaking. Bill understands you can … (4 comments)
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