tips: Soaring Gas Prices! Time to rethink what we do. - 04/21/08 09:14 PM
Gas prices soaring again! … (8 comments)
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tips: Curb appeal your listings - 04/21/08 09:12 PM
Are you enjoying this beautiful spring weather with your family and friends? We were out planting our vegetables and flowers in our new community garden plot and this gave me a real estate idea. Why not take some pictures of your listings, then take pictures of other listings and meet … (4 comments)
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tips: Great Housing Market Cycle Cartoon Video! - 04/12/08 10:23 AM
You have got to watch this well-done cartoon...
Housing cycles: lessons learned you ought to watch! housingcyclevideo Take a few minutes to watch a pretty baby-blue house that's for sale ask a wise old bespectacled brown house for advice. It's in this instructional cartoon by John Burns Real Estate Consulting, and it's … (1 comments)
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tips: A bird in the hand is really worth 8 in the bush right now! - 04/12/08 10:21 AM
Just like the saying, "A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush", if you have an approved buyer, you need to nurture them and do everything you can to keep them. In our market, a qualified buyer is gold and probably equates to 7-8 propects with poor credit.Also, … (1 comments)
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tips: Customer Service is the Key! - 04/12/08 10:18 AM
On average...
Satisfied customers tell 5 people about good service they receive. Dissatisfied customers tell 10 people about bad service received.
U.S.Office of Consumer Affairs
For every unsatisfied customer who complains, there are 26 other unhappy customers who say nothing. And of those 26, 24 won't come back U.S. Office of … (0 comments)
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tips: Sellers Homework! Great Advice for your future in Real Estate! - 04/12/08 10:13 AM
Are you getting your sellers engaged? Just like those home improvement shows, you need to give your sellers' some homework! That's right! By getting them engaged, they are going to help you and this will help them get excited about the selling process too.The way this works is that they … (0 comments)
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tips: US Realty Referral Network - Free to Realtors - 04/10/08 11:32 PM
Here's a free Realtor network site you might want to link to and join...
Click here to get started - http://www.usrealtyreferrals.com/
Sam Thompson, PHH Mortgage
Senior Advisor - Helping you GROW your business!
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tips: NAR statistics can help you with your Elevator Speech! - 04/07/08 07:59 AM
Have you seen the new NAR television ads? They are well done and they explain that the house is a great investment and that 60% of America's wealth is their house. NAR also has statistics that over the past 30 years, home values have risen more than 6 percent annually. … (0 comments)
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tips: We are burning the candle at both ends! - 04/07/08 07:54 AM
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tips: Housing Cycle Video - You ought to watch! - 04/07/08 07:48 AM
Housing cycles: lessons learned - Great Video
housingcyclevideo
Take a few minutes to watch a pretty baby-blue house that's for sale ask a wise old bespectacled brown house for advice. It's in this instructional cartoon by John Burns Real Estate Consulting, and it's aimed at homebuilders, who could probably use a bit of … (0 comments)
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tips: How Pods can help your business! - 03/31/08 11:14 PM
A Realtor told me today that her office teamed up with a drop-off storage container mover like pods to have them delivered within a 25 mile radius for free. She didn't tell me the name but it was probably Pods. Then, every time you get a new buyer, offer this service … (0 comments)
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tips: You will reap what you sow! - 03/31/08 10:47 PM
Are you planting seeds? You've heard the saying that you will reap what you sow and this is so true in real estate. Well, spring is here so you need to start throwing out your seeds if you want something to harvest or 'close' this summer and fall...
You … (0 comments)
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tips: First-Time Home Buyer Seminar/Party! - 03/31/08 10:46 PM
It works for Tupperware and Mary Kay! I'm trying to start a community garden in Laurinburg and I've been promoting it at church, on the radio, in the newspaper, with fliers in doors, in mailboxes, in other churches and in retail spaces all over town. I wanted 100 people and after … (0 comments)
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tips: Great Networking Tip!!! - 03/25/08 11:04 PM
Sam Thompson - PHH Mortgage
Senior Mortgage Advisor
www.activerain.com./luckydog1 - SC
www.activerain.com/luckydog2 - NC
http://samthompson.phhmortgage.com/
www.myphhmortgageadvisor.com/
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tips: Two things to think about... - 03/25/08 11:02 PM
Sam Thompson - PHH Mortgage
Senior Mortgage Advisor
www.activerain.com./luckydog1 - SC
www.activerain.com/luckydog2 - NC
http://samthompson.phhmortgage.com/
www.myphhmortgageadvisor.com/
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tips: Realogy's ERA Brand and Zillow strike a deal. - 03/22/08 08:57 AM
Tuesday, Feb. 19 2008 Zillow.com(R) Adds All Property Listings From Realogy's Residential Real Estate Brands Here's the link.
http://newsgeni.us/out.php?title=Zillow_Strikes_a_Deal_With_Reology
Sam Thompson - PHH Mortgage
Senior Mortgage Advisor
www.activerain.com./luckydog1 - SC
www.activerain.com/luckydog2 - NC
http://samthompson.phhmortgage.com/
www.myphhmortgageadvisor.com/
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tips: Century 21's uTube Channel! - 03/22/08 08:52 AM
C21 is smart to take advantage of this exciting way of allowing their agents to promote their listings. It gives the agent a way to personalize the home and to show the seller how they are marketing the home 'out of the box'! Once the link is created, the agent and … (1 comments)
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tips: Zillow rolling out virtual signs - 03/22/08 08:40 AM
I saw an article about Zillow rolling out virtual signs and that gave me an idea. Why don't you include a separate page on your website showing pictures of every house you sold and every house you helped a buyer buy? It helps your prospects see that you know what you … (0 comments)
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tips: 2 statistics for your business! - 03/16/08 11:11 PM
I heard 2 important statistics last week that you need to know. 28% of the people you meet will know somebody that will be buying or selling a home within the next 12 months. So...you need to talk to as many people as you can and here's a good script … (2 comments)
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tips: Reverse Offers - Help the inexperienced agents sell your listings! - 03/16/08 11:08 PM
Do you cringe like this guy when certain buyer's agents show your listings because you know that they will never close and they might take up much of your time for several weeks? Try this strategy to help get them to the table. After they have shown your listing 2 times to the … (0 comments)
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