Greater Des Moines Real Estate and Living Journal
Matt Grohe, RE/MAX Real Estate Concepts, 8020 Douglas Ave Urbandale, IA 50322. Matt is licensed in Iowa.
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2008
The joy in doing for others is often not expecting any acknowledgement or receiving any quid pro quo. Quid pro quo is for law and commerce, not for the realm of thanks and good works. But we are creatures of habit, and humans to boot. We naturally want to be recognized, though the highest nobilit...
02/26/2008
Those of us whose license hangs with Remax brokers in Iowa and Nebraska didn't have to wait until Saturday night's banquet to get our dessert, we had six full hours of Walter Sanford leading up to our yummy chocolate cake.If you don't know Walter here's his blurb from Remax Central, "Beginning in...
02/26/2008
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I've you've been on AR even one day, you probably have seen a post by Brett Noel. Brett is as prolific as he is informative. In every post Brett gives some great kernel of advice or wisdom that is not only useful, but can be activated right away. He posts and posts and posts. To say he is a posti...
02/25/2008
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Remember back when you started real estate and the first days in your office? Chances are you were on an emotional high, new faces, new challenges, new beginnings, and unfamiliar terrain. The joy and the terror of those moments still lingers with you I'd imagine, or you may even be in the midst o...
02/22/2008
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From stones alight,Our smiling faces,Our mysteries revealed. From stones alight,Our muffled voices,Our waking everyday. From stones alight,Our first breath,Our unknown holiday. From stones alight,Our swollen eyes,Our nothingness congealed. From stones alight,Our evolutionary tale,Our anatomical u...
02/22/2008
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I'd like to dedicate this post to Ray Nellum. If you don't know Ray or haven't read him, stop by his blog and give it a read.Ray Nellum is a Fort Smith Arkansas real estate agent who also serves on the Fort Smith board. Seems like the board noticed his many good qualities and incorporated his tal...
02/22/2008
I've read a lot of posts here lately that have intimated that listing agents need to do more to control the behavior of their seller clients. Seems sellers need to: 1.) Get real 2.) Stage their home like a movie set 3.) Keep the place as clean as the Waldorf Astoria 4.) Jump on the first low-ball...
02/18/2008
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The universe created meMade me what I am My parents wills enveloped meSoftly molded who I am My peers embrace ensnared meForced on me what I am Their fears they used to impale meSpell out for me just who I am Now ardent passions inflame me Help me to seek out what I am Yet towering fiction's for...
02/18/2008
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As agents we are often encouraged to contribute to the community through volunteer work. I know from experience it's easy to treat this like a New Year's resolution and never get to it however.When we vote for Realtor of the year in our respective hamlets and locales, we often see that the winner...
02/18/2008
Securing timely feedback for our listing clients is a big part of our job as agents in my view. Feedback can serve a lot of purposes and should always be sought.My system has been to review lock box data and send an e-mail if a showing has occured. I then cut and paste the feedback and send it to...
02/18/2008
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Matt Grohe is with RE/MAX Concepts, 8020 Douglas Ave Urbandale, IA. Matt is licensed in Iowa.