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LAS VEGAS BROKER NEEDED!

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:08:41 -0500

Hellp!

I am Designated Broker for J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services in Scottsdale, Arizona and one of my fantastic agents in newly licensed in Las Vegas and has come to me requesting a referral for an ethical, active, full service brokerage he might be able to sign up with. If anyone has some suggestions of a quality brokerage I might be able to put him in contact with, I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks and have a great day!

LAS VEGAS BROKER NEEDED!

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:17:03 -0500

Hello!

Looking for a fantastic, ethical, experienced broker to potentially sponsor one of my agents newly licensed in Las Vegas. Anyone have any referrals?

Prospect Management and Lead Generation Worshop FREE Tuesday, September 11th

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:03:48 -0500

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Where: J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services
           8502 E. Via De Ventura, Suite 101
           Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
           480-948-6464
           Rochelle Kosanovich
           Designated Broker

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Welcome Mathew and Linda Curtner to J. Roberts & Co.!!

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:04:22 -0500

As Designated Broker, I am honored to announce the arrival of Mathew and Linda to our Scottsdale J. Roberts & Co. location. As a Sales Manager I am excited at the unlimited potential I see in both of these individuals! So, I have just sent them an invitation to join us here in Active Rain, so keep an eye out for them!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Superbowl Property Management

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:58:07 -0500

Well, as we all know (or, maybe don't know)...either way....the Superbowl is taking place in Sunny Arizona!

We are receiving an enormous amount of inquiries for property management for rental housing for that weekend and I would like to offer my services to accomodating your needs and happily pay a referral fee for the lead.

And, I can assure you, for those of you who I have been fortunate enough to get to know in this forum, I have my list of agents that I can turn to in the event I have a referral for you! I look forward to these reciprocal relationships that have been presented to us through this wonderful blogging vehicle.

So, please if I can be of any assistance, I have a team that can find the needs of your visiting clients during the Superbowl, Phoenix Open and the many other huge out of state tourist events taking place in Arizona this upcoming season!

I appreciate all of you, your educational blogs, stories of successes, motivational thoughts, cutting edge ideas and just kindness in your communications. This has been an exciting and resourceful experience becoming involved in Active Rain.

Have a wonderful weekend all of you!

Rochelle Kosanovich

Power Team of Industry Professionals seeking to fill last few desks.

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:56:35 -0500

Prestigious J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services is joining networking forces with Top Producers in the industry to implement a full service power team of Professionals. Commercial and Residential Agents welcome to interview. Team will be full service with full access to top lenders, top real estate agents, title officers, top commercial specialists all networking together to pursue the massive amounts of investors needing a full team of professionals to coordinate their needs. Full time agents need only apply as this is a Top Producing Level Team. A full time Sales Coach and Trainer onsite to help take your business to the next level.
Commercial Agents
Residential Agents
Lenders
Title Officers

You will be required to develop with the Sales Trainer and Coach a complete Top Producing Business Plan and given the most current, cutting edge technology training of rising to the top and gaining a large share of the current market as it weeds out the "licensed agents" and accelerates the "professional agents"!

Limited spaces, so please inquiry this week.

Must be licensed Real Estate Professional (Commercial or Residential), or experienced loan officers and title officers need only interview.

Office located in McCormick Ranch (Hayden and Via De Ventura)
Call Rochelle Kosanovich 480-948-6464

Make $ With Commercial Referrals

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:20:21 -0500

This week our office was invited to attend the "Make $ With Commercial Referrals" by Lackman Commercial Group, sponsored by Equity Title and Heideman Capital Advisors.

The idea behind this seminar was that Residential Agents know people all around them who either own or would like to own some sort of commercial investment. In the seminar, there were speakers on the tax advantages, the lending products, the rate of return on RE Investments vs. other investments. It was extremely informative and I enjoyed it. I brought all of my agents with me as well. Being that there were some newly licensed associates there, some of the material may have been a bit beyond the learning curve at this point, but it is so irrelevant and do you know why......................................

ALL OF US THERE FROM THE SPEAKERS TO THE SPONSORS TO THE ATTENDEES WERE ALL NETWORKING TOGETHER! The Lackman Group was extending their hand to offer referral fees to residential agents, in addition to providing us with great commercial information while the sponsors and other speakers included several different aspects surrounding RE Investments and we were there to all see how we could be of help to EACH OTHER!

In training both new and seasoned agents that come to work with us, I stress the importance of this kind of networking opportunities. Know and mix with people "in the business" and you get "business". It is critical. Especially in changing market times. Your networking abilities is what seperates the "professionals" from the "licensed" (those who know me know that is one of my most overused sayings, but it gives you the idea, right!). I know "professional" agents in this current market who have not slowed down one iota over the last year, but that is because everyone they have serviced they have given "world class service to" and everyone that they associate is aware of the services they offer. The people around you are your walking billboards. Get out there and start getting to know them!

So, to the Lackman Commercial Group, Equity Title and Heideman Capital Advisors, I say thank you for the networking opportunity. I look forward to working with you!

If you are interested in speaking with Lackman Commercial Group, click www.lackmancommercialgroup.com or you can contact www.hcapitaladvisors.com

My Newbie Bad!

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:07:50 -0500

Well, as a newbie and agressive new poster, I was wondering how the comments were being so bountifully generated in other posts, but not in mine. So, I tried to get ya with the TITLE "HEY YOU!".....

44 of you rushed right over with warm greetings, words of encouragement, welcoming comments and helpful startup advice....and, what did I do?..............Not get back online for 5 days! So, after raising a stink, I became so busy that my attention went elsewhere and I did not thank all of you who were so kind to respond.

I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING SO GRACIOUS AND INTRODUCING YOURSELVES TO MY NETWORK. MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT RESPONDING SOONER!

Rochelle Kosanovich
Sales Manager, J.Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services

HEY! I'm talking to YOU!

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:57:07 -0500

Do I have your attention???

There are 2,666 of my fellow agents/peers online now and I want to get to know you! So, please, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rochelle Kosanovich and I'm new to this site. I'm here to share ideas, concepts, personal and professional stories with ALL OF YOU! My goal is to build a networking community with you, so I want to invite you to contact me or introduce yourself to me! The networking and referral potential to this site are limitless so I'm ready to jump in with YOU!

Where are you getting all this coool blog stuff!?

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:58:06 -0500

As a newbie, I have been popping around a noticed a couple of things.

First, how the heck are some of you getting soooo many comments when (no offense cuz I am enjoying your pages), but your not all that more fantastic of a blogger than I am! (LOL!)

Second, I was on Marc Blassi's site and he has this great reader photo "widget" in his side column which I have tried to get for the last hour to NO success.

Third, I'm seeing great fun signature lines.

But, most importantly, there seems to be a whole fantastic group of you who are communicating frequently and having huge information exchanges. That is why me and the agents I work with have joined. For a massive informational exchange and exposure! So, please inform, do we add more associates, join more groups, etc.

Oh, and if you have any cool techie widget sharing knowledge, please indulge, can't make a widget work on my page to save my life and I'd love to have that reader profile on my page so I can at least start making friends with the few of you who have dropped in for a visit to my page.

Happy Blogging! (I do have more useful blogs to post once I get the basics down! LOL! Just give me a chance!)

Creepy "Abandoned" "Foreclosed" Property Stories

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:23:37 -0500

I was just on http://www.ramblingrealtor.com/ (Blair Ballins) other site and was reading his "Dead Body on the Wall" blog. In his blog he shares one of his stories about looking at property for a BPO which often include foreclosed, abandoned properties. Blair also requested that his reader share their personal stories, which I did and am now going to share with you!

Here is mine, and I'd love to hear yours!

I too have had a long long history of working with investor clients and having to "preview" foreclosed properties and I totally relate to the "eerie" and "I gotta get the hell outta here" feeling you get in some of these homes.

One was a methlab, just trashed. The front window in the living room had been altered to have just a small square "drug/cash" exchange hole in it (no need to knock or come in). Needles everywhere, secret escape doors inside closets that led to the outside, the entire back yard was pieces of computers been taken apart (surely during a "tweaker high") and a nice scribble on the wall that said, "whoever gets this house will die!" Every wall scribbled on by their tweaking guests! Lastly, what we thought was the a/c unit above was merely a shell housing misc. chemicals for backup (a druggies pantry if you will).

Another was a home that was supposedly "abandoned" (very nice home!) and going to foreclosure. Abandoned? Not quite. Little did I know while walking around the guy had gone on a "tweaker" binge after breaking up with a girl, had lost his mind and moved into the attic and had been living up there for quite sometime yet the house appeared "moved out of" (miscellaneous garbage and leftover "stuff"). Apparently after the foreclosure sale he actually left the attic for good, but that is when we found all his stuff, letters, drugs, guitars, blankets, food, etc that he had been living in the attice. Long story longer, the investors do complete rehab and during a showing a woman opens the pantry and accidentally lets the pantry cabinet door close very hard when there was a "thud". We reopen the pantry cabinet and out fell a cover to a secret cubby whole housing a sawed off shot gun and misc weapons! Creeeeeepy!!!!!!!!!!

www.scottsdalerealestate.typepad.com

Go Crazy Marketing and 1st Class Funding

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:28:35 -0500

These 2 guys are giving me more than I can handle! My head is spinning just a few days following their first "blogging" seminar I attended. I learned so much and am enjoying utilizing this forum. NOW, they go and give us MORE tools...VOICEPAD...when, will it end? They are proving to be just the recipe we ALL needed to TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

This new product will allow the collaboration between Realtors and Lenders to not only provide a more thorough resource for potential clients, but a stronger relationship between peers in our industry. I have rambled about it before and I will continue with it now, this kind of networking and sharing of information is what is going to excel those who want to be "professionals" and leave behind those looking for the "easy deal"...they just aren't out there like they were. This doesn't mean the market is bad....it simply means you must be an informed and ACTIVE professional agent. My agents are really taking a hold of this concept and it is so exciting to see the utilization of tools they are given. I can't wait to write more as we begin to see the results unfold.

For more information contact GregGotcher.

Todd Shwartz at 1st Class Funding, Scottsdale, Arizona

BIG Thank You to Business Blogging Pros by Dave Barnhart

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:01:54 -0500

A BIG thank you once again to Dave Barnhart for opening the doors to myself and my agents at J. Roberts & Co. His knowledge is expansive yet his way of communicating has made it so easy for us "newbies" to jump on the blogging experience and share our real estate knowledge with others. Technology certainly is critical in the real estate industry and we must currently be utilizing all opportunities to reach our clients, market our listings, assist and educate agents and share with the general community the everchanging market conditions. This has given me and the agents a vehicle to all add our personal touch of communicating to you and making ourselves available to to whatever it is you might need.

If you, or anyone you know, may be interested in learning more about this resource available to us all, please contact Dave Barnhart. He has generated a new level of excitement within our office and I wanted to thank him personally for that!

You can find Dave HERE

Superbowl 2008 in Gorgeous Arizona!

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:58:52 -0500

How is exciting is this going to be! Our amazing new University of Phoenix Stadium. I just visited the site for Superbowl 2008 at http://www.azsuperbowl.com/ . And, according to their blog it is officially 190 days from Superbowl as of 7/27/07! According to this site this spectacular event will have an enormous effect on the local economy as stated in this quote under the Superbowl FAQ's:

"What is the average economic impact of a Super Bowl to the local economy?
The average economic impact of the Super Bowl on a host city is $300-400 million."

Already hotels are booked, restaurants are blocking out the 4 days surrounding the event and now locals are placing their own residences up for rent during this time. I myself have friends, family, clients and peers I know all frantically preparing and weeding through inquiries eager to book their reservation.

So, February 3rd in Arizona, ummmm, how fantastic is our weather then! A perfect day is sure to be had for those coming to our Valley for this event. I am having a blast looking at all the promotional material already in full gear to educate and inform us of all the events in the City of Phoenix, Scottsdale, Peoria and entire surrounding areas during this time. So, as I learn more, I will update you on what it is I find.

As Brokers and Agents, what an exciting opportunity for people all over the nation and even other countries to visit our home and possibly be so enticed that they become interested in a vacation or 2nd home here! Do you think we should be planning ahead to accomodate the flow interest this Superbowl 2008 is sure to generate? You bet.

I'm looking forward to the hoopla and reading your thoughts and comments on not only this, but the abundance we of events we have planned in Arizona this coming "high season!"

TOUCHDOWN!

Rochelle Kosanovich
J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services
8502 E. Via De Ventura, Suite 101
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
480-948-6464
Rkosanovich@jroberts.com

How beautiful is our city of Scottsdale! Incredible!

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:11:55 -0500

This morning I got a call from my mother to meet for breakfast at the Good Egg in Hilton Village. It was quite early, but I was already up and of course, diving into my new blogging efforts, so I said, "Sure!". My husband and I jumped in the car and took Tatum South to Lincoln through Paradise Valley and being that it is Saturday and early we had very little traffic so we were able to crawl the course with no complaints from other drivers. Being that we are both natives to the Valley we talked as we passed old homes on the mountain that we remember ever since we were kids passing on Sunday drives with our parents and mingled in were these soaring homes resiting on the mountains, but looking more like they were a part of the mountain than an obstruction to it. We wound around Tatum and went East on Lincoln, looking at the old La Posada (where great memories have been had) and saw the new structures being put up (I am still not convinced I'm thrilled with this new addition to the area), but still the new combined with the old seems to be working just fine. So many homes being reconstructed and older ones on those huge lots make you wonder the stories that unfolded from the families that lived there.

After breakfast I jumped in the car with my Mom as we headed to the Antique Stores and we took the route of Scottsdale Road, which I do drive daily, yet it is so lovely. Leaving Hilton Village we passed historic McCormick Ranch Lake (where I grew up/Chaparral High 86), commented on the old Chart House, approached Gainey Village and looked on as the landscapers on Doubletree were working away to make a new corner monument and floral arrangement. Just as beautiful of an area as I remember as a kid. The city of Scottsdale is like living in a permanent vacation locale. Don't get me wrong, not a HUGE fan of the triple digit weather, but todays course was one of fond memories and gratitude that I am in a profession promoting living in a community which I so adore and am in love with.

Rochelle Kosanovich
602-628-0548
Sales Manager, Trainer and Coach
J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services
8502 E. Via De Ventura, Suite 101
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

You CAN make a difference in your OWN success.

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:57:32 -0500

Yes, we are not in the Real Estate craze we were in recent years, however, business is still out there. This is good news for the agents who want to make a career in real estate, not so great news for those who got their license and were able to just coast on the abundance of opportunities. Your brokerage can put your listings in ad and doing branding for the company, but the best billboard in the industry is YOU! How do you do this? Get out there and start talking to people, everyone, reminding you are in the business and you are a valueable resource to them in all aspects of the industry. Network within your community and educate yourself on what's going on around you, in your city, events, neighborhood, mortgages, etc.
I just read a great blog this morning reiterating my thoughts on this by Ricardo Bueno in Los Angeles, California. For more information contained in his blog, click http://../../../blogsview/157478/Quit-Complaining-Quit-Being

BIG APOLOGIES to STEVEN GROVES

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:43:47 -0500

So, as I've told you all about my exciting new blogsite there is one outstanding member of the event I failed to mention, quite honestly not because he wasn't worth mentioning, but quite the opposite.....I lost his business card! So, after a bit of internet searching I was able to find his site and I want to take this time to officially thank Steven Groves who also led the blogging seminar and who also ignited this new found frenzy of addiction to this blogging. Steven, thank you and now that I found your blog site, I look very forward to reading what you have to say! Hope to speak with you soon and I recommend you all visit Steven's site for an abundance of information!

BusinessBloggingPros.com

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:30:38 -0500

I was fortunate enough to attend a seminar led by Dave Barnhart at BusinessBloggingPros.com and that is what has fueled my blogging frenzy over the last 48 hours. He has been such a great resource to not only myself, but to my agents and has taught us so many important tips to blogging ettiquette (and, if I'm fumbling, I didn't say I had mastered it yet!). If you wish to contact him you may do so at the above website, but I would definately give him a thumbs up on the networking resource connection database we are building.

BusinessBloggingPros.com

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:27:12 -0500

ArizonasRealEstateConnection NEW GROUP Formed

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:04:33 -0500

Well, hello again. For those of you who know me I am sure are already aware of my dedication to building a networking team of industry professionals. And, for those of you who don't know me, this is the reason for this blog. I am agressively trying to network a leading resource team for our community and have set up Arizona's Real Estate Group not only for agents of J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services, but for Agents/Brokers/Trainers/Lenders/etc. in the Valley to join us in this forum and get to know each other. Relationship building in our business, as we already know, is what seperates the "licensed" agents from the "professionals" and we all know that right now we must be well informed and utilizing our skills and time effectively. Here we can communicate with eachother what is working, what is not working, what might work...you get the idea, but even more so, we would just love to hear about who you are, what you do and hear about your day, your experiences and/or whatever else you care to share!

Welcome to Arizona's Real Estate Resources Group!

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:52:02 -0500

My name is Rochelle Kosanovich and I am the Sales Trainer and Manager for J. Roberts & Co. in Scottsdale, Arizona. This group has been set up as a place where we can locally come together as an industry to discuss anything and everything about our community. I invite you all to share with us your wealth of information so that we may all take advantage of the brilliant ideas, talents and networking that surrounds us. For us to continue to thrive, I believe the day of "Everyman for himself" to be (thankfully) over and the time for professionals to continue to flourish in the market. I look foward to hearing from you and let's pull our resources together to become the most informed we can be while building a referral base for life!

Phoenix/Scottsdale's Season Expected to be Huge.

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:52:33 -0500

After meeting with a representative of US Airways Magazine, we were talking about current market conditions and how we agreed we were steady, but not in a "slump" as so many articles were reporting. As we continued our discussion we began listing all of the activities coming up over the next season and realizing the potential for another huge wave of interest to develop within our beautiful Valley of the Sun. People from all over the country will be coming to visit our lovely state for events such as the Phoenix International Grand Prix, The Fiesta Bowl, Parada Del Sol, Barrett-Jackson, The Phoenix Open, Spring Training...and, hmmmm, there was one more...hold on...let me get my notes....OH YES! The Superbowl in our amazing new stadium and urban development surrounding it are sure to create quite a "buzzzzz" from all of our out of state visitors. So, with this in mind above and beyond the already amazing benefits to being a resident of Arizona, imagine the interest in living here that will begin to flourish this coming season! I don't know about you, but I think it is very exciting!

My 1st Blog...This is sooooo Exciting!

Rochelle Kosanovich (J. Roberts & Co. Real Estate Services) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:55:50 -0500

While that may make me sound nerdy, it might actually be true! I am finding that the more I learn about this computer, the internet and all the capabilities I become more fascinated. After the blogging seminar I went to sponsored by Todd Shwartz with 1st Class Funding and Greg Cotcher with Go Crazy Marketing and presented by Dave Barnhart with Business Blogging Pros (how's that for giving credit! LOL!)...I got home that night and was trying to watch a movie with my husband (Premonition)(which is already confusing) and found myself daydreaming about the potentials of blogging. When I would tune back into the movie, I wasn't even sure if we were still on the same disc or if he had put in another movie! Anyway, I'm very thrilled to be here and look forward to learning more, getting to know you and hopefully sharing stories of successes and accomplishments for many years to come! That is until Bob Marsh's back bumper electric signs become the next big thing (You have to read his blog to understand what this means!)