Real estate blog entries tagged with surviving

Blog entries tagged with "surviving":

surviving: Surviving the Storms: "Weatherproofing"your business during tough economic times... - 09/20/08 04:45 PM

For hundreds of thousands of businesses across North America facing an economy near or in recession (depending on which economist you talk to), developing strategies to "survive the storm" is right up there with breathing in terms of importance.What do you do when dark clouds of uncertainty move in? According to business … (0 comments)

surviving: How are you getting by? - 09/16/08 12:48 AM

I know a few agents that are having the best year of their career, but most are not. Many have left the industry, if only "temporarily"
People are buying homes, but the homes that are selling are selling for prices we haven't seen in years.
This is the way I look … (0 comments)

surviving: I WILL STAY IN NAPERVILLE...SOMEHOW? - 05/19/08 10:00 PM

I have no choice. I have done too much work over the last 3 years to walk away.
I have shaken too many hands, held too many open houses, passed out too many cards, met WAY too many people to fail now.
I HAVE BUILT A HUGE BUSINESS.
It just hasn't … (14 comments)

surviving: Another one bites the dust - 05/13/08 06:18 PM

I walked into the office today to see a good veteran realtors desk cleaned off. The Detroit Housing market is suffering and taking many agents down with it. BUT YOU CAN SURVIVE IF YOU ADAPT AND WORK HARDER.
This agent laughed at my first attempt at video and didn't think blogging paid … (10 comments)

surviving: A TRUE INSPIRATIONAL READ.... - 03/15/08 07:28 AM

I HOPE THIS RECOMMENDATION BRINGS YOU A SENSE OF HOPE AND INSPIRATION AS IT DID FOR ME AND MY LOVED ONES.
I recently was handed a book that someone recommended me to read. I don't have Cancer, but a couple of very close family members do. However, after I read this book … (1 comments)

surviving: Need a reminder of how Great Lilfe Really is?....We all do because of how we get so caught up in this STRESS FREE business we're in... - 03/15/08 07:25 AM

HELLO MY FELLOW BLOGGERS..
I recently was handed a book that someone recommended me to read. I don't have Cancer, but a couple of very close family members do. However, after I read this book (easy read...and coming from me..WHO THINKS GREEN EGGS AND HAM IS a brain teaser!) I found it … (0 comments)

surviving: How to Survive Any Real Estate Market - 01/27/08 12:10 PM

We have been in the business for 5 years, and got in at the tail end of the huge surge of the market. By the time we built out our client base, we hit the 2005 stall, and then the downturn of the market. We were first a little apprehensive about … (7 comments)

surviving: The New Guy! - 01/21/08 09:50 AM

Well, here we go! First post!
My name is Ben Rodrigue and I'm an aspiring Realtor! (Queue the audience, "Hi Ben")
This is definitely not my first time being "the new guy" but it could definitely be my toughest. I have been in the corporate world for close to 8 years then … (12 comments)

surviving: Survivorman Ain't Got Nothin' On Me! - 09/14/07 09:38 PM

I am a huge fan of "The Science Channel" and the show "Survivorman". The show features Les Stroud, a self proclaimed survivalist who is dropped in desolate locales with no supplies and made to find shelter, water, food and survive for 7 days until his crew meets up with him to … (8 comments)