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This Month's Issue of "The Residential Specialist" Features an Article I Want You to Read

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes

Back in late October of 2009, I got a phone call from Regina Ludes, a staff writer with The Residential Specialist magazine.  Regina told me she was putting together an article on the different ways that some agents promote the CRS Designation to the public and to others in the real estate industry.  Regina requested an interview and a couple days later, we spent about forty-five minutes chatting over the phone.

Regina's article appears in the newly-released January - February 2010 issue of the Residential Specialist magazine.  Please click on the photo below to read the full article.

The Residential Specialist magazine January & February 2010

The article is entitled "Letter Perfect - CRSs Find Unique Ways to Promote the Designation to Clients and Agents".  Among the quotes from our interview that Regina included in her article was a comment I made about how we promote the CRS Designation in our Wayzata Lakes Realty company newsletter.  She wrote,

"The response from clients has been "gratifying," Kodner says. "I expect clients to see the newsletter, but clients have written back to me and said things like, ‘It's great to see that you're doing something that other agents aren't doing".

[I especially want to thank Council of Residential Specialists Communications Editor Regina Ludes and her Managing Editor for approving my link to Regina's article]

 

 

 

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Contact Broker Eric Kodner with Wayzata Lakes Realty about Minneapolis & Saint Paul area properties, including Lake Minnetonka, Edina and the Minneapolis City Lakes area (Lake Calhoun, Lake of the Isles, Lake Harriet). We also sell on the Saint Croix River and on Lake Superior, including Bayfield, Wisconsin and Madeline Island homes.  With sixteen years experience marketing and selling waterfront properties in Minnesota and Wisconsin, we know Lake Minnetonka and Madeline Island real estate.

Wayzata Lakes Realty LLC (Minnesota) and Madeline Island Realty LLC (Wisconsin)

Real Estate Brokerage licensed in Minnesota & Wisconsin

Phone or Text Message 612.670.2539

EMKodner@Gmail.com  or

MadelineIsland@Gmail.com

Wayzata Lakes Realty

 

 

 

 

Comments (7)

Emily Medvec
eXp Realty LLC - Santa Fe, NM
Broker | Realtor | Serving Santa Fe & Northern NM

Thanks for highlighting the article and making it easy to access the information. Getting my paperwork in for my CRS is on my to do list and your post moved it to do first. Congratulations on the mention and for helping other Realtors see the value of CRS.

Feb 04, 2010 01:50 PM
Eric Kodner
Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes - Minnetonka, MN
Wayzata Lakes Realty: Twin Cities, Madeline Island

Emily, it's cool that I was able to do all that by just posting about the article!  Thank you and I look forward to seeing you on the CRS membership roster.

Feb 04, 2010 01:55 PM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Hello Eric and this is some very interesting and I will take a look at this article, and congrats!

VB ;o)

Feb 04, 2010 02:00 PM
Joan Mirantz
Homequest Real Estate - Concord, NH
Realtor, GRI, CBR, SRES - Concord New Hampshire

Eric,Eric,Eric....it's great to see you again on here (I've been scarce myself-LOL)

I miss all of that pre-election energy!! :0)

I am presently working on my SRES and totally agree on the value of designations. I have a few and will probably re-visit CRS when I'm done with the present.
Congratulations on your article quote...that's advertising you just can't buy!

Feb 05, 2010 05:40 AM
Eric Kodner
Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes - Minnetonka, MN
Wayzata Lakes Realty: Twin Cities, Madeline Island

Robert - Thanks for the congrats!

Joan - Fabulous to see you here too!  I agree it's great to have a PR opportunity like this come out of the blue.  You can read the full article here.

Best of luck in your pursuit of the SRES and other designations!

Feb 06, 2010 03:02 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Eric - congratulations on the article. It WAS a good one and smething I need to read again and agin. I find many of our CRS memebrs do not do mcuh with their designation except put the letters on their website and business cards. There is so much more to it adnw e can take advantage of the opportunity.

Jeff

Feb 21, 2010 03:35 AM
Eric Kodner
Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes - Minnetonka, MN
Wayzata Lakes Realty: Twin Cities, Madeline Island

Jeff - Thank you!  I agree that there is so much one can do with the CRS designation.  Joining a state/area CRS Chapter and getting involved in Chapter leadership is another great way to leverage the CRS designation.

Feb 21, 2010 11:35 PM