Our Friend and fellow Blogger Susie Blackmon posed the question and then followed up by hitting the nail right on the head. Repeatedly.  Susie is kind of shy, but once you get to know her....  Checkout Susie's blog.  How Important Will Big Box Affiliations Be in the Not-Too-Distant Future?

If you are reading this, chances are you are already questioning how your future in the real estate business will unfold.  A year ago, myself and my partner Rick Frissell were asking ourselves the same question.  We knew that the business was changing rapidly, we saw it each and every day.  We had many discussions and planning sessions about how to change our business to best position ourselves for the future.  When the credit crunch was over, we wanted to be prepared and hit the ground running. Also, in the mean time we still had to eat and pay our bills.

Along the way, and while exploring possibilities for the future we ran across the path of Matt Fagioli.  We read what he had written and talked on the phone a few times.  His ideas made sense to us, in a common sense way. We took the next logical step and met with Matt.  Matt's down to earth demeanor and vision of what the future would look like knocked our socks off.  Rick and I did a hand shake deal with Matt and became the first Franchise outside the State of Georgia, which is home base for Diamond Dwellings Realty. 

Five months into our venture into Diamond Dwellings, we have no regrets.  We are still in the building stage with our website and our web presence. We are still in the process of making BrandonDwellings.Com and our agents the experts in real estate in our chosen areas.  The good news is that it's working.  We are getting business from our website and from our blogging efforts.  Nobody locally had ever heard of Diamond Dwellings Realtyin the Brandon, Fl area, it was not a household name by any strech of the imagination, so our recent success has to be due to our internet marketing and blogging efforts. In the process, Diamond Dwellings has become better known in our area, but our names are even better known as the local real estate experts.  Just this morning, I received a call from a man about home values, based strictly on a blog I did about the subject.  The guy called on my cell phone out of the blue. He said, I read what you wrote on the internet and decided to give you a call.

This is pretty powerful stuff.  This drives home one of the things that we have learned in our blogging, only blog about topics for which you have a business interest. For instance don't blog about Short Sales if you do not want Short Sale business.

Bottom Line,  do you need a big powerful name behind you to be a success in todays real estate market? The answer is a resounding NO.  Is Diamond Dwellings the answer for you?  Could be.  Please do yourself a favor, check out Diamond Dwellings, call Matt Fagioli or Rick Frissell or myself.  See if this could be the answer to Where Should You Hang Your License and Your Future Hopes?

Dave Tipton, Broker- Diamond Dwellings Realty- Florida

813-653-1241

davetipton@brandonsbeautifulhomes.com