rules: Coping With Life as a Business Owner - 05/06/16 05:07 AM

Coping With Life as a Business Owner
How many hats do you wear? As a real estate salesperson, you're painfully aware that you're not just a salesperson. You're a marketer, financial consultant, troubleshooter, negotiator, computer repair person, legal consultant, and customer service representative, not to mention the owner of a small business. Yes, you are the President, the Chief, the Boss and CEO of You Incorporated!
Your job title should be changed to "juggler," because that's what you really are. You have to juggle it all - your time, money, relationships, and schedule. These are the four flaming torches of … (0 comments)

rules: 10 Ways to Boost Your Business Any Time of the Year - 03/06/15 01:50 AM

10 Ways to Boost Your Business Any Time of the Year
If you find yourself feeling that you aren't where you need to be in your business, I have some great ideas to help you take action and get you moving forward. The key to mastering any business or even sport is to keep taking the action you need to improve. Many real estate agents get stuck and stop making progress because when they don't see immediate results. However, if you focus on the action rather than the results, the results will come.
Here are 10 ideas to jumpstart … (2 comments)

rules: QRM Mortgage Rule: What You Need to Know - 10/31/14 04:04 AM

QRM Mortgage Rule: What You Need to Know
In 2010 the federal government enacted the banking reform bill developed to address the financial crisis and the number of homeowners who lost their homes due to too liberal lending practices. While additional regulations were needed, the result was that many of the resulting lending requirements were too strict and due to "risk retention" requirements that were not only expensive, but caused many would-be homeowners to not qualify for loans based on these new requirements.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is the first in a number of regulators to release … (0 comments)

rules: Fair Housing: Things You May Not Know, But Should! - 07/29/14 04:51 AM

Fair Housing: Things You May Not Know, But Should!
I remember when I was the broker of a large real estate company and I got that dreaded phone call from a Federal Fair Housing Auditor with the message, "One of your sales associates has violated a Fair Housing law."
Wow! That hit hard! I remember feeling sick to my stomach, wondering,
"What exactly did my agent do?" "What happens now?" "What do I need to know to help my agent?" "If my agent did violate a Fair Housing law, why?" In this case, my agent did in fact violate … (2 comments)

 
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Denise Lones

CSP, MIRM, CDEI - Real Estate Coaching & Branding

Bellingham, WA

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