Glenn's Mega Agent and SEO Blog

It's interesting being a pioneer looking to embrace new technology before the masses.  Obviously there is a lot of talk about what a virtual office might look like however we believe we have a pretty good handle on the concept of the virtual office. Remember the movie disclosure with Michael Doug...

Well yesterday was that time of year again.  EdCon...  The Education Conference put on by the Washington Association of REALTORS.  For clock hours its really the best deal in Washington State.  Last year I was pretty busy so I didn't get my clock hours in and I'll be honest I did get my back up a...

If you have followed my blogs here on ActiveRain in the past you'll probably know that I'm as much or more a business person then I am a real estate sales person. That being said I / We have just completed our firth iteration in the real estate business. Iteration 1 started on April 29, 2002 when...

One of my favorite subjects relating to the real estate industry is business planning.  In my opinion its a subject that is given much lip service by agents and managers however the actual execution of a well built business model is a rarity though any agent, manager or owner could if they so des...

Short Answer is they can.  The reality is that they can't stand each other. First, Let's start with our Sales Person.  You know who you are.  You're excited you have a prospective buyer / seller in front of you and you sell.  You've got the Mike Ferry Scripts happening, you've got the contracts g...

I just saw a Tweet go by on Twitter from @TyDowning:  Plz RT Let's help our own @TimMoore sell his home in 70 hours via ONLY SoMe!! - http://bit.ly/uf8bk - What a great LIVE case study!! Taking a look at the Craigslist Listing and subsequent Facebook photos it seems that for a guy who knows Socia...

Yesterday I wrote a post on the subject of Commissions and the Rookie agent.  I got a lot of feedback however most of the feedback was about how taking a listing at a reduced fee was somehow unprofessional and that it showed weakness of the agent.  I won't get into the arguments here, however do ...

I just read an AR blog post encouraging beginning agents to stand firm on commission when in their first listing presentations.  Certainly there's a lot of agents who don't like the idea of discounting and it may stem from the fact that if someone discounts or buys the listing then those "establ...

Earlier today @REALTORMarley Twittered while at the Keller Williams Family Reunion (company annual sales conference): According 2 #yahoo financial #realogy (ie Coldwell Banker) likely to fail in 2009 HelpUSell filed for bankruptcy... #kwfr Checking there's a bit of buzz over an article written by...

I watched a video a few days ago and in the background of the video was a Mind Map.  Now I'm pretty hip on the technology that is out there, however one of the challenges that I have is with top down hiarchial business planning.  Not everything fits neatly as bulleted lists.  Some ideas are more ...