Gary Love's (glovesold) Blog

I was just wondering from my fellow active -Rainer's if they're phone is starting to ring. This past week I have been asked to list 3 clients homes and have picked up 3 buyers which compared to the week before is night and day better. Although the buyers are coming from one source a mortgage brok...

It seems traffic has picked up and a weekend of warm weather has gotten people off the coach and into they're cars to look at houses. Of course this is Alabama so we get these warm weekends in Feb. I know a lot of people are saying that it will be 2009 before we some any significant change in Rea...

I went to an agents open house luncheon today and I was talking to a lot of fellow agents and just listing to some of the conversations around me and It was like there was an echo in the room, I was hearing the same thing everywhere I turned and that was how bad there business how rotten the Real...

Calling my database list calling and re-calling my previous clients is starting to pay off and I want to thank all of my current and previous clients for believing in me and referring me to they're friends. I have really been hitting the phone keys lately to my client list to see if they or any f...

I got an opportunity to spend sometime last week with an incredible Real Estate coach. A lot of the things he told me I already new and just have not put in place yet. But one thing he said kind of blew me away he said if you are not getting a least 5 referrals a year from people like your Dentis...

Yes, the sub-prime market has changed and those questionable clients are going to be tough. But I'm still getting my clients that need 100% financing done. Of Course "My Community" is an option. But I've got a handful of aggresive, hungry mortgage people here in Birmingham doing manually Written ...

I think People in a matter of speaking hibernate like animals, they DO!!!. Historically Jan. & Feb are slower months, then it starts to pick up first warm snap in March. My phone started ringing yesterday which is a little earlier but I surely will take it. When it starts to get warm in the New C...

I have been a member of local BNI groups and other networking groups in the past, and I'm currently looking into another one I have been asked to join. I was wondering if my fellow Active Rain friends have used them and what your comments good & bad  are about you experiences with them? Have they...

Yes, Manually written FHA'S have been my answer to the lack of sub-prime lending, and yes it seems to be working. Now there are very few  Mortgage Company's  in Birmingham that will do manually written FHA'S so you have to take what you can get.  But when you have a client that does not have grea...

I have to say with 11 years as a Realtor some of my cherished moments are the ones with my past clients. I can go even further than that, some of the best friends I have today are past clients. I'm the kind that really stay in touch with my past clients, drop by there homes just making sure they ...