loren keim: Holiday Showings
- 12/04/11 05:50 AM
The real estate market moves differently around the country, but in the colder regions the primary marketing seasons tend to be the spring and the fall. In most parts of the country, real estate sales tend to slow down around the holidays. The market becomes sluggish the week before Thanksgiving and doesn’t begin recovering until after New Years. The slowest week of the year is often that week before Christmas when much of America is running around buying last minute gifts, or if you’re in my family, just beginning to shop.
Last year, I received a very angry … (3 comments)
loren keim: Hidden in the Attic
- 11/15/11 01:10 PM
During the course of the last decade, most real estate companies conducted so-called caravans, by which I mean that all the realtors in any given office inspect all the new listings that have come on the market over the prior seven days, in order to acquaint them with the company’s current inventory. Many companies still do this although, in my opinion, it’s a wasted effort since the agents could be more usefully employed actually marketing the available homes. ____________________________________________________________________________
Life Lesson: If Someone doesn't want you to visit... there might be a good reason!
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loren keim: Real Estate Advice 101: What NOT to say to a client
- 10/26/11 02:09 PM
What Not to Say to a Client There are times when I’m not the most tactful person in the world. In fact, there are times when even I am surprised at what comes out of my mouth. For example, I was once in a real estate workshop in Tampa with over seven hundred agents in the room, when one of my agents was introducing me to a young woman who had flown in the night before from Tennessee. “Your agent was nice enough to buy me a drink last evening,” she said. “Really?” I replied, “I would have bought you … (5 comments)
loren keim: How NOT to Sell a Home at a Busy Intersection...
- 10/24/11 01:29 PM
Selling a Home at a Busy Intersection... (Excerpt from Loren Keim's Book - "Life Lessons... from the back seat of my car") Some of the unwise things that home owners say when they're trying to sell their home constantly amaze me. Sellers, being emotionally invested in their property, are often their own worst enemy, making statements that absolutely cost them a sale. As an example, a few years ago, I had a young couple named Stacey and Dennis, looking at a property along a very busy road near Whitehall, Pennsylvania for the third time, a house that was located … (3 comments)
Loren Keim (author of numberous real estate books), Magnus Arni Skulason, Chairman Reykjavik Economics, Dr. Paul Brockman, author of dozens of articles and Perella Chair of Lehigh University's Finance Department.
loren keim: Selling a Home at a Busy Intersection
- 03/14/10 04:24 PM
Selling a Home at a Busy Intersection...By Loren Keim (Excerpt from Loren Keim's Book - "Life Lessons... from the back seat of my car") Some of the unwise things that home owners say when they're trying to sell their home constantly amaze me. Sellers, being emotionally invested in their property, are often their own worst enemy, making statements that absolutely cost them a sale. As an example, a few years ago, I had a young couple named Stacey and Dennis, looking at a property along a very busy road near Whitehall, Pennsylvania for the third time, a house that was … (3 comments)
(Excerpt from Loren Keim's Book - "Life Lessons... from the back seat of my car") Some of the unwise things that home owners say when they're trying to sell their home constantly amaze me. Sellers, being emotionally invested in their property, are often their own worst enemy, making statements that absolutely cost them a sale. As an example, a few years ago, I had a young couple named Stacey and Dennis, looking at a property along a very busy road near Whitehall, Pennsylvania for the third time, a house … (2 comments)
loren keim: Lehigh University's Goodman Center for Real Estate
- 11/03/09 11:33 AM
One of the most prestigious institutions for higher learning in the country is Lehigh University, located in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, about an hour and twenty minutes from Manhatten and an hour from Philadelphia. Lehigh's Goodman Center for Real Estate Studies and the IRE@L program provide one of the most comprehensive real estate educational programs in the country. A recent guest speaker was Robert Lapidus, president and Chief Investment Officer of L&L Holding Company in New York. Robert Lapidus has purchased and renovated some landmark office buildings in New York City.
Meeting of Real Estate executives at Lehigh University including Robert … (0 comments)
Darryl Davis (Author of "Power Agent"), Loren Keim (Author of "Selling Commercial Real Estate", "Real Estate Prospecting" and "How to Sell Your Home in ANY Market") and Fiona Blayney (Author of "Property Management Bootcamp")
Loren Keim (Author of "Selling Commercial Real Estate", "Real Estate Prospecting" and "How to Sell Your Home in ANY Market") and Fiona Blayney (Author of "Property Management Bootcamp") and Jeffrey Halperin (Author of "Buyers are Liars" and "The Miracle is You")
Dirk Zeller (Author of "Champion Real Estate Agent" and "Success as a Real Estate … (0 comments)
The real estate market moves differently around the country, but in the colder regions the primary marketing seasons tend to be the spring and the fall. In most parts of the country, real estate sales tend to slow down around the holidays. The market becomes sluggish the week before Thanksgiving and doesn’t begin recovering until after New Years. The slowest week of the year is often that week before Christmas when much of America is running around buying last minute gifts, or if you’re in my family, just beginning to shop.
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