realtor in st augustine: This is how I got my first Listing Call
- 03/02/09 10:23 PM
The Headline in Sunday's paper read something like this:
Watson Realty Welcomes Marjorie Taylor
WAtson Realty Corporation is proud to announce that Marjorie Taylor has joined the award winning St. Augustine Beach office.
Marjorie brings a wealth of knowledge with her to Watson. Her varied real estate career experience spans over 27 years and around the world. From working with Fortune 500 clients locating co-ops in Manhattan, NY to assisting embassy dignitaries find the ideal property in Rome, Italy. Locally Marjorie has been instrumental in sales and development of some of the areas largest communities such as Marsh Creek Country … (9 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Enjoy the Beach Life
- 02/22/09 12:38 AM
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realtor in st augustine: I-Phone for Business?
- 02/22/09 12:19 AM
National Speaker and Mobile Technology Guru, Dick Betts, recently wrote about five things a REALTOR needs to have with them even when out of the office:
Email - remember when we checked our email once every few days? Now people send you and email and call 10 minutes later wanting to know if you got it yet.
Web - maybe you don't think this is important but once you have it you will never go without it. Looking something up or quickly answering questions for clients is expected
Listings - this can turn into an embarrassment, the clients in the back … (5 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Are your BEST days ahead?
- 02/20/09 09:47 PM
I subscribe to Jon Gordon’s Weekly Newsletter. What a breath of fresh air it is! Full of positive inspiration and motivation, Jon’s newsletters truly get my week started on the right foot. This week he wrote ….
”Do you know what Fear and Faith have in common? A future that hasn’t happened yet. Fear believes in a negative future. Faith believes in a positive future. Both believe in something that has not yet happened. So I ask you, if neither the positive or negative future has happened yet then why not choose to believe in the positive future? What … (8 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: If you could live....
- 02/05/09 12:36 AM
"If you could live in any state in the country, except the state you live in now, what state would you choose to live in?"
This question was asked by Harris Interactive® as they conducted a nationwide survey of 2,694 adults conducted online between August 7 and 13, 2007. The result of this survey is known as the The Harris Poll® Florida, ranking in the top 5, is one of the most popular places people would choose to live.
Why is that? I know why I choose to live and work in St. Augustine Florida. St. Augustine offers:
Beautiful Beaches - … (0 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Turning a negative
- 02/02/09 11:01 PM
I've always been the "Glass is ½ full kind of Gal". However, I am finding it more difficult to maintain my upbeatedness with the economic reports getting more dismal each day.
I subscribe to Jon Gordon's Positive Tips newsletter. I've read his books, I've heard him speak, I am a fan and an advocate in his positive lifestyle. He wrote recently...." Imagine if the headline read "Employment rate closing in on 92%" rather than saying "The Unemployment rate is soaring to 8%."
Wow, what a different perspective that gives me. There is always a way to turn a negative situation into … (7 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: St. Augustine FUN this Weekend
- 01/29/09 11:50 PM
Looking for something FUN to do this weekend? I've got something GREAT for you to do!
A favorite among the many Saint Augustine events, Uptown Saturday Night tops the charts of things to do in Saint Augustine. Like the First Fridays Art Walk, it truly is a party-like atmosphere, its fun and Free, and you know how much I like free. Make sure you mark your calendars. The Uptown Saturday Night event, takes place from 5pm to 9m the last Saturday of every month in the Uptown San Marco Shopping District, St. Augustine. That's tomorrow night my friends.Uptown Saturday Night, is … (1 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Marketing ME at Wal-Mart
- 01/29/09 12:42 AM
Wally World is one of the busiest stores in St. Augustine and one store that I try to avoid. Crowded parking lot, long check out lines, I'm an in-there-and-outta-there kind of shopper. However, they are open late (24 hours) and I sometimes just have no other choice to shop there. Well, something happened to me last night that changed my whole Wal-Mart shopping perception.
I recently moved from on-site developer sales to Watson Realty's St. Augustine Beach office. I am fortunate to bring all the developer listings with me. So, I have a ton of signs with the old real estate company name on them. These are … (12 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Home Sales Rebound
- 01/25/09 02:30 AM
Today's St. Augustine Record - Front Page News - "Home Sales Rebound". What music to this agents ears! Good news about the real estate market on the front page.
The Record also reported "this recent activity comes from low mortgage rates and low home prices. But David A. Denslow, a professor and economist with the University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research, offered another reason. He said square-foot prices for homes in St. Augustine are selling for 60 percent of the national average."
There are a few other factors that may explain our increase such as concerns about investing assets the … (2 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: My Woodstock
- 01/23/09 08:15 AM
I was (Ahem) much too young to attend the Woodstock Festival, one of the greatest events in music history that changed the scene of Rock and Roll, probably forever. So, when I received an invitation to attend the Inauguration of Barack Obama, our 44th President, I just could not pass it up. I believed that this would be MY Woodstock; my chance to experience an incredible social gathering. A gathering filled with harmony and idealistic hopes among masses of other Americans who, like me, believed that this was the beginning of a journey that would change our world, probably forever.
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realtor in st augustine: St. Augustinians Scoff
- 01/12/09 11:02 PM
St. Augustine entrepreneurs are scoffing at the reports that retail sales are the weakest in four decades. With the news that stores are closing their doors (Macy's New Year shocker!) the St. Augustine Record announced four new ventures!
Jade Tree, located on Anastasia Blvd. is a cool new flower shop but does not stop there. It's not just about petals, local art, candles and chocolates are also available.
Tech'n'Tunes, a custom audio automobile business recently opened on Dobbs Road. Offering a unique combination of car repair and accessory installation, they sell Vibe products.
Gallery Café is a new specialty restaurant … (1 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: St. Augustine the Next Hollywood?
- 01/12/09 01:48 PM
I am not so sure the title of this blog is an accurate statement, but there is a new movie now under production in the Nations Oldest City. "Resurrection Ferns" stars a local teen playing a 12-year old girl from Milwaukee. Hanna runs away to see the wild horses in Cumberland Island and has many mishaps along the way. The spin is that it is a story about a "contemporary Little Red Riding Hood".
How many of you remember Neidermeyer in the movie "Animal House"? I sure do, I loved that movie!! Well, in this film his character is quite ... … (3 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Call me CRAZY...
- 01/12/09 04:02 AM
Call me crazy - or adventurous - or just frugal at the moment, but I have decided to build my own website. It is a lot tougher than I thought it was going to be and a true time consumer. In fact, I have a whole new respect for those who do it as a business.
With that said, I am actually enjoying the creativity of the process. Adding tabs and sub tabs, creating the content, taking photos and selecting images, is ... fun for me. But I am stuck with something and I need some help.
I would like to … (10 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Detour near Bridge of Lions
- 01/07/09 11:10 AM
For those of us who travel the Bridge of Lions between Anastasia Island and Downtown St. Augustine, please note there will be another detour.
The north end of Dolphin Dr. and its intersection with Anastasia Blvd. will be closed three days starting tomorrow January 8, 2009. The closure is due to the paving of the south side of Anastasia Blvd. from Dolphin Dr. east to just past Gerado Street.
Traffic will be rerouted using Zorayda and Arricola Avenues.
Patience my friends, just think how GREAT this new Bridge of Lions will be when its completed.
For more information go to the Bridge of … (3 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Breaking News -- coming soon....
- 01/07/09 10:21 AM
Breaking News from St. Johns County (including St. Augustine)... Golf Carts have been approved for county Roads.
Last night, the St. Johns County Commission passed an ordinance that opens county roads to golf cart traffic. St. John's County is one of the first counties in the state to have such an ordinance.
County engineers will have to evaluate each road to insure that they are eligible for golf cart traffic. The approved roads will then be clearly marked for use with golf carts.
Here are the rules:
Operators must have a valid driver's license Vehicle cannot carry more than four people … (4 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: How Much is Too Much?
- 01/06/09 12:36 AM
Another Resolution I have adopted for 2009 is to develop new scripts to handle certain buyer objections that come up frequently. This market has changed so much that I need some new material!
My favorite is "The seller is asking too much". This is how I handle it. I ask in return "How much too much do you think it is?" Then I stop talking and listen. The Buyer will then tell what price they are willing to pay. This will be my basis to get them to write an offer! Sounds simple, and it is...but it works!
How are … (8 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Succeed in Challenging Times
- 01/04/09 10:51 PM
I once read that the most skilled person always succeeds in challenging times. So, my 2009 resolution is to put more emphasis developing my personal selling skills. Many agents may not take the opportunity of a slow market to invest in continuing education. Maybe they don't want to spend the coin right now because the commissions are not flowing in. Or, perhaps, they don't want to spend the time sitting in a class when they can be out prospecting.
I think this is a mistake. I plan to attend as many seminars that I can. Many are free or offered inexpensively at … (13 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: How to Turn Vacationers into Buyers
- 01/04/09 12:12 AM
Thousands of people vacation in the St. Augustine, Florida area. Most will rent a condominium or Bed and Breakfast at the beach. While here, many fall in love with the area and dream of spending even more time in the Nation's Oldest City. These visitors are potential buyers and ideal candidates for a second home or permanent home.
I wondered ... how can I effectively reach them all to introduce them to my community? It is highly unlikely that any vacation rental company will provide their client database directly to me, although that would be so sweet. Ah ha.... What about … (10 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: Picture This -- Marketing in New Communities
- 01/03/09 07:06 AM
Boat Tours are a great and inexpensive way to excite and show customers just what they can expect when you are marketing a riverfront community. It is one of the best ways to demonstrate the beauty of your project, particularly if you have not broken ground. It may be difficult for a customer to imagine the views they will have from their new home and the boat tours offer a different perspective that you can get from the road... one of the many different marsh and Intracoastal views, flora and fauna, they will appreciate from their new home.
Here are … (3 comments)
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realtor in st augustine: The 1st First Friday in St. Augustine 2009
- 01/01/09 09:41 PM
One of the most popular events in St. Augustine is the monthly First Friday Art Walk. This trendy cultural event is held each month from 5 - 9pm. Tonight marks the first Art Walk of 2009 and will be the place to be in St. Augustine.
Art Galleries of St. Augustine (AGOSA) represents the finest St Augustine galleries with more than 25 member galleries featuring local art, glass, pottery, jewelry and more.
More than 20 Galleries will be participating tonight offer their latest exhibits, music and refreshments. You can also enjoy wonderful catered delights at many of the galleries sponsored by … (2 comments)
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