aptitude: THE 5 KEYS TO SUCCESS IN REAL ESTATE TODAY; Do You Have Any Others??? - 10/14/12 07:18 PM
THE 5 KEYS TO SUCCESS IN REAL ESTATE TODAY; Do You Have Any Others???
THE 5 KEYS:  RAPPORT BUILDING, COMPETENCE, APTITUDE, TRUTH TELLING AND EXPERTISE. (This is a very long post because I wrote the 5 segments to be published individually but decided to put it all out there at once!)
I. RAPPORT BUILDING ....Nothing else can do more for building your business!!! It is the one area that most real estate professionals neglect. Most don't understand how critical rapport building is in the early stages of a business relationship. It will make the difference between making a sale and losing one; … (46 comments)

aptitude: "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!"....Heard That Lately??? - 10/24/10 02:38 AM
"You don't know what you are doing!!"....Heard that lately?  A friend and fellow agent, (a new, younger real estate agent as a matter of fact), was told that several months back, when she was working with a customer. This customer was someone who was looking for a house that she just couldn't find! She wanted a new house with all the bells and whistles and she wanted it for 1/2 of what the houses were priced at! She was driving this new agent like a dog--making her do things that are not important like calculate the square footage and dollar per square foot costs on houses that sold … (82 comments)

aptitude: DO YOU FEEL SUCCESSFUL??? Are You Happy With Your Business?...If Not, READ ON!!! - 09/09/10 12:23 AM

DO YOU FEEL SUCCESSFUL???  Are You happy with your business?...If not, READ ON!
I have had numerous requests for all 5 articles from "5 Keys To Success In The Real Estate Business".  I wrote 5 posts recently that were read by numerous members; however, many missed a couple of them, so I decided to offer up all of them again in the same post.  It is always open for discussion, this "ways to be successful" stuff, but I want to share with all of you what is successful in my business...this and the use of some techniques that I studied years ago... and maybe by … (22 comments)

aptitude: "APTITUDE" MAKES AN AGENT SUCCESSFUL!!! Do You Have It? ...If You Don't, Why Should you? - 09/01/10 03:53 PM
*PART 3 of the Series: "5 Keys to A Successful Real Estate Business"
"APTITUDE" MAKES AN AGENT SUCCESSFUL!!!  Do you have it? ...If you don't, why should you? Your customers and clients expect you to have it!!!
This is a real estate question that we all need to address. It is expected that all real estate professionals have an aptitude for real estate; there are exceptions to this however. So, I will give you the actual meaning of the word. according to the dictionary:
 APTITUDE 1. capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent: She has a special aptitude for real estate. 2. readiness … (4 comments)

 
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA, ...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons (Douglas Elliman Real Estate)

Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA

...A Local Expert in all The Hamptons

Southampton, NY

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Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Address: 70 Jobs Lane, P O Box 5003, Southampton, NY, 11969

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