sales: Let's Get Real With Commissions.
- 02/02/09 01:04 PM
Commissions are tough to come by right now. The buyers are still on the sidelines waiting for the bottom to hit. Even if/when the bottom arrives, deals fall apart with under-writing. Realtors are in trouble. Real Estate is a CENTRAL issue in any conversation about the plight of our economy. I said "Real Estate" not Realtors. Realtors seem to be the forgotten piece of the employment debacle facing our country. It is not uncommon to hear of experienced Realtors complaining they had no closings in 2008. The joke around offices is that everyone has forgotten how to fill out Purchase and … (13 comments)
sales: I'm standing here FREEZING...
- 01/17/09 02:10 PM
LISTING AGENTS! Please help us all out and be prepared to sell your listings! I met a very excited client at the top of a mountain to preview a great listing. (We drove seperately). After a 22 mile drive, we ventured up the winding driveway approach to a spectacular butte overlooking a gorge peppered with bull elk and their herds. You could not have had a more perfect beginning to a home preview. After a 25 minute search for the key to the front door (it wasn't where I was told it would be) we finally made it inside. It wasn't … (11 comments)
sales: Marketing Yourself through "Farms"
- 01/07/09 02:13 PM
It's going to be tough for the next year for all of us "Realtors". We have to use the tools we have learned over the years to get our name and reputations in front of the buyers. Many of us have let the "farm" concept slide into the back of our arsenal. 2009 is probably the time to bring this back to the forefront.There are several tips for farming and marketing that should be addressed:1) Design a mailing that will be kept...something that the recipient will file away and look at from time to time.2) Be thoughtful with the use of … (2 comments)
Commissions are tough to come by right now. The buyers are still on the sidelines waiting for the bottom to hit. Even if/when the bottom arrives, deals fall apart with under-writing. Realtors are in trouble.
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