referral clubs: 24 years and I had enough!
- 11/21/09 03:36 AM
So it has been 24 years since I entered the industry of Real Estate: In the 80's, we were just coming out of double digit interest rates, 15-18%, ARMS were born in the early 80's, since most couldn't afford a fixed rate. Straight, no qualifing assumptions were BIG! In the 90's, WOW! Building boom, rates down, FHA decided that allowing assumable mortgages wasn't such a hot idea. Several ownership changes, then a default, the an "I don't care!" from the original borrower. In the early '00s, Boom again for everything, low rates, crazy appraisals, no-cash in the sales loans like … (2 comments)
referral clubs: Step up your Business for 2009
- 01/27/09 06:31 AM
I've had folks ask me about my goals for 2009. My answer has several parts. I want to step up my business by developing more referrals. I am involved with Gold Star Referral Clubs, which really helped with my business. Currently, I'm working on 90% of my business, and the referrals from my personal club makes up a large part of that! I have also started other clubs. I have sponsored "Directors" to also start clubs. Of course there is compensation for all that, but now its time to jump into some really uncharted territory. I'm stepping up to open a … (0 comments)
referral clubs: Marketing or Techno-Babble
- 11/22/08 11:30 AM
I was answering a question about "inexpensive" marketing ideas, and I was hit with a number of responses that confused me. Well, not confused, shocked more rightly. It seems to me that with many suggestions about how to market ourselves...email another card, send a post card... beg relatives and friends (COI) for leads, blog, and set up yet another website (that no one will ever see), most of this methods revolve around sitting behind the computer trying to get leads. Most of these ideas are PASSIVE, "SIT ON YOUR HANDS", MARKETING. With the exception of asking family for leads...that just doesn't work all that well or that often. … (3 comments)
So it has been 24 years since I entered the industry of Real Estate: 
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