I started my real estate career trying to make sure that people got value from me before ever asking people to utilize my services - I call it my "give before you get" philosophy. One way that we have provided benefits to the public is to provide classroom material that targets a variety of buyer and seller viewpoints. When we started 5 years ago our classes were sponsored just by me and my partner, Michael, and we held the classes at the Phinney Neighborhood Center - which was also near our home office. I had been an active member and wanted to give back to my community too.
So, we did that for years and eventually we were asked to provide my partner's most popular class, the "No Fluff Real Estate Investing and Financial Analysis" seminar for an organization that did adult education classes called Discover U. They folded last year for no one knows what reason other than it had been sold, and subsequently closed less than a year later.
Anyhow, we've been looking for ways to get back into it when a fellow AR member, Paul McFadden, suggested we approach Renton Technical College. We had a successful meeting and now are set to provide 8 classes of content for the Spring Quarter!
Topics range and one is even specifically designed just for women. We're pretty excited. What topics did we find timely for today's RE environment? I'll put the titles below to give you an idea.
Why Women Should Buy Real Estate
Short Sales & Foreclosure - Demystifying the process
Selling Your Home in this Market
Getting a Loan Today
Diversify Your Portfolio With Real Estate
Real Estate Investment Analysis
Should I Buy or Sell Now?
Ask the Experts - A Panel Discussion for Real Estate Investors
The great part is that since these topics are malleable in terms of the information we can provide they really don't become stale. We've also been able to address a variety of concerns that the public and our consumers have today. The short sale and foreclosure seminar will be able to speak to both people who are going through the process as well as those that are trying to invest by buying some of these distressed properties.
The class that I'll be most interested to see how it is embraced (or not) is the one for women only. Considering that for many years now the 2nd largest demographic of property purchasers has been single women, it makes sense to give a class targeted specifically to women's issues when buying property.
You can find a list of the classes and sign up information on our www.TeamReba.com website under events or just use this link.
Happy New Year!
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