11 Reasons Real Estate Agents Love One of the Easiest Careers to Hate
There are more folks who get their license and leave the business within a year or two than there are ones who make it. It looks so appealing and even easy from an outsider’s point-of-view… There’s so...
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Homeowners Should Have Some “Fear of Missing Out” on This Market
If you’ve been thinking about selling and hesitating or simply waiting, you may want to start thinking about how you’ll feel if you miss out on the best time to sell your house in a long time. You...
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10 Effective Real Estate Email Marketing Tips
There are tons of ways and places to market yourself as a real estate agent, but email marketing has to be one of the best for a bunch of reasons: It doesn’t cost much and can even be done for free....
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Hate Your Neighbor? New Survey Shows You’re Not Alone
Do you have a neighbor that annoys you? The chances are, you do! According to this REALTOR Magazine article, a recent survey done by Lending Tree revealed that 75% of Americans don’t like their...
View ArticleIf Seinfeld Were a Show About Real Estate, Instead of “A Show About Nothing”
Seinfeld was pitched as a “show about nothing”— a show about the mundane day-to-day stuff a comedian and his cast of friends experienced. Who’d be interested in that!? The world, apparently. It’s been...
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7 Ways for Homebuyers to Deal With Rising Interest Rates
If you’ve been considering buying a house — or if you’re actually in the process — you’ve probably heard two things quite a bit lately: Interest rates are on the rise. They’re still historically low....
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5 Strategies for Real Estate Agents to Build a Better Sphere of Influence
You probably never even heard the term until you became a real estate agent. But once you became one, you were probably told how important it is to build and nurture your very own “sphere of...
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Recent College Grads Should Think Twice Before Renting a Place to Live
People often envision young adults graduating from college, landing a job, and renting their own place to live. While it was never easy, that path has become more and more difficult to attain in a...
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Struggling With Content for Your Real Estate Blog? Here’s a Week’s Worth of...
Blogging is something many real estate agents struggle with. To begin with, you might wrestle with whether or not it’s even worth doing. Is blogging dead? Do people even read blogs anymore? Then...
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Will Solar Panels Help or Hurt the Sale of Your Home?
Most homeowners consider adding solar panels for one (or a combination) of three reasons: They’re environmentally conscious. They’re looking to save money. They think it will add value to their home...
View ArticleHere’s An 80’s Mixtape for the Friend Who Used Another Agent
Ahh, the 80’s mixtape—the perfect way to say how you feel without saying it to someone’s face. Such a classic way to get all sappy and let someone know how you feel about them deep down inside. It was...
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If Your House Needs Major Updating or Repairs, Now Might Be the Perfect Time...
Was the last time you updated your bathroom or kitchen a couple of decades ago? Is the outside of your house in need of new siding, a roof, and gutters? Is your yard overgrown, or the driveway...
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The Pros and Cons of Using an Escalation Clause in a Bidding War on a House
It doesn’t matter if it’s a sellers’ market or one that’s more in favor of buyers; if a house is desirable and priced appropriately, the chances are you’re going to find yourself in a bidding war....
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Been Waiting to Sell and Buy a “Move-Up” Home? Now May Be the Perfect Time!
Most people don’t buy their “forever house” right out of the gate. It’s hard to afford a home that has the size and amenities you want on your first (or even second) purchase. So most people start out...
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3 Reasons Why the Fed Raising Interest Rates Is Good for Home Buyers
If you’re either in the process of buying a house, or thinking of jumping into the market, you’re probably well aware that rates have jumped significantly in recent weeks. And that likely doesn’t feel...
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Agents: Stop Sending Boring Postcards… Send Ones Like THESE! (18 examples)
Question: Have you seen the postcards most agents send out? BOOOR-ING! I’m pretty sure they make the prospects sleep-walk on their way back inside the house. It’s not your fault, though. There’s simply...
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How to Mold Your Real Estate Prospects Into Ideal Future Clients
There’s nothing better than working with a client who listens to every piece of advice you give along the way. It makes for a smooth transaction, you enjoy working with each other, and it helps you...
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Real Estate Agents: Is Social Media Marketing “Not Working” for You? Here’s a...
Social media made marketing yourself as an agent about as cheap and easy as it comes. Years ago, you had to have a good chunk of change to get in front of even a fraction of the people you can reach...
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A Slow Market Will Be the End for Some Real Estate Agents, but It Doesn’t...
As much as the frantic pace of a “hot” market creates a lot of headlines and excitement, they’re not actually the best of times for most real estate agents if you think about it… Everything you do is...
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Survey Reveals the Importance of Hiring an Empathetic Real Estate Agent When...
Looking for a home in the past few years has been difficult for almost all buyers. Even those who have all-cash offers, waive every contingency, and offer well over asking price have been losing out...
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