A major disadvantage in the real estate industry is in the lack of understanding of minimum standards. In real estate, like other industries, there are known standards that agents can use to monitor their business and determine their effectiveness in the following areas: • Time Management • Prospecting Skills • Listing Presentation Skills • Buyer… Read more »

There have been many changes in the real estate markets as well as the economy in the past 6 years. I won’t bore you with the details of what it was like in 2005 selling real estate because you already know. What I did think about the other day is the distinct contrast between how… Read more »

*View The PDF Version Here. It is hard to believe that the year is coming to an end. Before we know it, we will be dating our contracts for 2011. This is a great time to evaluate your past business and also identify what changes you must make to enable you to reach your 2011… Read more »

1. If you want to motivate yourself at the highest level, If you want to be on fire in your business and in your life… You must seek to motivate your peers. You must stoke the fire in others if you want your fire to burn hot. Motivating your peers is the accountability that you… Read more »

I happened to be a guest on a conference call of nearly 300 great agents and we were discussing how to grow your real estate business in an unpredictable market, meaning, a market where we are not sure if we have hit bottom, if it is going down further or if we are in the… Read more »

The purpose of this article is to discuss the characteristics that successful people have in common. Specifically, the characteristics that inspire them to take massive action and follow through. As you’ll see, the solution is really quite simple and available to each one of us. First, let’s identify why what it is that causes people… Read more »

Are you prepared to Succeed? I have had fielded many calls from real estate agents around the country asking me what I felt about the recent volatility on the stock market and how I thought this would impact our real estate market. The fact of the matter is that we cannot predict what will happen… Read more »

All of us understand the real estate markets around the United States have experienced one of the largest declines in history. Who could have predicted the changes that we have had over the past 5 years? Unfortunately, this massive decline has led many real estate agents out of business, forced them to get 2nd jobs… Read more »

*View The PDF Version Here. I was recently reviewing about 10 years of notes that I have collected while participating in coaching, watching seminars and meetings with mastermind groups. As I was looking through the notes, I noticed that there were some common topics that were discussed each year. The topic most discussed was the… Read more »

Imagine watching a show on television about an ancient tribe in some third world country. Often you will see that they have certain rituals that are never broken. No matter the weather, their health or personal challenges they are facing, they still attend the ritual. They attend as if their life depends on it, as… Read more »