Tuesday, February 17, 2015

For my newbie REALTOR friends.

Real Estate is feast or famine!

When there is an escrow to close and a paycheck coming in, HAPPY DAY! Make that money stretch out!

There may be weeks or months of no paychecks but lots of work (showings, appointments, cmas, etc). FAMINE!

It helps if you have a safety net, like income from a partner or family to help support you during the famines.

Preview property in areas you want to get familiar with.

Have your top 15-20 list of friends, families, neighbors with their address and phone number. Get their email addresses and birthdays and anniversaries.

Learn MLSlistings.com

Spend a weekend on C.A.R website

Do CMAs for your family and friends. Do net sheets, too.

Do Open Houses or Twi-light open houses.

Go to Marketing Meetings and get a flavor of the different agents out there.

Take classes but know the real lesson will be when you are actually writing a purchase agreement, reading a termite report, put together a disclosure package, opening up a house for a showing, or getting info from an agent, ETC.

Marketing on a shoe string budget - doorknock or call your database. Collect emails and send items of value (reports, cma, etc)

Marketing with some money - do a small mailout, hold an event like a mixer or luncheon, start a meet up group for your area. We started having quarterly mixers for Evergreen Business Owners.

Keller Williams book, MREA - is a must read! It is also available in audio!

Sunday, February 1, 2015

WCR Installation Thoughts 01.21.15

Yes, great event!

I arrived at Maggianos a little after 10am. Kristen and James were there already. Anna Maria was there also.

I gave my registration list to them and they did a great great job!

My color ink printer was not working so the color coding didn't come out.

Thoughts for next time:

Registration - make sure to have square ready for credit card charges
Assigned table place settings
(mishaps here: Intero Table C21 Table, WCR State and visiting, sponsors)

I am so glad we asked Earlynne to be our photographer!

Early guests who want to help, have tasks for them (pass out party favors, greet, watch for sponsors, pass out papers... help people find seats, make introductions

MUST Thank:

Linda Weiert
Barry of Mlarnik
Christy Collier
Brendy
Hilda
SILVAR
SCCAOR

New member:

Lucy Ramos
Gabrielle
Grail
Claudine