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Real-Time Real Estate

Blog Contributor Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 4 Comments

By Nobu Hata I was just getting used to the concept of sharing my Facebook status with folks other than my family and friends when Twitter came along a couple years back. Then came 2009; the year of the citizen journalist; the year near-instantaneous sharing of events, pictures, and Web-links with your friends/family/clients/anyone in general became the new norm. It …

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Your Online To-Do List (So Important, You Should Have Done These in 2009!)

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 9 Comments

By Stefanie Hahn What was hot online in 2009? 1. Google LOVES Facebook Fan Pages. Have you set one up for your real estate business? You should – trust me on this… no one wants to see your business on your personal Facebook page.  Setting up a Fan Page is a fast and fun way to share your business information, …

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Swallow The Frog in Getting The Price Reduction

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Sales & Marketing, Seller Financing, Working with Clients 11 Comments

By Jessica Hickok As in every job, there are difficult tasks that you have to take on.  One of the difficult tasks that we face as REALTORS® is telling a seller that their house is overpriced and that they need to make a reduction in order to get it sold.  However, you can make this job easier taking the following …

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An Open Letter to a Facebook SPAMer

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 1 Comment

By Nobu Hata It’s amazing how far one SPAMer or MLMer can get just by friending a couple people on Facebook.  We Facebook users glance at friend invites blindly accepting those with one or two commonalities, notably a common friend. There was someone on my friends list who I will call “Kevin.” Dear Kevin, We’re “friends” right? – And for …

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The 12 Days of REALTOR® Christmas

Blog Contributor Outreach, Personal Fulfillment, Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 9 Comments

By Brian Copeland With December 25 only a few days away, it’s a great time to not only think about giving to others but also to consider touching your clients and sphere of influence in an impactful way.  While it may be a bit late in the season to pull some of the bigger things off on this list, who …

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Five Must-Have Real Estate Tools

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Establishing Your Business, New REALTOR®, Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 5 Comments

By Dawn Miller If you’re a new REALTOR® or if you’ve been in business awhile and re-evaluate your budget every year, I am here to reassure you there are only five tools you need to start or maintain your real estate business. I’ve complied a short list of the must-have’s for those REALTORS® newer to the business who are questioning …

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Being Business Effective via Social Networking

Blog Contributor Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 4 Comments

By Brooke Wolford Social networking to many is extremely confusing and some think is a complete waste of time.   But it is there to help you brand yourself. There are so many sites and you must be active on all of them for it to be effective.   Here are some ways to simplify the process and to get noticed: 1.  …

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Events for YPNers and More at This Year’s Conference

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By Dawn Miller, 2009 NAR Conference Blogger If you didn’t have a chance to go to the YPN reception last night, you missed out! The rooftop of Hotel Solamar was packed as early as 6:30 p.m. when YPNers from across the country met to introduce each other, share, and exchange ideas. If you did go, I hope we had a …

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Live From San Diego: What Does ‘International’ Real Estate Really Mean?

Blog Contributor International Real Estate, Professional Development, Sales & Marketing, YPN Events Leave a Comment

By Dawn Miller, 2009 NAR Conference Blogger In the real estate world where the average age of a REALTOR® is 52 years old, some may agree it’s a challenge as a young professional, or YPNer.  I may have just added another challenge to the equation—trying to break into the international real estate world. While myth has it that one should know …

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Social Media Does Not Guarantee Success

Blog Contributor Being a REALTOR®, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 2 Comments

By Dan Iampieri Generation Y REALTORS® have written the obituary on colleagues who fail to utilize social media – I respectfully disagree. I know too many top producers who are doing just fine without spending every waking minute checking their status update on Facebook or tweeting their every move to the world. Don’t get me wrong, I use social media …