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Market Stats Can Be Your Best Friend

Blog Contributor Sales & Marketing 1 Comment

By Kelly Reark OK, I’m ready.  Elections are over.  The holidays are around the corner.  Bring on the buyers. Here in Florida, our season is just about to start.  What are people expecting, and what are you going to do about it? My advice is to study your market, and practice how you will handle objections from buyers and sellers.  …

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Celebrate Veterans Day, the REALTOR® Way.

Blog Contributor Helpful Tools, Veterans Affairs 2 Comments

By Nobu Hata Hi guys, I originally wrote this post for Conference Live last week, but it bears repeating on Veterans Day.  It hits close to home for me with a brother who served two tours in Iraq, then bought a home via DVA loan last year.  Thank a Vet.  Help a Vet.  It’s the least we can do. There …

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Slideshow: YPN’s Fire & Ice NARdiGras Reception

Blog Contributor NAR Annual Conference and Expo, Professional Development, Young Pros in the Spotlight, YPN Events 2 Comments

More than 500 career-driven real estate professionals from around the country came out to network, exchange business ideas, and party at the Young Professionals Network’s exclusive Fire & Ice NARdiGras Reception on Friday, Nov. 5 at The Foundry in the city’s colorful Warehouse District. The 2010 REALTORS® Conference & Expo event was sponsored by HouseLogic’s REALTOR® Content Resource, Better Homes …

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It’s REALTOR® Conference & Expo Time

Blog Contributor NAR Annual Conference and Expo, Professional Development, YPN Events 1 Comment

By Nobu Hata What can I say that already hasn’t been said. YPN Party, tweetups, committee meetings, and forums, all are at the ready. And while it’s not as “stuffy” as the MidYear meetings, there are things worth doing while you’re in the Big Easy, no matter your pleasure! The Studious: ePRO is being relaunched and it’s pretty darn relevant …

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A Part Time Agent Isn’t Necessarily Less of an Agent

Blog Contributor Being a REALTOR®, Sales & Marketing 13 Comments

By Toby Boyce I stood quietly waiting for the smiling-innocent faces to calm down as they stared back at me. They were so fresh and ready to change the world. Was I teaching another class of new REALTORS® in one of my CE classes? I wish; the faces were third-graders at a local middle school. I was their “guest teacher” …

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Don’t Make Me Wait …

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, communication, Work/Life Balance, Working with Clients 3 Comments

By Stefanie Hahn In a recent post here at the YPN Lounge, Jessica Hickok encouraged us to avoid becoming the “Real Turd” who can’t separate his or her work life from anything else.  She offered some great tips for managing our daily lives so that we don’t stand out as “that guy” or “that girl” with the annoying Bluetooth thingy …

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Congratulations: The Best and The Worst

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Personal Fulfillment, Young Pros in the Spotlight 2 Comments

By Brian Copeland If you are a young professional and have entered the real estate profession any time from 2004-2007, I want to be the first to congratulate you. When you can no longer consider yourself a whippersnapper and Lady GAGA music is now playing on the Golden Oldies station, you can then say one thing proudly as a REALTOR®, …

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Help Home Owners Envision Home Ownership Again

Blog Contributor Helpful Tools, Homeownership Education & Counseling, Short Sales & Foreclosures 1 Comment

Consumers who’ve been through foreclosure may think their days of owning a home are over. Not true. Share the “5 Steps to Owning a Home Again After Foreclosure” from the November “Foreclosure Resource Guide” now available at the REALTOR® Content Resource. Here’s just some of the information: 1. Rebuild your nest egg. Establish a safety net. Since you’re coming out …

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YPN: It’s Not All About the Young Folk

Blog Contributor Helpful Tools, Personal Fulfillment, YPN Chapters 3 Comments

By Brooke Wolford I was recently in a task force meeting for the Minneapolis YoPros.  It really got me thinking about the true value of YPN and what I feel it’s all about. To me, YPN is about bridging the generation gap.  Not to stereotype my generation, (which I am not quite sure where I fall…X, Y, Z…who’s keeping track?) …

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The Buyer You Hate… Is Just Misunderstood. Steps to Help.

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Buyers, Sales & Marketing 3 Comments

By Dave Robison What’s the worst buyer you have ever worked with?  I hear it from many agents. “Ohhh, this buyer can’t make up their mind. I’ve shown them a million homes; we have done several offers and they just can’t find that perfect home. I’m tired.”  Matter of fact, just Monday, I had a buyer’s agent call on one …