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Think Outside the House

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Networking, Professional Development 3 Comments

By Anand Patel We can’t help it. As real estate professionals we sometimes are trapped within an industry bubble. We attend conferences, meetings, seminars, mastermind groups all related to the real estate industry. We spend most of our time with fellow real estate professionals (our whole business is based on cooperating with our competition). The topic of many of our …

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‘I Don’t Pay You to Think.’

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By Jason O’Neil I blame FedEx, but there are many culprits contributing to the new mentality of instant access. Instant access has become normal. Companies and individuals provide instant access for a few simple reasons: 1.) They can; 2.) If they don’t, someone else will; 3.) Customers demand it. So where does that leave us? There’s an old cartoon of …

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Finding The 18th Camel

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By Chris Nichols There’s an interesting story from the Middle East I want to share with you. A dying man leaves his 17 camels to his three sons. To the first son he leaves half, to the second son he leaves a third, and to the third son he leaves a ninth. Well as the three sons do the math …

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Who Has What It Takes? Here’s The Test!

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By Dave Robison More than five years ago, I had agents take a test before they worked with me, which tested their sales skills and emotional resilience.  I had a couple agents making over $80,000-$120,000  a year who had tested in the “Find a new career; you shouldn’t be in real estate” category.  Where are they today?  Not in real …