On summer mornings, I used to often be awakened by the zigzagging cadence of the newspaper delivery vehicle coming down my street… *accelerate* *PLOP* *accelerate* *PLOP* *accelerate* *PLOP* I haven’t heard that sound in two years… I used to go the mall a lot. To buy things I don’t need. Now I buy things I…
Imagine there’s no office It’s easy if you try No empty desks around us We’re all roaming with Wi-Fi Imagine all the Realtors Working a better way Imagine there’s no desk fees It isn’t hard to do Nothing to waste our money And no print ads too Imagine all the Realtors Leveraging technology You may…
NOTE – This post was written by Marc Davison of 1000Watt Consulting and published in August of 2005. It was re-published with permission. PREFACE – This post includes many great suggestions and common-sense, “Business 101″ financial recommendations that are still as relevant in April of 2010 as it did when it was originally published nearly…
I read something on Twitter recently that made my jaw hit the floor. It was written by leading real estate author, visionary, observer and commentator Stefan Swanepoel, and it said this: Only 27% of Realtors surveyed by 56 local Realtors Assocn listed RE as their primary source of income…illustrates problem we have. Wow. Unbelievable. I…
Whenever I interview a real estate professional currently working with one of our competitors, the first question I almost always ask is this: “What are the mission statement and core values of your current company?” Well over 90% of the time, I get laughter. Out loud. They actually, literally, laugh out loud. L.O.L. *sigh* I…
As I noted in my last blog post, the public has a low opinion of Realtors. I believe that there are many reasons for this. It’s. Just. Too. EASY. But I believe that there is one OVERWHELMING reason, and here it is: it’s just too easy to get a real estate license.* For me, this…
I’ve been involved in real estate for a long time. In a little more than a year, I’ll have been in this industry for nearly two decades. Before getting into real estate, I practiced as a CPA from 1983 until 1991. Because it was the first *real job* I ever had, I assumed all jobs…