Realtor Coaching & Training: Salem
Good Morning Coach Tim Harris!!
My name is Zachary Zeek and I am a HREU Coaching Student living and working in the Salem/Portland, Oregon area….Here’s my story!
The thing was, it was actually an accident.
I have been a real estate broker in the Salem, Oregon area for about seven years…Like many other agents in this area, I had been successful in the extended hot run over the past few years. In August of 2007 my fortunes began to change. Since I had always worked for small companies with very little support, my business really fell off, and quickly—way before most other agents in the area!! The small company I worked for decided to close it’s doors in June of 2007 and I found myself looking for a new place to hang my shingle.
—for the first time in my brokering life, I decided to GET SOME HELP—I WAS TIRED OF FAILING. I had always felt that a downturn in the market would result in big opportunities for good brokers….I never realized that my lack of experience would leave me so unorganized and with little concise direction…
I had negotiated a number of short sales in the past—self taught, using many of the techniques you are now teaching…and with foreclosures & distressed sales on the rise, my broker and I zeroed in on this segment of the market for me to make my “comeback.” Somewhere along the line, I had received an email about HREU—something offering Agent Short Sale Secrets—for free…I decided to log on, for curiosity sake—just wanted to see what other people were doing/talking about…
That’s when it happened….I became a Agent Short Sale Secrets coaching student…
In the weeks to follow, I have made numerous contacts that now refer any short sale activity to me….including brokers at other companies that don’t want/don’t know how to handle the business…my business is now moving again!!
It’s funny how things turn out—all this time, all the financial stress, and all it took was a little mistake on my part to get things moving again….can you imagine the odds???
That’s it, the whole ball of wax, you’ve heard it….
PS—I hope that my story gets considered—I’m on the west coast, I’m sure many other students have already sent in their stories before I began working this morning!!! And, when can I get some personal coaching, I’m ready now… J
Thanks, Zach Zeek
Broker
RealEstate.com
503-551-8836
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Dear Tim and Julie,
Harris Real Estate University is not my first rodeo.
I’ve been a part of many coaching programs over the years. I did not even hesitate to sign up for your education at $97 bucks a month. That seemed like a bargain compared to the $1800 a month I was paying to another real estate coaching program. I guess that means you are saving me $1700 a month. Thanks!
One of the problems I had with the other coaching program and many of the others I participated in was that they all told me to stay away from the short sale business. Every one of them said that they are too hard, that you waste too much time on them and that it is not a productive profit model. I never could figure this out since one of their star students was a short sale king in New jersey. They encouraged us to get involved with REO’s but told us never to rely on just REO’s, but rather we should focus on doing regular mainstream real estate. Again a little confusing since one of their other star students is the top REO agent in Las Vegas, as far as I know, all he does is REO business.
Over the past year as I watched my regular listings never sell. I could never get the price low enough, yet the short sale homes and REO’s were selling like crazy.
I knew I needed to add a new pillar to my real estate income model. After all, I had spent tens of thousands of dollars on educating myself on selling real estate the conventional way. I knew I needed the education on how to sell short sales and how to obtain REO listings. I’d received emails from you for well over a year, but finally took the plunge not even two months ago.
Since signing up my small team has done $1626 worth of BPO’s, enough to keep my discouraged Brother in law in the real estate game. It took some of the immediate lack of cash problem off the table for him. We have also closed 7 transactions since then. My advice to anyone is to not allow others to discourage you from getting the education you need to succeed in the REO and Short Sale side of the real estate business. It could be one of the costly mistakes you make.
Sincerely
Scott G. Walters
Best USA Realty, Inc.
Broker, PLM, ABR, GRI, CRS
P.O. Box 1274
Salem, Utah 84653
801-361-4860
www.scottgwalters.com
scott@scottgwalters.com
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The Harris Real Estate University December To Remember is off to a great start…
In the past hour or so we have received a handful of submissions…Remember, its easy to participate..send us a brief story about how you helped someone using the knowledge your gained at HREU. Every Friday we will review all the submissions and the choose a winner for that week. The winner will get a Free Video Camera! Send your submission to CoachTimHarris@Gmail.com
Here is a submission from HREU Agent REO Secrets Realtor Coaching student..Scott G. Walters from Salem, Utah..
I ordered your reo system last month. This is an area that I truly want to excel in. I hired my brother-in-law two years ago. He was doing great until the market caught up to us here in Utah. He had started to search for other jobs to pay the bills. I saw the opportunity of quick cash doing BPO’s while we began to work into the REO business as a great opportunity to keep him in the business. We have done 40 BPO’s since then. Not tons of cash, but enough to alleviate some of the immediate cash flow problem for him and also serve to reenergize him to stick with this great opportunity. We also picked up a short sale home today. Thank you for the education.
Scott G. Walters
Best USA Realty, Inc.
Broker, PLM, ABR, GRI, CRS
P.O. Box 1274
Salem, Utah 84653
801-361-4860
Popularity: 1% [?]
