How do you choose a coach? Use 4 specific questions to decide.
1. Has the person actually sold real estate? At all? Ever?
2. Have they sold more than 100 homes in one year? Subdivisions and buildings don't count. Actual single family homes in a variety of price ranges and neighborhoods.
3. Have they sold 100+ homes for at least 10 years?
4....
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New York City is most expensive to rent 2-bedroom apartment at $4,927/month
Wichita KS is cheapest at $763/month, about 15% as much as NYC
Distances between cheapest and most expensive cities not far but price differences are enormous
Top 10 Most Expensive Cities for Renting an Apartment in 2021
New York $4,927/month
Boston...
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RealtyTrac and ATTOM Data Systems not foreclosure doomsayers
Industry experts point to three sectors within distressed properties having potential vulnerabilities
RealtyTrac and ATTOM Data Solutions Not Foreclosure Doomsayers for Overall Housing Market
Industry experts with RealtyTrac and ATTOM Data Systems stand with those who are not dreading housing market upheavals when it comes to their forecast on potential distressed property foreclosures.
True, at the...
What are your 'real estate moments of truth'?
Online: Clubhouse / Facebook / Instagram / Clubs / Memberships / Charities
Offline: Your Voicemail message, your sign, your home brochures, your car.
'Moments of Truth' or First Impressions
1. What are you trying to accomplish with each of these? Are you trying to attract buyers and sellers? Realtor connections?
2. What does your profile LOOK...
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Multi-year streak for HomeServices of America in top spot for transaction sides
Realogy Brokerage Group (formerly Realogy’s NRT)claimed top spot for sales volume
RealTrends 500 Releases its 2021 RealTrends Winners
Utilizing 2020 data to determine the best among the 500 qualifying real estate firms in the country, RealTrends 500 just released its 2021 results. (As of December 2020, RealTrends500 became a subsidiary of HousingWire.)
Data...
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Nearly 20% of Americans moved in 2020 due to COVID, according to Pew Research Center
Over 20% more Americans planning to move in 2021, according to latest research
Americans STILL on the Move
COVID’s “rearranging” of society in 2020 was HUGE. Nearly one-fifth of Americans either moved themselves or knew someone who moved as a result of the pandemic,...
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Home price momentum gathered more speed in January 2021
Home prices up +11.2%
2021 Home-Buying Season Strong
After picking up the pace of rising home prices in the second half of 2020, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index indicated no lags coming in to 2021. In fact, the December–to-January index jumped to +11.2%, the strongest increase in home prices since 2005
Buyers...
Today is part 2 of 12 Strategies to Stop Toxic People from Driving You Nuts!.
7 Focus on what’s going RIGHT more than what’s going WRONG. Gratitude, grace and giving will prevail when you focus on what you’re here to give more than what’s here to take. When someone slips through your filter but they’re still your client, especially...
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Consciously review you listening skills
Constantly improve your best listening skills
Excellent Listening Skills are Foundational Skills for Success
Most of us think we’re good listeners but…many real estate agents (and other professionals) too often interrupt our clients/prospects. The result? We miss what our clients/prospects are saying.
Always remember – when we’re talking, we’re not listening.
When “doing” a listing presentation,...
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Best returns in Midwest, worst in West
Returns decrease y/y in 87% of counties
ATTOM Data Solutions - Gross Rental Yield Drops
ATTOM Data Solutions Q1 2021 Single Family Rental Market report indicates that in Q1 2021, the average annual gross rental yield on a median-priced home fell from 8.4% in 2020 to 7.7% for 2021.
This percentage drop was experienced by single-family...
