Archive | September, 2008

How to Chase Away Your Potentially Perfectly Qualified, Perfectly Loyal Buyers

There have been some recent lively discussions over the cyber-waves about whether or not to require buyer pre-approval and/or a buyer agency agreement prior to showing a home. Most real estate agents seem to be of the opinion that it’s a waste of time to work with a buyer who does not have a pre-approval stamped [...]

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Racists, Frauds And Ninconpoops!

As more and more consumers learn that they don’t have to put up with the shenanigans of Realtors, we are seeing complaints against Realtors increase. Unfortunately given the lack of “business” skills of many agents, this trend is likely to continue and rise.

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Wrong Expectations Can Doom Both Buyers And Sellers

Successful sales function of facts, not emotions Here’s a new thought for you. Our residential market is trying to correct itself, but we keep getting in the way. “We” includes buyers, sellers, agents, lenders and any other stakeholder that has the propensity to allow emotions to enter their decision-making process. As I said in a [...]

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Real Estate Radio USA Episode 190

On today’s show we talked about the latest in real estate news including the interview Mad Money’s Jim Cramer did with MSNBC’s Morning Joe. We also spoke with the “Queen of Short Sales”, Dwan Twyford from the Investor’s Edge University, and Richard Swerdlow from Condo.com. All of this and more on this episode of Real [...]

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Real Estate Radio USA Episode 189

On today’s show we talked about the latest happenings in the financial markets and what Mad Money’s Jim Cramer has to say on the subject. We were joined on the program today by Louis and Jessica from HomeGain about a new product, and then we spoke with Dave Lakhani from Bold Approach about the power [...]

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Beware The Racist Realtor – Part II

Oh I finally understand the National Association Of Realtors advertising campaign. Silly me, I needed to read between the lines. “It’s a great time to buy a home…if you’re white!” Another agent is charged with being a racist. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged Rodney Foreman, [...]

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A Motivational Recipe From The Shef

Dave “The Shef” Sheffield is a valued contributor on the Real Estate Radio USA Blog. Dave is also a highly in demand motivational speaker. We found the Shef in a hotel room, had OJ provide us with some well needed security, and we kept the Shef in the room until he agreed to provide us [...]

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Muted But Not Silenced

Okay…so now we have been validated as a target. It’s nice to know that you’re so loved! It seems that yesterday there was an attempt not to just kill all of our New World Order information but our entire database of the blog. Our hosting company and some techs we subbed out worked for 12 [...]

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Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus And The NAR Is From Pluto

It really makes me wonder just what planet these guys from the National Association Of Realtors (NAR) are from. As a Realtor, I pay dues to an organization that causes my clients and prospective clients to ridicule my chosen profession. It was my belief that these guys were supposed to be supporting me. Wow, was [...]

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Customer Service and Training for Attitude

[flv:http://www.realestateradiousa.com/videos/adams.flv 300 250] McCormick Electrical in North Liberty, IN has tons of referrals and repeat business. They are known for their tremendous customer service and positive attitudes. A few months ago I went out, studied them, and produced a 6 minute video of them in action. I often use the video as part of the [...]

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