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Do You Eat Monkey Brains? or The Top 5 Reasons Your House Is Not Selling

Ok Mr. & Mrs. Homeowner. Your house is on the market and has been for quite some time. You hired a real estate agent. You have held the open houses. You have had the home staged for optimum presentation. But it still will not sell. What’s the problem?

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Dear Realtor…An Open Letter To Real Estate Agents

Dear Realtor, When I was growing up as a small boy in Connecticut, I often heard commercials from a local jeweler named William M. Savitt. Mr. Savitt had come to Connecticut and opened his business in 1919.

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The “NEW” 3 Most Important Words In Real Estate

Location, Location, Location are no longer the three words that are most important in real estate. That distinction is now been awarded to conversion, conversion, conversion!

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Get Cash Back At Closing…Legally!

States shown in white indicate that rebates are allowed and states in yellow indicate states where they are not allowed. Now that we all know this, there are three quick questions that need to be asked before we go any further. (see large map blow)

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Top 10 Reasons You Need A Traditional Real Estate Agent

  What are the top 10 reasons you would need to utilize the services of a traditional real estate agent? C’mon, you can think of a few..go ahead and try.

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Have You Seen Some Of The Answers On Trulia Voices?

As I am constantly in search of constant promotion and link love, I recently ventured over to Trulia Voices. I love the format. Consumers post questions about real estate and anyone who subscribes to a certain criteria that you choose, will receive the questions via email and then you have the opportunity to post your [...]

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Are Real Estate Agents Really Interested In Making Money?

That is not meant to be an inflammatory statement whatsoever. It’s a direct question. I don’t want to presume anything but in reading so much of what is on real estate agent focused blogs, one has to wonder if that is really the case.

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NO! Selling Real Estate (well) is NOT a Part-Time Job!

Whether your niche is real estate investing or if you are an agent, you will enjoy this article excerpted from my new book, Sell with Soul: Creating an Extraordinary Career in Real Estate without Losing Your Friends, Your Principles or Your Self-Respect

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Are You Afraid Of Competition? Or Worse, Have You Already Succumbed To It?

Lately there has been quite a buzz in the real estate blogosphere about the likes of Trulia and zillow “stealing” business from real estate agents.

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Why Didn’t You Attend The Bloodhound Blog Unchained Event?

  Okay, it’s been a week. We asked some but with over 1.4 million real estate agents on the planet, we’ve been wondering why more real estate agents did not attend what by all accounts was a very worthwhile and successful event. Why didn’t you go to Unchained?

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