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Your Contracting Team

If you are engaged in the real estate industry, chances are, at one time or another, you will find yourself in need of professional help to repair, improve, or maintain real estate.The purpose of this post is to introduce and explain these professionals to you and give you an idea of what services they might [...]

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To Listing Agents: How To Win Friends and Influence Appraisers

Mike Lefebvre is an “uncommon agent” with Hallmark Sotheby’s in the Boston area. He’s also a big Boston Red Sox fan which makes him alright as far as I’m concerned. He has the unique perspective of being both an appraiser and a Realtor. We’re happy to have him as our guest here on Real Estate Radio [...]

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Real Estate Recruiting in a 2.0 World

I recently got a promotion that started on Twitter. Most of you who know me, know I am still fairly new on the sales side of the business (my background is in real estate appraisal). In fact, on June 4th, 2008, I wasn’t even one full year into the business when an anonymous tweet came [...]

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Oh, By The Way…I Liberated Myself Today

When I signed up with my broker just about one year ago, it was mandatory to enroll in Brian Bufinni’s “100 Days to Greatness” training. First day on the job, I was throwing down an extra $400-something in the hopes of obtaining “greatness” in 3 months or so.

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The Battle For Transparency

“Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.” -Harry S Truman Apparently, I have roused the ire of the old guard. My forward-thinking marketing tactics have stirred up a certain level of disgust in some colleagues across the nation who [...]

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Make it Happen!

I love Real Estate. I love driving around buyers, meeting new people at listing appointments, networking with my SOI and people I want to be in my SOI. Forging relationships is by far one of my favorite past times.

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100 Words To Greatness

Once they sign on, my brokerage requires that all new agents enroll in a very popular real estate training program. It’s a fairly hefty charge on your credit card right out of the blocks amongst all the other initial investments a new agent must make embarking upon this career.

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YouTube Meets Pop-Up Video

How cool is YouTube’s new annotation feature? Answer: Very cool.

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New York Attorney General kills appraiser relationships

This week New York State’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo signed what will probably become a model for other states.

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Stay the same, differently

Our own dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time: what we really want is for things to stay the same but get better. -Sidney J. Harris In December of 2006 we began to see the party coming to a close. Easy mortgages, multiple offers and monster commissions began to [...]

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