by Shannon O'Brien | Jan 23, 2014 | Marketing
Here we are in the new year, and if you’re anything like a lot of agents, you’re still not finished with your 2014 business plan. Because business plans are not one of Shakespeare’s “ever fixed marks,” and it’s perfectly acceptable to tweak them throughout the year,...
by Shannon O'Brien | Jan 13, 2014 | Real Estate Discussion
Low housing inventories and über-low interest rates combined to make the housing sector the economy’s comeback kid in 2013. Like a precarious stack of Jenga cubes, however, pull one leg out from under that delicate balance and the whole thing comes crashing down – or...
by Shannon O'Brien | Jan 6, 2014 | Lead Generation & Nurturing
What if you never, ever again had to pick up the phone and “dial for dollars”? No sitting behind closed doors, palms sweating, an endless rambling of scripts and dialogs clogging your brain as you stare at the phone. No more call reluctance. Cold calls can be a thing...
by Shannon O'Brien | Dec 31, 2013 | Websites
No matter where you are at this point in your real estate practice, chances are good that you’d like something more next year. More website hits, more referrals, and everything else that brings in more clients. The end of a year is a good time to think about what you...
by Andy Fulton | Nov 21, 2013 | Real Estate Discussion
Market Leader recently featured Trulia’s chief economist, Jed Kolko, during a special live webinar event. In it, Kolko shared his thoughts about the past, present and future of the U.S. housing market. Like it or not, the health of the national real estate industry...