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 20, 2014 | Agent Spotlight, Real Estate Discussion
A self-described “product of international migration,” Alan Donald inherited the itch to travel. The Keller Williams agent has visited, by last count, 41 countries and has lived in several of them. “My grandfather was from Scotland and migrated to Colombia in the...
by Shannon O'Brien | Jan 15, 2014 | Lead Generation & Nurturing
Rollercoasters are supposed to be fun, yet the housing industry ride has left many agents feeling queasy. From having to pound the streets to find homes for buyers to the sudden switch to a seller’s market in many regions, 2013 was a busy year. While being busy is...
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...