by Shannon O'Brien | Jul 16, 2014 | Training & Education
When Market Leader released the findings of its Happiest Agent on the Block survey in April, one fact was especially surprising: Agents who entered real estate because they thought they’d end up with a flexible schedule are the least happy. It’s not their fault,...
by Shannon O'Brien | Jul 8, 2014 | Agent Spotlight
It’s easy to assume that all real estate agents’ business models are pretty much the same. Now, consider an agent who has spent the bulk of her career dealing with REO (real estate owned) properties. When she decides to make the switch to traditional residential real...
by Madhusmita Bora | Jul 4, 2014 | This Week in Real Estate
Housing Bubble Worries Are Evaporating All that news about another bubble threatening the housing market is fizzling out. The upside for the industry is that prices now seem to be rising at a slower, steadier pace, stemming bubble fears. The last two years recorded...
by Jason Van Steenwyk | Jul 2, 2014 | Training & Education
The SWOT analysis is one of the basic concepts taught at business school and is essential for all real estate agents. The problem is, however, the only business school many agents go to is the School of Hard Knocks. But that’s okay—you can be a graduate with honors of...
by Shannon O'Brien | Jun 23, 2014 | Agent Spotlight
Somewhere along the line, between the hospital and the Kalamazoo County clerk’s office, someone misspelled baby Jan Ellen’s name and she became Jon Ellen Snyder. Mom and Dad bore no hard feelings, however, and the family remained in Kalamazoo for Jon’s entire...