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...
by Shannon O'Brien | Jun 11, 2014 | Marketing
Whether you swear by open houses or consider them a waste of time, if you’re going to hold one, it only makes sense that your goal is to be successful. However, agent opinions on what makes for a successful open house differ widely. Certain elements of open houses,...
by Andy Fulton | Jun 11, 2014 | Real Estate Discussion
Do you have an internet-savvy client who is interested in selling their home, but is unsure how the home-selling process works? Here’s a nifty infographic, “How to Sell a House – As Told by Memes,” that will give them an idea of how it will go down. A more...