by Shannon O'Brien | Feb 3, 2014 | Agent Spotlight, Real Estate Discussion
Although he’s been kicking around the real estate business for 13 years, Jerimiah Taylor, a Keller Williams recruiter and trainer, is just now hitting the decade mark as a licensed real estate salesperson. As he jets between his home base in San Diego and the site of...
by Andy Fulton | Jan 29, 2014 | Agent Spotlight
Market Leader surveyed 1,967 Realtors® in August 2013 to learn about their habits. We asked questions about offbeat topics not covered in NAR’s annual Member Profile or similar studies. Questions touched on topics as diverse as their procrastination habits, cell phone...
by Shannon O'Brien | Jan 28, 2014 | Real Estate Discussion
One of the more interesting aspects of NAR’s Profile of Homebuyers and Sellers is what was hot, from a buyer’s perspective, in housing in 2013. Even more telling, at least for agents, is what they didn’t want in a home. The next time you sit down with a homebuyer to...
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...