customer services Making your home shine. So I’m going to be a seller in about a week. Prior to getting my house listed my Listing agent and I talked about what we should do so that my  home looks it’s best when it goes on the market. 1. Pricing it correctly. This is always a tough one. As the seller we always think […]
Education Learning how to create lists on your personal Facebook page. Lists are a very helpful way to narrow down the groups you want to interact with within your Facebook world. Hope this is helpful!
Real Estate Related Why is Windermere investing in technology? A recent article form Geek Wire talked about Windermere and Brett Eddy the new CTO for the new company Windermere Solutions. After reading the article I began to read the comments. It was amusing to me to see the wide gap between the individuals that want to change the way we do real estate and the existing […]
Living Are you being realistic as a Seller in todays market? Photo by Paul G. So I just finished being a buyer in this market place and now I’m stepping into being a Seller. I want to be clear, I do work for Windermere but not as a Realtor. My opinion’s are my own on this particular topic. As I was a buyer I want to […]
Business today Sales calls make me CRAZY! Just wanted to express how I feel when a sales call comes in that goes like this. “Hi Mr. Fanning I got your name from one of your Windermere Owners. They said you would be the person to talk to about my company XYZ. Have you heard of us? Well  if you haven’t let me […]
Business today How being on the Web is drastically changing! Graph Sources: Cisco estimates based on CAIDA publications, Andrew Odlyzko “You wake up and check your email on your bedside iPad — that’s one app. During breakfast you browse Facebook, Twitter, and The New York Times — three more apps. On the way to the office, you listen to a podcast on your smartphone. Another app. At […]
Business today Be a curator on social media rather than a watcher! Recently I saw a great slide presentation on Socialgraphics in relationship to social media. It shows how many people today in the social media world fall into the area of sharing and watching and only less the 1% are actually curating. This is where I see a huge opportunity for you to excel. Sure it […]
Interesting stuff Where to go to get educated on Social Media! Image by Stephen Poff Are you overwhelmed today? Not sure if you should be using Twitter, or Facebook, what about linkedin? Do I talk about business or personal stuff? What is too much information and what is not enough? I get asked these questions all the time, so I thought I would just give you some […]
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Business today Customer relationships are the key to your business success! I read a stat the other day from NAR. It stated that when a buyer was asked right after the close of their transaction  if they would use their broker again 83% said yes but in reality only 11% actually used the same broker. Same question applied to the Seller and 82% said they would use their broker again but […]
Interesting stuff Lorenzo Romar talks about the concept of teams. So Wednesday I had the pleasure of listening to a talk given by Lorenzo Romar the UW basketball coach. The topic was about being a team. Lorenzo explained that when he took over the team there was clearly a problem with the players in that they had no concept of team. They were all very talented and […]
customer services How are you leaving your mark? I recently read a  post by Seth Godin called: Soles: where he said this. “There’s a sign on most squash courts encouraging players to wear only sneakers with non-marking soles. I’m not sure there’s such a thing. If you’re going to do anything worthy, you’re going to leave a mark.” I really liked this article […]
Business today The great Realtors put their knowledge out into the transparent world! I get asked the questions all the time from Realtors , why would I want to blog? This isn’t always an easy questions to answer not because I don’t have the answer but because many times my answer isn’t what the Realtor wants to hear. I just read a great article from Brian Boero with 1000watt on […]
Real Estate Related The value of a great real estate broker! Being in the house buying arena again I’m very much aware of the need for the expertise of the real estate broker. In saying that, the type of services that I need today vs 11 years ago has not really changed. What has changed are the tools that a broker can use today to enrich the home […]
Business today Sometimes it is good to take a different road! If you look at any successful business, or successful individual they all have something in common. They push the envelope, and they are committed. The other nite I was watching the BRAVO network and the show was Thintervention with Jackie Warner. She is tasked with kicking some butt and inspiring drastic lifestyle changes for her overweight clients who are struggling to lose […]
Business today Let’s be “REAL” people! I want you to think about this quote for just a min. “To utilize social media tools effectively and properly, you must absolutely generate spontaneous communications in direct response to what others are saying or to what is happening in that moment. Be yourself. Be conversational. Be engaged.” – Aliza Sherman, co-owner of social marketing firm […]
Business today Let's be "REAL" people! I want you to think about this quote for just a min. “To utilize social media tools effectively and properly, you must absolutely generate spontaneous communications in direct response to what others are saying or to what is happening in that moment. Be yourself. Be conversational. Be engaged.” – Aliza Sherman, co-owner of social marketing firm […]
Real Estate Related How strong are your relationships? I have to laugh because I was at a Starbucks coffee shop the other day over hearing two 20 somethings talking about all the friends they each had on facebook. It was almost like a competition between the two of them. Not that having 3000 friends is a bad thing but really whats the point. […]
Interesting stuff Being factual today is more important than ever. Seems that today everyone and their mother are walking around with hand held smart phones and they have them in quick draw mode. More so than ever you need to make sure you know what your talking about these days. My father is a great example of this. In his day when you told a […]
Real Estate Related Real Estate Scam from China. Last week, one of our agents was contacted via email from a man wanting to buy this agent’s listing (Condo).  This man claims he is about to retire  from China and move to the USA.  He wants to pay cash and wants the agent to write up the transaction and Docusign it to him.  The […]
Interesting stuff Things I learned from the Inman Connect in San Fransisco. July 13th to the 15th I attended Inamn Connect in San Fransisco. I had a great time seeing a lot of new things. Also some not so new things, and then some things that didn’t impress me at all. The 3 things I came away with were.. 1. The Real Estate Industry as a whole […]