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Real Estate Karaoke at the Redhead Lounge

Real Estate Karaoke at the Redhead Lounge

By Gwen Banta on March 19, 2010 | 2 Responses

In case you missed all the fun, last week I hosted a virtual real estate discussion in the Redhead Lounge. This second installment includes the same illustrious crew: Brandie Young, Ken Brand and Paula Henry, as well as two party crashers, Joe Loomer and…

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Listing Icons: Is Adopting Abandoned Buyers Stealing or Smart?

Listing Icons: Is Adopting Abandoned Buyers Stealing or Smart?

By Ken Brand on March 15, 2010 | 19 Responses

Does Closing and Running = Abandonment
I decided it wasn’t worth the trouble.  We both know the truth.  I don’t need to share charts, survey percentages or statistical bona fides, do I?  The truth is plentifully self-evident.
The average and ordinary majority of selling agents, DO…

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Three Geniuses Walk Into a Bar…

Three Geniuses Walk Into a Bar…

By Gwen Banta on March 12, 2010 | 45 Responses

 
Folks, I have compiled the first in a series of helpful discussions between three leaders in our industry…and moi – the court jester. This first installment includes the following illustrious crew: Brandie Young, Ken Brand and Paula Henry. They were directed to answer my…

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From the Vault: Adding Friends vs. Network Building

From the Vault: Adding Friends vs. Network Building

By Lani Rosales on March 9, 2010 | 38 Responses

We’re Not Friends
I got a nasty Facebook message the other day from someone who requested to be my friend and I intentionally said no. “But you have so many friends,” he said with the assertion that I must spend my day arbitrarily adding…

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Winos & Flying Ovens

Winos & Flying Ovens

By Gwen Banta on March 5, 2010 | 26 Responses

UnReal Estate – Why Agentz Shud Proofrede:
Hi Everyone – I am traveling, so with your permission, I am re-posting a blog from one year ago with just a few changes. It had a lot of responses, and some things just bear repeating:
The MLS and…

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Smile! Your Showing Skills Are On Candid Camera.

Smile! Your Showing Skills Are On Candid Camera.

By Ken Brand on February 22, 2010 | 32 Responses

Video Recorded Property Showings = Priceless or Shameless?

“All truth passes through three stages:
First it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” – Schopenhauer
Your favorite retail stores do it.  Video cameras surveil and monitor shopper your…

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2010 Edelman Trust Trends. 7 Destiny-Accelerators and YOU.

2010 Edelman Trust Trends. 7 Destiny-Accelerators and YOU.

By Ken Brand on February 15, 2010 | 7 Responses

Social Media Doesn’t Work As Well As Some Think.
For real estate agents, it’s even better or worse! Read on to find out who’s doomed and who’s charmed.

Ad Age Headline

In The Age Of Friending, Consumers Trust Their Friends Less
Edelman Study Shows That…

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Success Simplified – The FIX or Fire It Method

Success Simplified – The FIX or Fire It Method

By Ken Brand on February 8, 2010 | 22 Responses

Wise Words
“What ever is happening to YOU now, YOU either created it, YOU allow it or YOU promote it.” ~Unknown
Reread that.  It’s stark truth and reality for 97% of what is going on with our real estate careers.  Success and challenges alike.
Setting…

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Angels Broken. Foreclosure. Compassion. ReInvention. Resurrection.

Angels Broken. Foreclosure. Compassion. ReInvention. Resurrection.

By Ken Brand on January 18, 2010 | 13 Responses

Angels Broken
Sometimes angels wings get broken. Foreclosure, bankruptcy, job loss, dinged health, divorce —  it hurts.  We don’t like it and we can’t control it, but we can learn from it.
Thankfully, broken wings can heal and angels can reinvent and resurrect.  If they…

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Bank of America, RE/Max and Wells Fargo. From Very Bad to Great.

Bank of America, RE/Max and Wells Fargo. From Very Bad to Great.

By Russell Shaw on December 27, 2009 | 15 Responses

For his ground breaking book, “Good To Great“, Jim Collins and his research team looked into just about every public company in the United States to find those companies that made the transition from good to great.  Good is the enemy of great –…

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