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10 tips to simplify your work day to avoid burnout
Avoiding burnout As business pros, it’s our nature to overload our schedules with tasks, goals, and responsibilities. We want to make the most of our time, which is understandable as we are nearly always busy and our time is valuable. However, because of this, we can easily become overwhelmed, burned out, and over-stressed. When we feel this way, we are ...
How to avoid losing a short sale listing in the eleventh hour
Short sale woes If you have taken more than a few short sale listings, then it has probably happened to you. You have taken the listing, you have advertised it all around town (and all over the Internet), perhaps you have already even gotten through most of the short sale negotiation process. Now, all of a sudden, your short sale ...
Nurture your leads to turbo-charge your business growth
Maximizing leads You get a new lead. Now what? Do you take down their contact details? Put them in your contact management system? Simply jot down their name and phone number in a notebook or on a sticky note? To maximize the number of leads you convert into clients, you need to nurture your leads. This involves adding them to ...
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How to bulletproof short sale counter offers
Are your counter offers airtight? I’m not much on guns, except maybe squirt guns, when it is around 115 degrees outside. However, I always seem to use the word ‘bulletproof’ to refer to the counter offer that I write when I receive an offer on one of my short sale listings. I guess I am using the word bulletproof in ...
Pinterest tip on how to pin photos from Facebook
Pinterest trick We introduced you to Pinterest last fall, not only showing how the sharing network functions but how it can be used in business, and recently we offered invitations to the private network as well as solid ideas for boards that professionals can create to earn influence on Pinterest, we have also named the company one of the 60 Genius Brands to watch in ...
How to format your Facebook cover photo to be less fuzzy
The problem with Cover Photos – grainy images When we hacked our way into being able to use the new Facebook timeline features last fall, we experimented with various types of photos, sizes and resolutions and have seen most users attempt to use a very small image and stretch it for their cover photo which instantly makes it fuzzy and ...
How to be a better short sale listing agent
Lessons from Sullenberger and Schettino When I was 16, I got my first part-time job. Since I was nervous, my mother said, “Just do your best, and I’m sure you will be successful.” That conversation has stuck with me for over thirty years, especially when I see people who work their hardest and are truly successful. Case in point: Chesley ...
Get more client testimonials with the listen and ask technique
Want more client testimonials? Many professionals struggle with the idea of soliciting client testimonials. They find it difficult to ask for a testimonial – they feel uncomfortable asking, they’re worried about putting their client on the spot, and/ or they don’t know exactly what to say or how to best approach the subject. But testimonials are extremely important to any ...
Short sale settlement statements – pay attention
How to Create a Comprehensive HUD-1 One of the most unique and challenging components of the short sale transaction is the creation of the estimated settlement statement. The short sale lien holders request an estimated settlement statement when you submit the short sale offer. They do this because they want to know their bottom line—how much they are going to ...
Getting set up and started on new Q&A site, Beepl
The newest Q&A site After launching last year, Quora took the web by storm, creating a legitimate place for people to ask a variety of questions and it continues to be a strong community with a large following devoted to the useful conversations on the site. Today, Beepl.com came out of private beta as a community wherein experts can be ...
How to earn influence on Pinterest
Growing your Pinterest Pinterest.com was recently named to the Genius 60 Brands to watch in 2012 and 70 days ago, we wrote the ultimate guide to using Pinterest in business and most of us on staff are addicted to Pinterest. The network allows users to share photos from across the web while maintaining a link to the original source, and ...
How working with a seller in advance curbs short sale mistakes
Manage Seller Expectations There are a handful of mistakes that short sale agents can make when working through the short sale process, and I have probably discussed the majority of those mistakes right here on AG Beat. I always say that I’m not talking rocket science when I talk about short sales. The reason that they are a challenge is ...
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