AGBeat » How to http://agbeat.com News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:21:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 10 tips to simplify your work day to avoid burnout http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/10-tips-to-simplify-your-work-day-to-avoid-burnout/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/10-tips-to-simplify-your-work-day-to-avoid-burnout/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:12 +0000 Charlene Jimenez http://agbeat.com/?p=55848 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 [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/10-tips-to-simplify-your-work-day-to-avoid-burnout/feed/ 24 How to avoid losing a short sale listing in the eleventh hour http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/losing-a-short-sale-listing/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/losing-a-short-sale-listing/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:00:47 +0000 Melissa Zavala http://agbeat.com/?p=55763 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 [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/losing-a-short-sale-listing/feed/ 10 Nurture your leads to turbo-charge your business growth http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/nurture-your-leads-to-turbo-charge-your-business-growth/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/nurture-your-leads-to-turbo-charge-your-business-growth/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:01:42 +0000 Matthew Collis http://agbeat.com/?p=55660 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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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/nurture-your-leads-to-turbo-charge-your-business-growth/feed/ 20 How to bulletproof short sale counter offers http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/how-to-bulletproof-your-short-sale-counter-offers/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/how-to-bulletproof-your-short-sale-counter-offers/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:57 +0000 Melissa Zavala http://agbeat.com/?p=55569 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 [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/pinterest-tip-on-how-to-pin-photos-from-facebook/feed/ 51 How to format your Facebook cover photo to be less fuzzy http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/how-to-format-your-facebook-cover-photo-to-be-less-fuzzy/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/how-to-format-your-facebook-cover-photo-to-be-less-fuzzy/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:39:51 +0000 Lani Rosales http://agbeat.com/?p=55483 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 [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/how-to-format-your-facebook-cover-photo-to-be-less-fuzzy/feed/ 14 How to be a better short sale listing agent http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/how-to-be-a-better-short-sale-listing-agent/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/how-to-be-a-better-short-sale-listing-agent/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:00:56 +0000 Melissa Zavala http://agbeat.com/?p=55340 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 [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/how-to-be-a-better-short-sale-listing-agent/feed/ 22 Get more client testimonials with the listen and ask technique http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/get-more-client-testimonials-with-the-listen-and-ask-technique/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/get-more-client-testimonials-with-the-listen-and-ask-technique/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:12:52 +0000 Matthew Collis http://agbeat.com/?p=55258 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 [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/get-more-client-testimonials-with-the-listen-and-ask-technique/feed/ 32 Short sale settlement statements – pay attention http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/short-sale-settlement-statements-%e2%80%93-pay-attention/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/short-sale-settlement-statements-%e2%80%93-pay-attention/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:01:49 +0000 Melissa Zavala http://agbeat.com/?p=55180 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 [...]
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