Real
estate salespeople say a newly remodeled kitchen remains current for five to 10 years, longer in some markets.
Not exact matches
Steward
says the company is making special offers to real
estate salespeople «to have one of our home inspectors come out to the new homeowner right after closing.
«I'm now an innkeeper as well as a real
estate salesperson,» he
says.
For help in selling or appraising their businesses, «
salespeople should pick up the phone book and look up business appraisers and brokers or call the local real
estate school for recommendations on experts in the local market,»
says Scott Gabehart, president of VR Business Brokers in Scottsdale, Ariz., and author ofThe Upstart Guide to Buying, Valuing, and Selling Your Business.
Many choices today are dimmable, which helps vary effects and avoid having a shopping mall ambience in a home,
says Kelly Daiberl, design coordinator and real
estate salesperson at Kinzie Real Estate Group's custom homes division in Vernon Hills,
estate salesperson at Kinzie Real
Estate Group's custom homes division in Vernon Hills,
Estate Group's custom homes division in Vernon Hills, Ill..
Century 21 spokespersons
said the recruitment program is aimed at three demographic groups: successful experienced real
estate pros, new
salespeople who are in real
estate school or have been in the business less than a year, and newbies just coming into the profession.
«Phil's being a real
estate salesperson has benefited us in a huge way,»
says Al Pavich, president and CEO of VVSD, who has worked with Landis for nine years and is a veteran of the Vietnam and the 1991 Persian Gulf wars.
Why now: Technology and the Internet are redefining the role of real
estate salespeople as gatekeepers of information,
says Dadurka.
«HFS certainly has gotten everybody's attention,»
says Steve Kieburtz, chief executive officer at Windermere Real
Estate Northwest, which has about 5,000
salespeople and some 200 offices in Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, and Canada.
«There's no real
estate franchise that has established a formula for how
salespeople can value and sell their individual businesses,»
says Bill Barrett, of Bill Barrett Seminars in Rochester, Mich..
«I was one of those
salespeople who didn't think my book was worth very much,»
says Tony DiCello, a $ 32 million producer in 1996 who sold his Boulder, Colo., book of 2,500 clients and customers almost two years ago when he got into real
estate training.
Thus, selling real
estate for too many registrants really turns on being psychologically able to influence targets to «do» something, to buy happiness vs educating them about the product, especially if the
salesperson knows next to nothing about
said product, which I would estimate to include the vast majority of real
estate sales people in the mix today (those with five years or less poorly prepared / inexperienced newbies) which brings us right back to Mclean's first concern.
Thus, member companies run the gamut from Harvey Kalles Real
Estate in Toronto, with 150
salespeople, to Tracy Arnett Realty of Ottawa, with less than 10, Vogt
says.
Unfortunately, many real
estate professionals have been taught to operate more as customer service reps than
salespeople, so when it comes to securing a listing, they have no idea what to
say or how to
say it.
Almost 40 percent of complaints against real
estate salespeople concern agency disclosure,
says Brad Knapp, a REALTOR ® who chairs a task force looking into the issue for the Ohio Association of REALTORS ®.
Most brokers are running tabs for their
salespeople, and they just can't afford to in this market,
says Carmel Streater, a real
estate educator, who markets a downloadable policy manual template for $ 150 (www.carmelstreater.org).
During his nearly 30 - year career in real
estate — from
salesperson to successful broker and company president — Leisey
says what pushed him to build his business from good to great were the critics who told him success wasn't possible.
His vision of instituting higher education standards in Ontario also influenced the Real
Estate Council of Ontario's Continuing Education program, which aimed to offer a straightforward, achievable professional development process for real estate salespersons and brokers across the province, says the
Estate Council of Ontario's Continuing Education program, which aimed to offer a straightforward, achievable professional development process for real
estate salespersons and brokers across the province, says the
estate salespersons and brokers across the province,
says the board.
The ever - evolving Internet and the rise of social media pose their own challenges for keeping office policies up to date,
says Marcie Roggow, CRB, CRS ®, owner of Creative Learning Concepts, a real
estate training organization in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Salespeople may not realize that they need to identify their brokerage affiliation wherever they promote their business online, just as they would in print advertising or a Web site,
says Roggow, who offers a downloadable manual at www.marcieroggow.com for $ 99.
D'Ambrosia, who started his real
estate career 25 years ago as a
salesperson,
says the business environment was different in 1974 when RESPA was enacted.
I pull out a listing agreement, but he stops me and
says, no, he's sold on being a real
estate salesperson!
Getting the equivalent of a five - star rating at these sites is something like trying to improve your FICO score,
says Vicki Moore, GRI, a
salesperson with RE / MAX Dolphin Real
Estate in San Mateo, Calif..
OutrageousAgents.com isn't meant to disparage all real
estate salespeople,
says founder Andrew Colton.
Salespeople and office staff have the option of joining a profit - sharing plan — the part of Keller Williams» business plan that Kubek
says particularly sets it apart from other real
estate companies.
Rather than simply giving advice, coaches focus on performance, «finding strengths and helping
salespeople optimize them,»
says Carla Cross, a real
estate training guru in Issaquah, Wash., who includes coaching in her toolbox.
One of the biggest mistakes
salespeople make in their listing presentations is focusing too much on themselves and the features of their marketing plan and not enough on the benefits of the plan for their potential clients,
says real
estate coach Kevin Ward, founder of YESMasters.
Real
estate professionals and police officers in small towns and big cities
say criminals often see
salespeople as easy prey.
Soon the same might be
said in real
estate sales: Coaches are fast becoming an integral part of a successful
salesperson's team.
«Most professionals... require thousands of hours of study... Residential real
estate is not a profession and obtaining a real
estate license has always been relatively easy... The time has come for the real
estate salesperson to be held to the level of a professional,»
says the report.
You
say that real
estate has its own rules, techniques and own breed of
salespeople.
«We keep the results in front of the
salespeople,»
says Kersten, a 33 - year veteran in real
estate.
Pace started in real
estate more than 27 years ago and within two years of getting his license he became one of the top 100
salespeople in Canada, the company
says.
Salespeople can
say they're owners of the company, which typically isn't the case in residential real
estate.
Georgiou, a
salesperson with Houlihan Lawrence Real
Estate Co. in Chappaqua, declined to
say whether the first family made the highest bid.
«While we are all about the business of YPN, we've never lost that «dream big» mentality,»
says Copeland, a
salesperson with Village Real
Estate Services in Nashville, Tenn..
«This coming - together of two fine real
estate companies serves as an excellent example of what is possible when the needs of
salespeople and their clients come first,»
says Phil Soper, Royal LePage president and CEO.
Sue Carroll, strategic issues and media advisor with the ministry,
says 14 industry stakeholders responded: the Ontario Real
Estate Association, the Toronto Real
Estate Board, 10
salespersons / brokers and two individuals who only provided their name and city.
It is often
said by those supposedly in - the - know that successful real
estate salespeople spend (and should spend) about 80 % of their time marketing themselves via effective «image creating» on - line devices.
No commercial real
estate website we know of offers a true, feature - rich, social media engaging platform, where a commercial
salesperson can promote their properties (and) a commercial company can promote their
salespeople, services and properties,» he
says.
Last August, FINTRAC also released a risk - based approach workbook for the real
estate sector (www.fintrac-canafe.gc.ca/publications/rba/rba-res-eng.pdf), which Boudreault
says will go a long way towards helping
salespeople and brokers understand their obligations and help them design an effective regime.
Jim Murphy, CEO of the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP),
says many real
estate salespeople have developed relationships with specific mortgage brokers, which can assist consumers «perhaps better than banks.»
«I've used the network to get in touch with
salespeople in other parts of the country or world and learn how real
estate is practiced there,» she
says.
«When I was a new, hungry
salesperson, I would let the clients dictate the time that I met with them,»
says Caryn Simms, owner of Real
Estate Teams LLC in Frederick, Md. «On one occasion, I let some clients push me into a time that was convenient for them, causing me to miss an important event in my 7 - year - old daughter's life.
Another poster to this thread has demonstrated via the wording of
said post that the correct usage of the English language (both spoken and written) ought to be part of the real
estate salesperson (read consultant / advocate) licensing education curriculum.
My broker's needs are «When people think of real
estate, think of the broker,»»
says the Minneapolis - based Counselor Realty
salesperson.
One of our
salespeople said I should look at getting into real
estate sales.
«The misconceptions about Zoocasa from some Realtors are plentiful,»
says Mitchell, adding that the belief among some real
estate professionals that Zoocasa is anti-Realtor or competition for
salespeople is completely false.
«Seventy - two percent of all
salespeople and brokers who responded
say to stay on top of their market, they need an online marketing program,»
says Payam Zamani, chairman, president and CEO of Next Phase, which generates sales leads for the real
estate, home / property improvement, and automotive industries.
«They're no different from anyone else,»
says Kathryn Hinds, a
salesperson with Windermere Real
Estate in Seattle.
«Allowing real
estate salespeople to incorporate is ultimately about fairness,»
says OREA in a news release, stating it «would align their rights with other regulated professions, lower taxes on Ontario businesses and help members of the real
estate profession cope with the introduction of the HST.