Posts Tagged ‘Services’
Client-Oriented Real Estate in Action: The Guide to Grieving Your Property Taxes
The cornerstone of the CORE philosophy is that real estate agents should perform outstanding non-transactional services to their clients. We call these “courtesy services,” because they’re not necessarily services that relate to actual transactions — meaning that we’re not going to be directly compensated for them. But at the same time, they have the potential…
Read MoreAre Real Estate Agents Worth It? Yes!
NOTE: This is a reprint of a post I made in early February on the Market Intelligence blog that I write for my company in New York. Since it has some universal application to the industry, I thought I would share it here. The bottom line: good real estate agents are, and always have been,…
Read MoreThe Real Estate Broker of the Future?
I was at a conference this week and one of the issues we discussed was the “Real Estate Brokerage of the Future,” a topic that has come up a lot in discussions at industry conferences in the past year. Unfortunately, much of the discussion drifted, as it tends to do, to a simple application of…
Read MoreNovember 30th is a HARD Deadline — Be Prepared
It has occurred to us that we should send out a general alert to all of you to start preparing for November 30th. What’s November 30th? It’s the last day that first-time home buyers can close to take advantage of the federal tax credit. It’s going to be a massive closing day. It’s also, unfortunately,…
Read MoreGiving our clients good pricing advice
A year ago, I was in car accident. I was on Kinderkamack road in Emerson, and stopped because a line of geese were crossing the road (new rule: drive over the geese), and a woman who apparently wasn’t paying such careful attention smashed into the back of my car. She pretty much destroyed the rear…
Read MoreWho is the World's Best Real Estate Agent?
We’re going to be on a mission in this blog to identify the tools, systems, and processes that we need to put in place to help you become the World’s Best Real Estate Agent. But even before we do that, we have a pretty good idea of what we’re looking for if you want to…
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