We recieved two voicemails from an agent who had called to show one of our listings. They were so over the top nasty that my Queens-native wife and I looked at each other stunned that a licensee would leave a permanent record of such hostility. I recorded the messages and sent them as an attachme
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05/14/2012
My firm is not for everyone, but for 28 licensees, it is home. I have agents from Long Island to Rhinebeck but the majority are in Westchester County, where we do the bulk of our business. We have room for more agents who want to grow and help build the brand- in and outside of Westchester. What
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05/07/2012
There is a a misinformed minority out there that is of the opinion that the data available on the Internet will eventually render real estate licensees obsolete. I disagree for many reasons, and I'll give you one good example: People say some pretty dumb things. I'll be the first to admit that
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04/29/2012
For the past few months I have been working hard on revamping the company's web presence. Our company page, jphilip.com, was an old template site and the 2005 design was no longer up to par. We went with Kunversion, and are beyond excited about the results. More on that another time. Since 2008,
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04/19/2012
If you are like me, you know that a call from the 206 area code that you don't recognize is often a Zillow solicitation and one from area code 415 is Trulia. We've learned this over the years because of the barrage of calls we receive from their salespeople. Not long ago, I got a call from the 7
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04/10/2012
All real estate is local. In Australia, they produce videos with strippers to advertise a house. In Manhattan, they don't use Lockboxes. Ever. In my market of Westchester County, New York, agents don't touch contracts- when an offer is accepted, we have attorneys do contracts -after inspections-
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04/05/2012
You tell me it isn't totally awesome to stop by to sit with a former client and meet their new 6 month old boxer puppy. Look at those eyes. What a love. *sigh*
03/31/2012
The real estate brokerage community is a big proponent of having a professional do a job that a person is not trained to do. It is my view that we more than bring our value to a transaction by brokering the largest piece of business most people will ever undertake. We provide a marketing machine
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03/28/2012
8 years ago when I was in the mortgage industry, I helped a nice lady refinance her home. She had two beautiful children, worked as a nurse and teacher as I recall, and she was an awesome client. I still remember the bank attorney closing the deal at her kitchen table- that was a first. Another t
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03/19/2012
