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RE/MAX-Western just sent me this program outline for their Quest for Excellence program and I jumped all over it.  This program is for grade 12 students to enter in a 1250 word max. essay on any one of the following categories:LeadershipSportsPerforming ArtsTechnology or TradesFine ArtsCommunity/...

Be sure to check out my previous post "Working Out" on Getting Business....quite funny with a good marketing technique.Everyone knows you have to market yourself to the nines and make it known, your a real estate agent and what you can offer to the public is genuine and unique.  So, here is what ...

I started this crazy, rollercoaster of a business, selling full time January 2007.  Though I was licensed for over a year before that, I thought the business was going to roll in on its own.  Well, it did to some degree but not to what I thought was going to happen.  I quickly figured out I had t...

I am sure all of you are aware of youtube.com...  I have been on that site numerous times to see various informative and most often, hilarious videos.  I am wondering though if we are real estate agents should start posting videos of our listings to further market our unique properties?  What do ...

In January of 2007 I started selling full time.  That month I listed two properties and my broker quickly told me that its been 31 days with no sales.  I thought I was doing a good job with my two listings and figured that January was typically a slower month.  Hearing from your broker in your fi...

I am a custom home builders rep in my town of Lethbridge, Ab, Canada.  My listing is in the top 5% of our market prices which isn't going to be an easy sell.  Its priced at $708,000 (avg. market sale right now is around $300,000 +/-) and is 2693 sq.ft two storey with city views in a highly sought...

I started my career in real estate all thanks to my mom Deb.  She started in the business as a Top Producers assistant around 2003.  This agent decided to start his own company in Lethbridge and my mom decided to take on the role as office manager leaving her previous position available.  I won t...