Marguerite Crespillo's Blog

What do you get when you put three Italian real estate agents on the phone? A loud, passionate conversation where we all spill out AWESOME information at the same time! It was so fun chatting with multi-family investing experts Jake & Gino! These guys are kicking a** and taking names in the comme...

Today was an exciting day. I deposited one of my biggest commission checks in a while… $57,000.This is not a bragging email…. Seriously! It is a valuable lesson learned.You see for the majority of average agents out there...this is the end.What I mean by that is they hustle to find a client proba...

I took SO many notes while chatting with hiring expert, Christy Grossman. Now there’s a woman that knows how to hire and train a GREAT team! There comes a point in our business where we get so inundated that the only way we can continue to succeed at that next level is by hiring someone to help u...

Dear Friends,When Joe and I bought our first house back in 1990 I was so excited to get out of apartment living and own a home of our very own.But what I was most excited about was being able to have a garage where I could park my car…Well little did I know, silly ole me… Garages are NOT for park...

It’s a common theme of procrastinators. I’m going to get to that. I’m going to get my database set up. I’m going to create a process for that. I’m going to get my business plan done before the end of the year FOR SURE! How many times have you said that? How many times will you say it again? A few...

I think we all have a love/hate relationship, myself included, with Zillow. That’s what makes having Zillow’s own Jay Thompson as a guest on my show so valuable! Jay explained what Zillow brings to the table in terms of benefiting agents, consumers, and Zillow alike.  The biggest problem most re...

Seems to be a lot of chatter lately (at least in my neck of the woods)about how the market seems to be “slowing down”…  Listings are sitting longer, buyers are holding off…yada, yada, yada!  So me being a numbers gal, I popped on the MLS and ran a TrendsReport to check the stats here in my local ...

A couple weeks ago I wrote about that struggling agent who thinks their biggest problem is NOT having enough leads..Did you read it?  Probably not… but I won’t take it personal.   Well here is the gist of it.   Agents always say the same thing…(in their best whiny voice)  but.. but…but Marguerite...

Every day I get barraged with emails, Facebook posts and much more about the newest whizzbang magic pill that is going to change my business and my life.Telling me how, If I just buy this program or that gadget, script, sign, webinar or flavor of the day.I know what you are saying… but Marguerite...

As real estate agents, we all invest in some sort of individual marketing- from monthly mailers to daily posts on social media. Technology has provided real estate agents with SO many platforms and opportunities to market ourselves, but where do we even begin?!                                    ...