Scott MacDonald's Blog

In light of the two hurricanes this past week, it has made me think about our agents and our market and I wonder, are you riding the storm out? The winds are blowing pretty strong, the waves are getting higher, the rain is coming down faster and the question is, what are you doing about it? Are y...

In today's market, this is critical.  You must adapt by learning more about our ever changing financial world, adapt by changing your presentations to communicate your knowledge of this information and adapt to serve the demands of today's consumer.  Our financial market is in flux, the oil price...

Very interesting words as well as true in my opinion.  When I heard this, it brought to mind the movie Wall Street.  Michael Douglas's and Charlie Sheen's characters tried to control or teach the market by obtaining inside information and have the market go where they wanted it to go.  In the end...

Time management in any business is critical. Think about how are you spending your time?  How much time do you spend speaking with past clients?  Prospecting for new business?  Attending networking functions?  Office trainings?  Attending offsite seminars?  Are you focused on money making activit...

Many agents and clients ask about foreclosures in today's market and the effect it is having on the home buying process, values, the ability to obtain loans and what the future holds.  Let's begin with the home buying process.  There are many agents who list these types of properties and they are...

This time of year reminds me of football players and our kids/grandkids - back to the basics, and back to school. The basics in football are blocking and tackling which lead to proper execution. The basics of real estate are contacts, communications, previewing, thinking like a business owner, an...

The market appears to be stabilizing in many areas - inventory, rates, pace of sales/rentals, and months of inventory. More good news is that we are seeing more activity at our listings, lenders are getting more calls for pre-approvals, title companies are seeing more contracts, and builder sales...

The market appears to be stabilizing in many areas - inventory, rates, pace of sales/rentals, and months of inventory. More good news is that we are seeing more activity at our listings, lenders are getting more calls for pre-approvals, title companies are seeing more contracts, and builder sales...

What an interesting ride it has been. Two weeks ago we were down, now we are up this week. The unusual thing is the market is down.Here is an article I read recently - very surprising to me once you read my commentary below!Increase happening despite rising inventory and an longer days-on-marketR...

It has obviously been a different market than most of you are used to as many of you are relatively new to the business. The market reminds me of our weather the last few days - when it rains, it pours. We are seeing inventories skyrocket, rates raise to their highest level in 4 years and both ap...