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Real Estate Broker/Owner - John G. Johnston & Associates, LLC - CO# 40018324

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2013 

  Props; cell phones, websites, texting, iPads, assistants...a broom?   All offer us a means to communicate with other people. We get instant communication via cell phones as opposed to waiting to get back to the office to get a message from the receptionist. Our website allows potential clients ...
01/28/2013
Joan offers great advise to buyers to come prepared or you lose.  Our local market follows the Denver market.  As properties sell there...they buy here.  Thanks Joan for all you do for your clients...you rock   Get some skin in the Game - or you could LoseThe 2012 housing market in Denver ended s...
01/27/2013
I re-blog this out of respect for my elders...the dinosaurs!  I guess this applied to a lot of businesses!  Please comment on Pat's blog.  Thanks Pat for all you do Real Estate Then and Now This year, my real estate license will celebrate it's 30th birthday, and I've been thinking about how listi...
01/27/2013
I walked outside to feed the strays this morning only to see the most beautiful moon over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.  Immediately, I went for the iPhone and less than a minute later the moon was dropping behind some clouds.  Have I ever said we live in paradise?  For my blind friends I will ...
01/26/2013
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Owner financing?  Interest rates are down and your money sitting in a bank drawing CD interest rates is not going to be a conversation with any bragging behind it. How many of you think it is wise to owner carry?  What are the positive and negative benefits?   Does 6-10% interest make it interest...
01/26/2013
What do you say that builds trust? Because I'm am EBA and live in a slow market it is easy for me to say to a client 'You will never hear me say...better hurry, this one won't last long'. I always assume that is said by a listing agent who's listing is about to expire. Probably my favorite is "if...
01/25/2013
This house is worth $499,000   The listing agent is thinking $650,000   The owner is thinking $599,000   You're thinking $550,000   We're thinking $495,000     Maybe you should think about calling us! Representing People ~ Not Property Save Time ~ Save Money The agent with the sign in the yard do...
01/24/2013
A question for brilliant minds!  What are your thoughts to:  Promote what we do Create value Develop new relationships with the public    Living on Main Street in rural America (Colorado) this community is very easy to walk...and most people do walk around town.  Daily I see visitors walking up a...
01/24/2013
Valentine's Day and the perfect gift certificate!   The Courtyard Country Inn Bed & Breakfast, located in Westcliffe, CO is offering a Special Package for the dates of February 14, 15, 16 & 17th.     Stay any one night and recieve a complimentary bottle of wine, a complete breakfast and a 10% dis...
01/23/2013
Name a mountain in Colorado!  What does advertising have to do with it?  Is there a connection with what we do...or don't do?  Yep, if you were asked to name a mountain in Colorado...what is it?  Pike's Peak?  But, wait, there are 25 mountains taller than Pike's Peak!  Who said advertising doesn'...
01/22/2013
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