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John Meussner, #MortgageMadeEasy Fair Oaks, CA 484-680-4852 (Mortgages in AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IN, MD, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI)

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Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Plan a vacation.  Sure fire, every time you get ready to go out of town and want to be left alone, THAT is when everyone comes out of the woodwork.

Apr 26, 2016 10:36 AM
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Amanda Christiansen
Christiansen Group Realty (260)704-0843 - Fort Wayne, IN
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Drop $5,000 on a real estate guru's program that promises "silver bullet, can't miss, guaranteed ways to make big money in real estate using other people's money!"  

Apr 26, 2016 10:01 AM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
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Answer the phone before it goes to voicemail.

Apr 26, 2016 10:24 AM
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John Meussner
Mortgages in AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IN, MD, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI - Fair Oaks, CA
#MortgageMadeEasy Fair Oaks, CA 484-680-4852

Liz and Bill Spear nailed it!!!  Surefire, without fail, 100% guaranteed way to bring in a ton of business immediately, is to make vacation plans to be out of the office.  

Apr 26, 2016 10:49 AM
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Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
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Work smarter, not harder

Apr 26, 2016 10:23 AM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
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Enquiring minds want to know!

Apr 26, 2016 10:20 AM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
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Give away free marijuana...You will have people waiting in lines for miles

Apr 26, 2016 11:30 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Hi John --- I checked others' responses first before channeling Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers "parked and reading".   

Bill Liz and Bill Spear have a tried and true method for an increased business strategy.  

Apr 26, 2016 08:56 PM
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Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

I'm with Liz and Bill Spear ,

Right before I'm leaving for a vacation..the phone won't stop ringing. I always have lots of help lined up because they will be handling it..when I'm gone..I'm gone!!

Apr 26, 2016 11:37 AM
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Plan a vacation as Liz and Bill Spear said.  Always works.

Apr 26, 2016 11:07 AM
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Melissa Jackson REALTOR
Trinity Premier Properties - Azle, TX
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I agree with planning a vacation.  Once I'm mentally geared for time off I get busy.

Apr 26, 2016 11:03 AM
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Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

I like the vacation idea !

Apr 26, 2016 10:55 AM
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Shawn and Angela Miller
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Amabassador Real Estate - Lincoln, NE
Lincoln and Omaha, NE REALTORS®

Learn hypnotism.  Then go into the public hypnotise everyone you see. They'll believe your the only agent in town and will have to use you!

Apr 26, 2016 10:28 AM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

My vacations are always covered so that doesn't really do it for me.

However, if I want the best ROI, I up my advertising for 2 days and BAM - lots of new clients

Apr 27, 2016 01:14 AM
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

Take time for your self and be present for your clients.

Apr 26, 2016 10:47 PM
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Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

Think I will plan a vacation.... that was a great answer and oh so true!

Apr 26, 2016 06:12 PM
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Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
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Good morning John. It never fails, let it be known that you are leaving on vacation, it just seems to go crazy. We were in California for a week, the week leading up to it was crazy.

Apr 26, 2016 05:17 PM
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Tammy Lankford,
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Ha, doesn't have to be a vacation for me, it can be as simple as planning to clean my office that day or sneaking away for a short nap.

Apr 26, 2016 03:13 PM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

What Liz and Bill Spear said!

Apr 26, 2016 01:49 PM
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Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
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Plan a two week trip to Paris!

Apr 26, 2016 01:37 PM
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Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
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agree with @Liz and Bill Spear 

Apr 26, 2016 01:19 PM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Liz and Bill Spear nailed it. I'm expecting an explosion in May, going to be gone for almost a week with good company like Praful Thakkar at Buffini & Company's Peak Experience!

Apr 26, 2016 12:30 PM
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Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

Work your sphere of influence and follow through, then go on vacation!

Apr 26, 2016 11:57 AM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

I've found showing up for work works pretty good John Meussner 

Apr 26, 2016 11:52 AM
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Bob Crane
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I dont know the silver bullet John, lots of ways to do some of these things, but sometimes when you make that phone ring too easily it leads to a lot of wasted time with unqualified people, thus actually cutting into the money end of things.

Apr 26, 2016 11:20 AM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Surefire and immediate? Are you sending out checks?

Apr 26, 2016 10:45 AM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
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John,

I have not a clue of any surefire approach...I am looking forward to hearing yours, always willing to learn something new.  A

Apr 26, 2016 10:19 AM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I was going to answer go somewhere on vacation too! 

Apr 30, 2016 07:12 AM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
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Haw can anyone beat Liz and Bill Spear 's answer...I give up!

Apr 27, 2016 07:21 AM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

I'm waiting to read your answer.

Apr 27, 2016 06:35 AM
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Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

It appears there are two predominate answers...plan a vacation or sit here and wait for more answers! Give me the trip!

Apr 27, 2016 06:18 AM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

yes, as Liz and Bill said, the phone rings the morning of the vacation and never stops....happens to those for whom I market....they always have someone or two covering for them....

Apr 27, 2016 04:38 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
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Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Liz and Bill Spear has it right.  Go on a vacation.  Murphy is a cruel master.

Apr 27, 2016 02:39 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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Plan some time off or away ... I need to do more of that 

Apr 27, 2016 02:21 AM
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Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Do a better job, more effort, extra creative, all the time. Think customer, what you would want any time of day or night to access completely. Stock those real estate and local FAQ blogging post shelves in your property listing vending transmitters. Lots of them.

Apr 27, 2016 01:46 AM
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Sally K. & David L. Hanson
EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI
WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

Getting sick also works...however we prefer vacations !

Apr 27, 2016 01:13 AM
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Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mortgage Originator - FHA/VA/Conv/Jumbo/Portfolio/Refi
NMLS #216987, IL Lic. 031.0006220, WI Licensed. APMC NMLS #175656 - New Lenox, IL
708.921.6331 - 40+ yrs experience

I'm laughing about this, John Meussner ... as you're absolutely 110% right on vacations giving birth to volume.  Just try to get out of town!  

Beyond that, I say business itself breeds more business.  Get busy ... and you typically stay that way for lengthy periods of time.  Kindof like Newton's law of inertia ... only business-style ...

Gene 

Apr 27, 2016 12:47 AM
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David Gibson CNE, 719-304-4684 ~ Colorado Springs Relocation
Colorado Real Estate Advisers LLC - Colorado Springs, CO
Relocation, Luxury & Lifestyle residential

John,

 

I agree with the # 1 answer vacation. So I have planned 4 of them

Apr 27, 2016 12:41 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Thank you for the question. I will learn from the answers.

Apr 27, 2016 12:20 AM
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Susan Laxson CRS
Palm Properties - La Quinta, CA
Realtor in San Diego, CA & Naples, FL

Love the answers regarding vacations, but waiting to hear an "aha" answer so we can all make more $$!

Apr 26, 2016 10:42 PM
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Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Nothing in real estate is every immediate when it comes to getting paid. But th ebest way to insure a steady flow of income is a steady flow of marketing to attract listings and buyers. 

Apr 26, 2016 10:23 PM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Prospect every day

Apr 26, 2016 10:17 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

I agree with the vacation planning. I think some are expecting the silver bullet to be a prospecting answer.

Apr 26, 2016 09:57 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I would get on the phone and make calls until my schedule was full.

Planning a vacation would be more fun.

Apr 26, 2016 09:57 PM
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Bob Betel
Allstar Home Mortgage, Inc. - Sweetwater, TN
President, Allstar Home Mortgage, Inc

You're right. It's vacation. I doesn't matter what weeks I go, I'm always busy the week before and the week after. My solution is to take a one week vacation every month. I would have my best year ever!!!!

Apr 26, 2016 09:54 PM
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Sharon Kowitz
CRS-SRES-ABR-GRI-E-Pro-CREN ~ COMPASS RE - Cary, NC
Cary, NC Relocation Specialist ~ Buying or Selling

I don't know, but I want to read the answer!

Apr 26, 2016 02:23 PM
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Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

Well I have to agree -- Plan a Vacation seems to do it every time -- but another thing that seems to work is Answer the phone when it rings and follow up with the leads that have been waiting for a call back.  We all have past and current clients -- a quick phone call can get the ball rolling.

Apr 26, 2016 02:07 PM
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Mimi Foster
Falcon Property Company - Colorado Springs, CO
Voted Colorado Springs Best Realtor

An obviously intriguing question. For me it's always been about contacting past clients, but that doesn't apply to people who are new to the business. We await your answer, wise guru 

Apr 26, 2016 01:47 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

John Meussner - for me, working by referral is. Learning a lot from Buffini & Company .

This gives the most flexibility of your time with family and for business.

Apr 26, 2016 01:37 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
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I can get on the phone and call my frineds and past clients and have more business than I can work, guaranteed.

Apr 26, 2016 01:01 PM
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Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

That is why I am reading the answers . I am waiting for the silver magic bullet answer .  In this business there is not any immediate results . It takes time hard work lots of marketing and blogging .  If you are waiting for immediate results you will be very disappointed . It takes time and hard work .

In my humble opinion

Apr 26, 2016 12:28 PM
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Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

this dialogue is what I love about AR! 

Apr 26, 2016 11:59 AM
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Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Is this a trick question?

I find one great way (once you're established) is to refer business to other complementary partners.  Often, they reciprocate.  Or, I suppose call some of best partners. 

Also, maybe call past customers.

Or is the answer, nothing?  There is no sure fire way.

Apr 26, 2016 10:04 AM