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By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 31
No one likes to be sold. The recipient or the buyer who has been sold has the feeling that someone just did something to him or her. Many times, people who feel as if they have been sold have buyer’s remorse. On the other hand, people sure do love to buy. Moreover, surveys have should that people...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 19
Each Spring, beginning in Februray, I have been working with entrepreneurs in Westchester County to help them take their business to the next level.  The program was originally called The Acadamy for Entrepreneurial Excellence.  Later on the Workforce Investment Board for Westchester/Putnam provi...

By Phyllis Lerner call 914.438.7556, William Raveis Legends Realty Group
(William Raveis Legends Realty Group LLC)
Comments 4
NOW ONLY $699,000Large Hasting on Hudson 4 bed, 2.5 bath Center Hall Colonial w. legal 1 bed, 1 bath accessory apartment in lower level making it a total of 5 bedrooms & 3.5 baths. Good sized entry foyer opens up to living room w. fireplace, eat in kitchen, dining & family room plus powder room. ...

By Phyllis Lerner call 914.438.7556, William Raveis Legends Realty Group
(William Raveis Legends Realty Group LLC)
Comments 0
Must See In Person - Pocantcio Hills Schools & Recreation with your choice of high school: Briarcliff Manor, Pleasantville or Sleepy Hollow. This commanding home has it all and then some. Quiet setting on cul-de-sac in sought after Pocantico Hills School District w. low taxes. But as a resident y...

By Thomas Santore Lic Associate Real Estate Broker, Realtor®-ABR-Land, Residential & Commercial Sa
(Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT)
Comments 0
It looks like Coldwell Banker will Continue To Lead The Way well into 2020 for the 10598 Zip Code Of The Town Of Yorktown, New YorkColdwell Banker of Yorktown Heights is only one of the 14 offices in the 10598 Zip Code. This represents only a 7.1% market share based on number of offices in the To...

By Thomas Santore Lic Associate Real Estate Broker, Realtor®-ABR-Land, Residential & Commercial Sa
(Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT)
Comments 0
Would you like some tips for getting started with selling yourvacant land in Westchester and Putnam County? 1. locate your survey, if you do not have one get one done.2. Get a copy of your deed. This can usually be gottenfrom the tax assessors office in your town.3. Be aware of and deed restricti...

By Phyllis Lerner call 914.438.7556, William Raveis Legends Realty Group
(William Raveis Legends Realty Group LLC)
Comments 2
OPEN HOUSE - Sunday January 19th 2020 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PMLarge Hasting on Hudson 4 bed, 2.5 bath Center Hall Colonial w. legal 1 bed, 1 bath accessory apartment in lower level making it a total of 5 bedrooms & 3.5 baths. Good sized entry foyer opens up to living room w. fireplace, eat in kitchen...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 22
Today’s workforce is looking for much more than just a paycheck. And in the real estate brokerage it is more than commission splits.  I know there are some that don't believe that.  They also care very much about the values that and the culture that is lived not just what is said.  Living the val...

By Thomas Santore Lic Associate Real Estate Broker, Realtor®-ABR-Land, Residential & Commercial Sa
(Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT)
Comments 0
Why Should You Hire a Professional Real Estate Agent?A well qualified, competent real estate agent will help you navigate the countless number of decisions that arise when buying and selling a home.An agent provides value to the homeowner in many ways:  They pay for all the marketing and advertis...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 19
I am just wrapping up a restful week in Florida and tomorrow I will be returning to New York.  I feel very invested in my membership in numerous organizations and one of the big ones is The Business Council of Westchester.  Thursday evening is the annual New Years Bash.I also enjoy being an ambas...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 21
Many businesses have created their business plans and are now in the process of hiring of staff. Some will be making the mistake of simply reading a resume and conducting an interview, having a gut feeling and then hiring. Not so fast! Contrary to what you may think education and skills do not cr...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 33
There is no shortage of things to do on New Years Eve.  Here is Westchester we have two choices of ball drops.  For those who really want to deal with the locked zones there is the ball at Times Square.  I do know even young people who want to do that.  All of the people there must be from out of...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 41
Frankly, I am not one for New Year’s Resolutions. Why? Because these are usually halfhearted resolutions at the spur of the evening, and they have no thought behind them. Unfortunately, many of these resolutions fade very quickly because the will or resolve in the resolution is not there. After t...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 32
We have been challenged by Carol Williams and Anna Banana Kruchten CRB, CRS to tell a story of a fun or unusual transaction.  This transaction was certainly not fun.  In fact I would say that it is the craziest transaction I had.  This transaction involved a catering business.  It was owned by a ...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 19
 A new year and a new decade is just around the corner. How is 2019? Are you finishing strong? Are there things that should change next year?Who should be working on their goals and plan for 2020? Maybe you have everything working perfectly and will continue doing what you are doing. If you see s...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 55
I have been blogging on Active Rain since 2011.  Today, I want to show my gratitude today to the Active Rain community.  I was encouraged to join by Debbie Gartner .   Although I was not in the Real Estate business she told me about this great thing called blogging.  As a coach consultant she kne...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 48
No matter how well we choose our words they will have no meaning until they are translated by our listener. Communication is a two-way process and it is more than just words. Effective communication involves feelings, connections, and other nonverbal signals. Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best. “Wh...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 25
Today we received a blanket of snow in Armonk.  Snow looks great but wouldn't be nice if it weren't on the roads.  Take a look!The roof tops of the shops in Armonk Town Square have a nice cover of snow.The trees have a nice clean coat of white snow.Have a great Day!

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 30
Achievers are always accountable for results. And leadership fails when the leader does not hold all team members accountable. I am sure you have heard that many times before. You might have even heard it from a boss you had imploring you to “hold them accountable.” Some people see this as a prob...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 33
I am sure that everyone knows the song, Frosty the Snowman. "Frosty the Snowman” was written by Steve Nelson, who had just bought land in Armonk, NY and by Jack Rollins, a then-resident of  nearby White Plains, NY.Every year for the last 10 years there has been a Frosty parade in Armonk.  It happ...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 38
Your real estate organization is only as good as your people. Great people and great teams do not happen by accident. Creating a successful team requires right actions by the leadership.   There are two very important actions that must be taken by team leaders. First, you must start with the righ...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 40
Family is a very important part of my life.  I could not imagine not having the support of my entire family.  I am just now thinking of Anna Banana Kruchten CRB, GRI, WLS 's No Could of, Should of..  I am very glad that I was always in the position with my job where I could always put my family f...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 31
 It is true that we have two ears and one mouth. We should listen at least twice as much than we talk. Unfortunately, many times during a conversation we concentrate on our talking points rather than being guided by what we are hearing.This is not the best way be persuasive and certainly not a go...

By Grant Schneider, Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes
(Performance Development Strategies)
Comments 39
Having a good network means different things to different people.  I am grateful for all of the networks I have had.  My networks began long before my consulting practice and I am still benefiting from all of them.After I left Sears I realized that I had been in a corporate bubble.  My last role ...

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