All Posts Tagged With: "bad real estate picture"

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Brokering Business is 24-Seven

(post by BT) In this business there is no real schedule. When you get a call, you jump up and chase the business. I have been working on setting up an appointment with someone to get a listing. I was out showing some other properties, and the buyers where running late. So [...]

13Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Agent Recruiting: “Are You Happy?”

(post by BT) In our line of business, every office ties to hire every agent that walks in the door. Got a license? Got a pulse? Can you speak (and it doesn’t matter if you know English)? You do?! Great, you’re hired! That’s basically how it works. That’s all it takes. You drop by [...]

27Mar2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Vastu Shastra of Real Estate

This is a Hindu version of feng shui. You might recall my previous post “Looking For a Space With a Compass” and this is an update (read that one first). Finally, we’ve found “the” location. Before the tenant can make his final decision, he must have a Hindu priest inspect the location to [...]

23Mar2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Section 8 Realtor

(post by BT) I recently received a phone call from a rogue agent with whom I worked on a deal about a year ago. She asked me to see if I had any Landlords that accept Section 8 (subsidized housing paid by the city). “Not at this time”, I tell her. “Well, Hon”, she says, [...]

15Mar2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

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