Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Professional Development”
By Jeremy Williams Are you looking for a new way to drive traffic and generate leads? Are you working with a marketing budget that has been scaled back? What if I told you that you could do this for free with the exception of owning a computer, simple video building software and a YouTube account? While reading this blog post, …
By Jeremy Williams I spent one of my days last week both watching my son, whom was sick, and putting together an elliptical machine that I ordered by mail. The elliptical machine was a request of my wife, though somehow I think I will be using it more often after all the work-related lunches I visited last week. What I …
By Nobu Hata I know, I know, you’ve heard about all the goings on at MidYear Meetings. It’s “boring,” “there’s no point to it,” or “what do they do in D.C., anyways?” Fact of the matter is, it’s at these meetings that policy — present and future — gets discussed among the members of the National Association of REALTORS®. And …
By Drew Burks What’s in a number? I think we can all agree that not much has changed in the real estate industry over the years; so when social media took the world by storm, it was exciting to see how well it was received by real estate practitioners. Unfortunately, there is an underlying principle being taught to practitioners and …
By Brooke Wolford I was recently working in my office and got to thinking as I look around at all the other practitioners. All but a few had a relative who was able to mentor them. Then I look at myself… I am flying solo here. I was lucky enough to start out in the closing end of the business …
By Jonathan Osman Eight months ago, I started investigating the idea of buying my own telephone system. With my mobile number on every sign that I owned and in every ad, I received calls at all hours of the day and night, which got old fast. The idea of simply turning off my ringer at night was not an option …
By Maura Neill One might say that I have an affinity for shoes…in the way that vampires have an affinity for blood. At RETechSouth last week, I was on the Agent All-Stars Panel, and just before we started the panel, our moderator told us we’d be introducing ourselves by stating our name and a word or a phrase that describes …
By Nobu Hata Trulia. Zillow. Cyberhomes. The mere mention of those words, and their use in such sentences such as “But, insert service here says my house is worth insert marketing-dollar-sucking price here!” strikes fear into the hearts of many a real estate practitioner. We’ve all had the conversation, and for the most part, the majority of us are still …
By Laura Rubinchuk Unlike the old playground version of Foursquare, when you had to keep the ball within boundaries, the online/mobile version actually encourages you to venture out and explore new areas and venues…oh, and meet new people. Foursquare gives you points for every “check-in” you make, and gives you more points for new venues. You also can collect badges, …
By Brooke Wolford Back in January, I wrote a blog post about a recent dispute I had with another practitioner. At the time, the incident had just happened and it hadn’t been completely resolved. Things are finally getting pieced together. The whole situation was a hard thing for me to go through. My fellow co-workers had always given me respect …
