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Don’t Make Me Wait …

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, communication, Work/Life Balance, Working with Clients 3 Comments

By Stefanie Hahn In a recent post here at the YPN Lounge, Jessica Hickok encouraged us to avoid becoming the “Real Turd” who can’t separate his or her work life from anything else.  She offered some great tips for managing our daily lives so that we don’t stand out as “that guy” or “that girl” with the annoying Bluetooth thingy …

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Congratulations: The Best and The Worst

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Personal Fulfillment, Young Pros in the Spotlight 2 Comments

By Brian Copeland If you are a young professional and have entered the real estate profession any time from 2004-2007, I want to be the first to congratulate you. When you can no longer consider yourself a whippersnapper and Lady GAGA music is now playing on the Golden Oldies station, you can then say one thing proudly as a REALTOR®, …

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Help Home Owners Envision Home Ownership Again

Blog Contributor Helpful Tools, Homeownership Education & Counseling, Short Sales & Foreclosures 1 Comment

Consumers who’ve been through foreclosure may think their days of owning a home are over. Not true. Share the “5 Steps to Owning a Home Again After Foreclosure” from the November “Foreclosure Resource Guide” now available at the REALTOR® Content Resource. Here’s just some of the information: 1. Rebuild your nest egg. Establish a safety net. Since you’re coming out …

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YPN: It’s Not All About the Young Folk

Blog Contributor Helpful Tools, Personal Fulfillment, YPN Chapters 3 Comments

By Brooke Wolford I was recently in a task force meeting for the Minneapolis YoPros.  It really got me thinking about the true value of YPN and what I feel it’s all about. To me, YPN is about bridging the generation gap.  Not to stereotype my generation, (which I am not quite sure where I fall…X, Y, Z…who’s keeping track?) …

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The Buyer You Hate… Is Just Misunderstood. Steps to Help.

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Buyers, Sales & Marketing 3 Comments

By Dave Robison What’s the worst buyer you have ever worked with?  I hear it from many agents. “Ohhh, this buyer can’t make up their mind. I’ve shown them a million homes; we have done several offers and they just can’t find that perfect home. I’m tired.”  Matter of fact, just Monday, I had a buyer’s agent call on one …

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Look Down, Your Real Estate Career Goes Down

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Professional Development 2 Comments

By Toby Boyce Football season is on us and in Ohio that means a lot of cheering on Friday and Saturday and praying for our NFL teams on Sunday. Football is a passion and as I’ve matured and grown older and – hopefully – wiser, I see the wisdom in those screams and rants from my childhood coaches. “Football is …

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Powerful Networking

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Helpful Tools, Networking, Sales & Marketing 1 Comment

By Kelly Reark What ways do you network with your fellow real estate agents?  Do you walk away from a happy hour or business card exchange really knowing much about them or their business? Likely not. Do you ever wonder why? Having a pocket full of business cards is one thing, but getting to know other real estate agents is …

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Log In to REALTOR® Content Resource to Win iPad, Visa Gift Cards

Blog Contributor Helpful Tools, Professional Development 3 Comments

Don’t miss your chance to win an iPad or $150 Visa gift card in the REALTOR® Build-Your-Business Sweepstakes. Just log into the REALTOR® Content Resource daily with your NRDS ID and submit the entry form to be eligible for the monthly drawings for an iPad and weekly drawings for a $150 Visa gift card. While you’re there, view the just-released …

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Don’t Be a Real Turd

Blog Contributor Being a REALTOR®, communication, Personal Fulfillment, Sales & Marketing, Work/Life Balance 4 Comments

By Jessica Hickok Our profession is one of the most mispronounced professions of all time.  Those of us who know that we are REAL-TORS just roll our eyes when someone calls us a Reel-A-Tore. I remember a story that my broker’s wife told me once when I first got into the business.  Her husband (obviously a REALTOR®) took a business …

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Cutting Through the Noise – Part 1

Drew Burks Personal Fulfillment, Professional Development, Technology & Social Media 1 Comment

By Drew Burks Are You Distracted? In today’s world most of us are overwhelmed with information, new products, and services, most of which provide little more than distraction to the average person. As a REALTOR®, it is definitely easy to get caught up in the hype of the latest technologies; after all, most of them are very appealing with the …