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YPN will be Blogging from Midyear!

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A team of YPN Lounge bloggers will be posting updates from the Midyear meetings and events throughout the week of Oct. 10-14. Visit https://ypn.realtor/ to read posts from Nobu Hata, Michelle Flaherty, Jon Osman, Brian Copeland, Brandon Rodriguez, and Dan Iampieri. Posted via email from ypn’s posterous

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Safety, Salesmanship, and the Anonymous Internet Lead

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Safety, Working with Clients 3 Comments

By Michelle Flaherty A couple weeks ago, I received an e-mail from a person I didn’t know.  The person was inquiring on a property that another broker in my office had listed, and they wanted to set up an appointment to view it. So I did a few things I almost always do before I meet a new prospective client.  …

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Show Off Your Expertise with a New Free Tool

Blog Contributor Helpful Tools 1 Comment

By G. M. Filisko, contributing writer, HouseLogic When people question whether you’re old enough to have the expertise necessary to successfully represent them in a real estate transaction (We know you’re shocked!), prove you’re just as much of an expert on home values as any real estate vet: Just take advantage of the REALTOR® Content Resource, the new tool powered …

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So The Tax Credit Is Over – Now What?

Blog Contributor Sales & Marketing, Seller Financing 3 Comments

By Laura Rubinchuk So it’s the week after the tax credit deadline…have you noticed a change yet in behavior? While real estate is local, our inventory in the Washington, D.C. metro market got eaten up in April as people made the final push to qualify for the free $8,000. We’re down 25 percent in inventory levels since this time last …

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Building a YouTube Channel

Blog Contributor Professional Development, Technology & Social Media 3 Comments

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, …

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In Business, Assembly Required

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Professional Development 1 Comment

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 …

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Attention YPNers: Midyear is Here!

Blog Contributor MidYear, Professional Development, YPN Events, YPN News 2 Comments

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 …

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What Are Ethics?

Blog Contributor Code of Ethics, ethics 3 Comments

By Toby Boyce According to Dictionary.com, one definition is that ethics are “the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.” As members of the National Association of REALTORS®, practitioners agree to abide by the Code of Ethics as established by the organization, and are bound by state and …