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So You Want to Start a YPN Network

Blog Contributor Helpful Tools, Professional Development, Young Pros in the Spotlight, YPN Chapters 1 Comment

By Stefanie Hahn Starting a YPN group can be extremely rewarding, but also challenging. So I thought I’d share a few things I’ve learned after co-founding a successful network in my Pennsylvania market. The ultimate goal is forming strong relationships, learning, and growing as real estate professionals. From there, involvement in our communities and local/state associations will follow. Stefanie Hahn …

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What? Your House is on the Market with Someone Else?!?

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By Jared James Tell me that you have not ever had the experience of being fully committed to someone else, passing all of your leads to them, only to look on the MLS one day to see that they have listed their house through some other REALTOR®. Is there anything more frustrating in the world? Well, of course there is. …

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10 Things to Do (or Not Do) at a Conference

Blog Contributor Classes & Education, Helpful Tools, MidYear, Professional Development 2 Comments

By Kelly Reark We were all standing around complaining about our feet hurting in the shoes we chose, wondering if it was our third or fifth cup of Starbucks that day, when the idea hit me that maybe I should put together a quick list of dos and don’ts for anyone attending one of our marathon REALTOR® conferences throughout the …

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YPN is 7-Heaven in ’11

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By Rob Reuter, YPN Manager Happy New Year and congratulations on an outstanding 2010!  YPN has taken great strides in the last year growing to 8,700 registered members in 134 networks across 43 states!  We had 500 attend the YPN Fire & Ice Reception in New Orleans during the 2010 REALTORS® Conference & Expo, and more than 80 YPN chairs …

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Real Estate in 2011

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Helpful Tools, Professional Development 7 Comments

By Brooke Wolford If you are reading this post and are still active in real estate, congratulations! You have survived a year of many challenges.  You can pat yourself on the back remember how hard your worked.  Feel a sense of accomplishment and embrace every challenge that was put in front of you. We faced many challenges.  We had good …

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How Not to Network

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, communication, Sales & Marketing, Technology & Social Media 4 Comments

By Crystal Webster Let me tell you a little story of what actually happened to me just the other day: I met with a new client just out of college. We met through one of my networking groups and he seemed like a very nice guy. At the end of our meeting he suggested I come and “check out what …

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Slideshow: YPN’s Fire & Ice NARdiGras Reception

Blog Contributor NAR Annual Conference and Expo, Professional Development, Young Pros in the Spotlight, YPN Events 2 Comments

More than 500 career-driven real estate professionals from around the country came out to network, exchange business ideas, and party at the Young Professionals Network’s exclusive Fire & Ice NARdiGras Reception on Friday, Nov. 5 at The Foundry in the city’s colorful Warehouse District. The 2010 REALTORS® Conference & Expo event was sponsored by HouseLogic’s REALTOR® Content Resource, Better Homes …

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YPN: It’s Not All About the Young Folk

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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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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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Engaging With Your Community: Become the Local Expert

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By Laura Rubinchuk Blog for business. SEO on steroids. Tags, Meta Tags, video blogging, photo blogging, keywords and content…I could go on and on about all of the things we’re taught when we explore the online world as a lead generation method. Do you need to consider all of these things if you’re spending time on them as viable methods? …