Archive for October, 2008

Real Estate Roundup - Week 40

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Some of the best from the web this past week:
Use Your Real Estate Blog to Reach Out and Touch Someone, They’ll Touch Back by Teresa Boardman at The Real Estate Tomato
Survey Suggests Poor ROI on Real Estate Listing Sites by Joseph Ferrara at sellsius Real Estate
Increase Your Persuasive Pulling Power by Mark Eckenrode at Agent […]

Opening Questions to Ask Potiental Clients

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

When you first meet a potential client (or talk to them on the phone) you want to get as much information as possible without being too pushy. These are the questions that can really open up conversation and you can truly understand what the person is looking for in a home.
1. Hello and nice […]

Lead Management-5 Ways to Get Higher Sales Conversion with Lead Scoring

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Any efficiency expert will tell you that increased productivity comes from prioritization. Sounds intuitive enough–work on those things that give us the biggest bang for the buck. If we have lots of things to work on then start with the ones with the highest potential for positive results.
Unfortunately, when we manage sales we seem to […]

How some brokers offset the housing slowdown

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

There is commercial, retail and high-end residential real estate in Monmouth County and Bruce Germinsky of Jersey Shore Real Estate is taking full advantage of it.
It always surprises me when a broker tells me that he only has his agents selling housing in the town or city, but not the other properties that could be […]