Does tax time make you nervous? Your not alone. Many people stress-out at the thought of filing their taxes. And as an real estate agent, there might be additional concerns beyond the standard 1040EZ since you may also be operating as a business owner. It doesn't have to be that way. Learn how to take care of your money and escape the hand-wringing stress of tax time.
It's been a tough time for agents because the volume of selling home has been down. That means that with fewer transactions to go around, some agents have been feeling the pinch! So why am I so optimistic about what's ahead for next year?
This short tutorial video will show you where and how to copy your eStationery files to your computer for use with both MS Outlook (2007) and Outlook Express. We'll cover how to use your eStationery on a per message basis as well as how to set it as your default.
It is so easy to forget to change a utility or update an address. This article that can also be used within the transaction. Your clients will be impressed at how organized you are!
You have a password for your MLS, another for Facebook, Twitter, Google, your email account, your other email account, your company intranet and the list goes on and on! On top of that, everyone wants you to use letters, numbers and other funny characters - so how are you supposed to remember it all?
In this webinar we'll share easy strategies for strong and memorable passwords, discuss the hazards of using the same password for everything, and show you an easy and effective way that you can have safe and USABLE passwords without going crazy.
Today Denise talks about personal stress and how it can affect your business. We work with agents every day and we know that there are a lot of stresses in this profession. When your personal life begins to affect your business, it's time to identify the source of that stress and deal with it.
One of my employees recently pointed out one of her pet peeves - people who create a lousy impression over the phone. It got me to thinking about how important good phone etiquette is to a business.
After a whirlwind year, we are more excited than ever at the opportunities and changes that our industry will be seeing in 2024. Here's a quick look at some of the topics Denise will be covering at the 2024 State of the Market.
The recent aggressive push for tariffs and their widespread use has put consumer awareness into overdrive and freaked-out some of our financial institutions like the stock market. Your clients may be worried, but if you are too focused on global economics, you won't be as effective at helping clients with their needs. Today I am taking a look at what is coming and how you can better prepare to help your clients.
Misleading news headlines and content can lead your real estate business astray and waste your mental energy with fear and waste your time with misdirection.
If you are creating or refining your geographical farming system, join in as Shauna tours some basic tools and templates you will want to make sure your system includes as well as some extras that will knock your farm's socks off. We will discuss creating your mailing plan, targeting data, quarterly reports, event-driven materials, and an annual report that will crown you the consummate area expert. We will also discuss mailing options.
Visual biographies are much more than a résumé or CV. When real estate agents show up at a listing presentation, this prop makes a huge first impression.
While some agents out there are having their best year yet, everyone in today's housing market has taken note of the market stagnation caused by the one-two punch of interest rates and decades of under-produced inventory. Politics and litigation are poised to make broad changes. Meanwhile states, like here in Washington State, are legislating new housing flexibility that will change the local landscape forever. Agents are right to ask, "How do I steer my business toward success?"
A community page - or neighborhood page - is a page on your website that introduces that community to your visitors. This is an excellent way to add depth to your website that both your visitors and search engines will appreciate. In this webinar we will show you how to create the community page, talk about what kind of content you might include on it, and show you how to add that page to your website's navigation. As a bonus, we'll also show you how to set your page up to show listings if your website is connected to IDX Broker's services.
Learn how you can set up your blog so that when you add new content to it, it will automatically share that content with your social networks like Facebook or Twitter. Sharing your content has a huge impact on getting people to visit your website, but many agents overlook this step. Let's automate it so that it's not accidentally forgotten in the future!
In this webinar we'll tour the WordPress 4 dashboard, show you how to how to edit your website content, how to add video and pictures, and provide you with some beginning knowledge for using this incredibly powerful and easy-to-use website manager. Presented by Randy Bowers, Director of Technology at The Lones Group.
Want to showcase sold properties on your WordPress website, but your IDX company doesn't have that option? Maybe your website isn't connected to the MLS at all? Don't let technology hold you back. We’ll show you a couple ways that you can quickly put together your very own sold gallery.
In this webinar we'll be looking at how we can easily create interactive forms on a WordPress website. We'll create a Request a Home Valuation form that will email us our visitors' request as an example.