Recent Additions to Club Zebra
Mar 19, 2024
This March 2024 in Market Survival Guide: new and reality of NAR lawsuit settlement over SOC/buyer commission, U.S. Foreclosure activity, mortgage rates decrease and what is on the horizon, active listing and inventory report, regional median sale price and active vs. pending, a false lift in SFR permitting in the west, generational housing, consumer prices, employment, opportunities for agents, and answers to your questions.
Mar 19, 2024
Sellers may be offended when they hear their home reeks of cigarette smoke or pets, but there are plenty of issues that will affect the selling price. How much should the seller fix before selling? Get pointers and talking points for addressing home condition with the seller.
Mar 15, 2024
As real estate agents, you could likely list of dozens of ways you have seen real estate transactions blow up over the years. There are certainly tried-and true reasons transactions have historically blown up - buyer doesn't actually have funds, buyer buys a car before closing, it is discovered seller has liens, fraud, etc, but this article highlights some of the reasons transactions are blowing up in the current market. If you have a local issue or a niche issue that is causing transaction trauma (such as HOA or reserve issues in some markets), by all means, include those as well. Let's educate and keep those transactions humming along!
Mar 15, 2024
The real estate nerds at The Lones Group dug deep this month to provide you with a summary of three of the most common types of real estate deeds. These may vary by title from state to state, so do be sure to change the terminology to what is used in your locale. Is the topic dry? Yes. But this the very type of expertise your clients are hoping you possess. So if you are feeling particularly dull this month, consider sending out Types of Deeds. Or add it to a buyer package!
Mar 15, 2024
Sometimes things don't go as planned and your buyers or sellers have a gap between when they have to be out of one property and into another. This article outlines four options (you may have others to consider or even local examples of places other clients have gone). Consider including this content in a buyer or seller package or as a supplementary document for buyers and sellers to reference. Having solutions proactively shows that you have expertise to weather any real estate storm!
Mar 14, 2024
The International Builder Show in Last Vegas is like Disneyland for me. Not just the Builder Show, but I got to go to the Kitchen & Bath show too! I loved it. This week I want to give you some highlights and takeaways that I think brokers need to be aware of when providing service to both buyers and sellers.
Mar 12, 2024
In this tough market in which sellers may be thinking that staying put until interest rates come down is their best bet, do you have the talking points you need to help them make the best decision? Coach Denise Lones will be providing you with the structure and language you need to present them with compelling reasons for making a move.
Mar 7, 2024
Experienced real estate professional Kelly Burns needed a website that would take care of itself and represent her as a local expert within her community.
Mar 5, 2024
Denise returns from a week in Las Vegas at the vast International Builders Show to give you the scoop on home design and new construction trends coming this year and beyond. Learn about new products, technology, innovations, and more destined for today’s homes.
Feb 28, 2024
Microsoft's big announcement this week sets the stage for a shake-up in the world of consumer print publishing that has been long overdue: the retirement of its venerable Publisher software. First released in 1991, fourteen versions later, the 2021 Publisher will be the last edition - although, to be honest, it has been a decade since publisher saw a truly meaningful update beyond a hasty reskin to keep-up appearances. How might this affect you?
Feb 27, 2024
Traditional face-to-face and information-based marketing works, but that leaves a lot of room for how you actually do it. Should your marketing journey include networking, homebuyer classes, farming, social media sound-bites, or something else? Join us for a buffet of marketing ideas, duds to avoid, what it takes to make them work, which is the best fit for your personality style, and more.
Feb 23, 2024
If your clients are thinking about investing in real estate or putting their equity dollars to work, get the word out that you can speak investor language (if you can!).
Feb 20, 2024
This month in Market Survival Guide: dangerous headlines, housing market begins to move again, foreclosure activity increases, commercial market troubles, NAHB lobbying on key housing issues, small rise in mortgage rates, housing affordability update, national and regional market analysis, update on SFR new construction permitting, new home sales and financing, non-owner occupied property regulation, and answers to your questions.
Feb 20, 2024
Marketing, education, product knowledge, developing relationships, lead generation, client management, and more all compete for your attention. What is the right mix of activities that will set you on a trajectory to business nirvana? Denise examines how peak performing agents prioritize and organize for success by the day, week, and month.
Feb 15, 2024
This informative piece is a reminder of another way that homeowners in your farm and sphere can care for their property by being prepared for an emergency and doubles as a check-list that they can refer to again.
Feb 15, 2024
For your buyers and sellers who are waiting on the fence for the housing market to loosen-up, this article is a wake-up call on the realities of growing population and a home-building system that cannot yet keep up. Bring your potential clients on board with the idea that it isn't about timing their transaction to the market, but having the right strategy and acting now.
Feb 15, 2024
Many wonder why an investor would buy a home for hundreds of thousands of dollars and then rent that out for mere hundreds or thousands of dollars per month. This article outlines six reasons why investors invest in real estate.
Feb 15, 2024
People are finding ways to get out of the homes that they haven’t wanted to stay in. While 2023 was a Year-in-Limbo, 2024 is already shaping up to be great. How can you capitalize on that?