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Point & Purpose
Point & Purpose
What makes a top producer in real estate?
What makes a top producer?
Stop and think for a few minutes about who the top producers are in your market? Ok, now think about what they doing that has allowed...
Point & Purpose
Is requiring Realtors to obtain a college degree smart?
The idea is constantly thrown around of raising the bar in real estate, but let's take a look at why requiring a college degree may not be the answer.
Point & Purpose
Should Realtors be required to have a college degree?
In Texas alone, barbers are required to have seven times more education hours than Realtors, and most licensed professions require more continuing education. This got me to thinking about what I did and didn't learn in college, and what "raising the bar" really means.
Business Marketing
Don’t hate me because I’m a real estate agent
Last month I spent a day at a seminar for real estate agents. The hotel I stayed in was packed with other real estate...
Economic News
It’s Too Easy To Make Banks The Punching Bag
The latest scandal to hit the real estate industry (foreclosure robo-signing) has really gotten me fed up. Is it wrong? Yes. Is it being...
Business Marketing
Real Estate Karaoke at the Redhead Lounge
In case you missed all the fun, last week I hosted a virtual real estate discussion in the Redhead Lounge. This second installment includes...
Coaching
Stepping Down So I Can Step Up – The Stigliano Chronicles
Sniff, Sniff.
Stepping down sounds so dramatic. As if I'm abdicating the throne, giving up my gold medal after being caught with a needle...
Ethics
When Was The Last Time You Said These Words…
Apology
Apologies are often given. Some are better than others. Some are more sincere than others. There are even times when the apology is so...
Housing News
Change Will Make You an Enemy of the Status Quo – Change Anyway
Hating the Tree This week I was delivering a lecture on Agency Law. For those who have read my posts before, you...
Business Marketing
More DUH Moments in Online Real Estate
I don't know about you, but we've been hearing about so many people getting scammed on-line with vacation and regular rentals and I hate...
Housing News
10 ways to be a REALTOR Bully
Let's face it - in a world of real estate sharks, the biggest and meanest will win the biggest prize, will make the most...