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A Great Real Estate Investing Resource that Cost a Penny

Penny

Having great “go-to” resources is one of the key components you need to have set-up in your real estate investing business. Whether that be resources for getting a house fixed up, sold, or financed, they’re all important. The other resource you’ll need is education. I’m not talking about $997 education (or whatever the current Read More →

Finally! An Honest Guru… Well, “Kind Of”.

Guru

It was an overcast and dreary Saturday afternoon here in Grand Rapids, MI in late March. I was being a lazy-bum and flipping through the channel guide and then I saw it… Pre-Auction Real Estate, a 30-minute show. Hmmmm… a 30-minute show with this title could only mean one thing: guru infomercial!

I don’t know about you, but I’m a sucker for infomercials. ...

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Are You Skipping Over the Commercial?

Anand Patel

Anand Patel

By Anand Patel

The invention of the DVR was a beautiful thing. According to ACNielson, the marketing research firm, by 2011 more than 40 percent of U.S. households had DVRs giving families the ability to breeze right over TV commercials and get right back into their favorite shows. Who wants to watch annoying commercials for products and services you have no interest in, ...

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Patience Really is a Virtue

Dolores Esanu

By Dolores Esanu

I was at a friend’s wedding a few weeks ago. After a few moments of small talk, one of the guests asked, “Are all REALTORS® so personable?” I answered, “I like to think so, but one thing we are always is patient.”

Patience is probably the most pivotal catalyst towards managing clients and coworkers. We patiently wait on callbacks, patiently wait on ...

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What Makes a REALTOR® Different?

Dave Robison

By Dave Robison

What is the difference between a REALTOR® and a regular old Joe with a real estate license?  Can anyone you’ve asked from the public answer that question correctly?  Better yet, can all of the REALTORS® in your office answer that question?   I feel like it was indoctrinated in me through continuing eduction classes.  So, from what I’ve been taught, a REALTOR® is ...

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Who Doesn’t Love FREE? Take e-PRO® Day-One for Free at the REALTORS® Conference and Expo

Maura Neill

By Maura Neill

If you’re looking for one more reason to attend the REALTORS® Conference and Expo next month in Orlando, check this out: You can take Day One of the newly-redesigned e-PRO® course for FREE.

The course is a $149 value, but you can get it for free, nada, nothing, no dinero…simply because you’re a YPN member. It’s that simple.

The course will be ...

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Do You Have a Mentor?

Dolores Esanu

By Dolores Esanu

When I was 17, I walked into an up-and-coming real estate firm and asked for an internship. The firm consisted of a mother/daughter team. Initially, the mother hesitated at the thought of hiring a teenager with no work experience, however, the daughter gave me a chance. She went against the grain and the hesitations of her business partner and allowed me ...

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Conference Virgin? I Think You’re Ready.

Anand Patel

Anand Patel

By Anand Patel

With conference season in full swing, I have met many new and seasoned real estate professionals debating if conferences are worth attending at all. For newer agents—the conference virgins—they look at the cost and automatically dismiss the events as too expensive to even consider. Some seasoned agents—those that have gotten rusty at it—are “too busy” to waste time at a conference. ...

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YPN Goal Setting That Gets Results

Hilary Hale Brown

By Hilary Hale Brown

One of the most fulfilling experiences a group can grow from is that of reaching its goals.  In January of this calendar year, myself, the administrative executive of our board of REALTORS®, and members of the YPN committee set our promises to paper.  These ranged from things such as a build for Habitat of Humanity in April for Fair Housing ...

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“Why Didn’t I Say That!?”

Anand Patel

Anand Patel

By Anand Patel

We’ve all been there before:  You’re at an important meeting and asked a question that you just can’t seem to formulate the perfect answer to on the spot. But, 30 minutes later, on your way home as you replay the meeting in your mind you come up with numerous things you wish you had said earlier.  Now you are kicking ...

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