Focus on Leverage - The Buyer's Side
In The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, we declared you could be just three exceptional hires away from having the organization of a Millionaire Real Estate Agent. That’s still
read more →Business Development: The Hottest CRE Skill
The commercial real estate market has changed – and is changing. Although many believe the market still hasn’t hit bottom, one thing is certain, commercial real estate brokers need new skills in order to thrive in the face of current market realities. Beyond the tried and true relationship strategy, I believe commercial real estate brokers need to focus primarily on honing their business development skills.
read more →Build Your Real Estate Business with Seminars
One of my favorite interviews at our recent Mega Camp was Gary’s chat with Jim and Jeff Reitzel of Kitchener, Ontario. Among the Reitzels’ best business-building tools is holding investor and first-time home buyer seminars—a lead generation strategy that helped them do more than 120 transactions and over $67 million in business in 2009. And they are on pace to have a much better 2010.
So what are the keys to success?
read more →Why Some Houses Sit While Other Houses Sell
Even in the hardest hit markets, there are still properties priced well enough and in good enough condition to interest buyers. Those houses attract offers and sell. Houses that aren’t priced and staged competitively sit. It’s not complicated. It’s really that simple.
read more →Take a Peek into Green Your Home
In celebration of KW first official Green Week, we are excited share the first chapter of Green Your Home. Please click here to download. To purchase Green Your Home click here.
read more →GreenWorks Realty of Seattle Joins Keller Williams
In line with Green Week, Keller Williams Realty International is proud to announce that one of the nation’s first brokerages with the mission to improve the livability and sustainability of its community has joined the Seattle Metrocenter West market center.
read more →Six Things to Think About Before you Suggest Green Improvements
It’s a familiar scenario: You’re walking through a property with a client and the client begins to visualize it as if it were theirs...
read more →Why Green Networks offer a Win-Win for you and your Sphere of Influence
Did you know that as a real estate professional you are perfectly positioned to help clients “green” their homes? No, we’re not suggesting you become an expert in solar panels or window sealants. Your role as a real estate agent is to connect your clients with the experts who have the know-how to turn green dreams into reality.
read more →Gary: "Think Big, Start Small..."
Gary Keller kicked off Mega Agent Camp 2011 with positive words for the more than 3,000 agents prepared to hear him discuss the fundamental models and systems that still apply in this ever-changing market.
Multi-tasking is a Myth
Focus. Not everyone has it, yet everyone can attain it. That was the message Gary Keller drove home during Day Two of Mega Agent Camp last year.
read more →Shattering the Multitasking Myth
Even on the final day of Family Reunion 2011, the energy and eagerness to learn more and become more seemed without limits as attendees crowded into Gary Keller’s 7 a.m. session by the hundreds.
read more →What is Social Media Priority #1 for Real Estate Professionals?
Since Ben Kinney and I wrote SOCI@L last fall, we’ve had the opportunity to teach the material dozens of times. What’s clear is the enormous opportunity social media platforms provide to cut marketing costs and attract new business.
read more →The Three Key Hires
We've had such great feedback on building and leveraging your team, we wanted to share a video surrounding the same dialogue.
read more →Gary Keller on Mapping Out the Year and Making a Plan
For most entrepreneurs and independent business owners, fourth quarter is a time of reflection on the past year’s successes and an opportunity to put together a solid business plan for the next 12 months.
As you might imagine, Gary Keller, co-founder and chairman, Keller Williams Realty, Inc. goes through a rigorous planning process. Below is an email exchange between him and Todd Butzer, regional director, North Central on creating the “Master Plan.”
read more →Are You Surrounded by the Best?
If I had to pick one defining moment in the history of Keller Williams Realty, it would have to be a conversation that I had with a consultant back in 1994, when I was trying to map out a strategy for expanding our company outside of Texas. He said, “You know, I’ve looked at your goals; I’ve looked at your organization, and it’s going to take about 14 or 15 people for you to hit your goals.”
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