Comments on: The Day After http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:11:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Real Estate 101 - Improving on “the basics” http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-30138 Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Real Estate 101 - Improving on “the basics” Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:54:12 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-30138 [...] Real Estate 101 - Improving on “the basics” November 4, 2006 For the last few weeks I’ve set aside Friday mornings to get together with a small group of agents to talk about their Real Estate Business. Not everyone will succeed by the same means, and there are as many different ways to approach this business, as there are people in it.  This is the time of year to take a step back and re-evaluate what you have been doing, and take the necessary steps to fix what is broken.  This applies not only to each and every individual real estate agent, but companies as well.  The times have changed…time to change with them without “throwing away the baby with the bathwater”.  I’m  going to go back and attempt to improve on the basics.  For those who never learned “the basics”, you may find this helpful.  For those who know the basics, let’s try to move a step forward together. [...] [...] Real Estate 101 – Improving on “the basics” November 4, 2006 For the last few weeks I’ve set aside Friday mornings to get together with a small group of agents to talk about their Real Estate Business. Not everyone will succeed by the same means, and there are as many different ways to approach this business, as there are people in it.  This is the time of year to take a step back and re-evaluate what you have been doing, and take the necessary steps to fix what is broken.  This applies not only to each and every individual real estate agent, but companies as well.  The times have changed…time to change with them without “throwing away the baby with the bathwater”.  I’m  going to go back and attempt to improve on the basics.  For those who never learned “the basics”, you may find this helpful.  For those who know the basics, let’s try to move a step forward together. [...]

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-21029 ARDELL Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:18:20 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-21029 Deborah and Michele, Please email me as Michele's link is now broken and Deborah, I don't have an email address for you. Ardell@SoundRealty.biz Deborah and Michele,

Please email me as Michele’s link is now broken and Deborah, I don’t have an email address for you. Ardell@SoundRealty.biz

]]> By: Rebecca http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20579 Rebecca Tue, 03 Oct 2006 06:08:47 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20579 Monday's, Tuesday's or Friday's would be much better days for me, but 11-1 is a great time frame. Monday’s, Tuesday’s or Friday’s would be much better days for me, but 11-1 is a great time frame.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20558 ARDELL Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:29:04 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20558 I think we can start with the five we have. Eric said any day is fine with him. I'm thinking Wednesday so we can use Broker's Opens to bounce off of. There's no charge, but ya'll will have to come to Kirkland. We can do Juanita through Kirkland and a littl Finn Hill, and that will give us every type of real estate known to man. I don't think any of you are in Seattle, which is a whole different ball game, so I won't touch on houses built in the early 1900s unless someone really wants to do that. It's a separate art form. I can do it last if anyone really wants it. Does Wednesday work for everyone? What time? I say 2 hours from 11-1 so we can hit some broker's opens for hands on if you represent the seller vs. if you represent the buyer switches. I think we can start with the five we have. Eric said any day is fine with him. I’m thinking Wednesday so we can use Broker’s Opens to bounce off of. There’s no charge, but ya’ll will have to come to Kirkland. We can do Juanita through Kirkland and a littl Finn Hill, and that will give us every type of real estate known to man.

I don’t think any of you are in Seattle, which is a whole different ball game, so I won’t touch on houses built in the early 1900s unless someone really wants to do that. It’s a separate art form. I can do it last if anyone really wants it.

Does Wednesday work for everyone? What time? I say 2 hours from 11-1 so we can hit some broker’s opens for hands on if you represent the seller vs. if you represent the buyer switches.

]]> By: michele http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20554 michele Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:59:04 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20554 Thanks Ardell, I can't wait to start! Once a week sounds great. Drag it on as long as you'd like. Thanks Ardell, I can’t wait to start! Once a week sounds great. Drag it on as long as you’d like.

]]> By: Deborah http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20248 Deborah Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:27:31 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20248 Hi Ardell, I would love to be a guinea pig too....if there is still room? Seeing/considering things from different points of view is really important to me, what a great opportunity! Deborah Hi Ardell,

I would love to be a guinea pig too….if there is still room?
Seeing/considering things from different points of view is really important to me, what a great opportunity!

Deborah

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20177 ARDELL Sat, 30 Sep 2006 05:12:43 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20177 Rebecca, You are added. Gang, Rebecca says 4 to 6 once a week sessions. I haven't heard from the others. Once a week gives you time to filter the information and 4 to 6 weeks gives you time to build and reinforce. Most sessions will be at houses that are for sale, not in a classroom setting. Rebecca,

You are added. Gang, Rebecca says 4 to 6 once a week sessions. I haven’t heard from the others. Once a week gives you time to filter the information and 4 to 6 weeks gives you time to build and reinforce. Most sessions will be at houses that are for sale, not in a classroom setting.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20162 ARDELL Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:22:08 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-20162 Michele, Adding you here for the roundup. Sorry you couldn't post. Don't know why. So Eric, Michele and Sandy. We can do the first one with 5. We'll see where we are next week. Michele,

Adding you here for the roundup. Sorry you couldn’t post. Don’t know why. So Eric, Michele and Sandy. We can do the first one with 5. We’ll see where we are next week.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-19808 ARDELL Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:58:42 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-19808 Sure Sandy. I see you are in Mukilteo. I was thinking the "class" would actually be a "course" as in 6 two hour sessions, half on Seller Representation and half on Buyer Representation, with field trips to actual houses. We "change our hats" and look at the same houses as the seller's agent and then go back outside and come back in as the buyer's agent. I could squeeze it into two 3 hour classes, or 4 two hour classes. The biggest challenge to agents, as I see it, is no one teaches the duplicity factors from each side separately. Agents seem to do the same thing whether they represent the buyer or the seller, which of course, can't possibly be correct. Eric and Sandy - what do you think? 2 or 4 or 6 classes? Time of each class? Once a week for 2 -4 or 6 weeks? What timeframe to train to be a better agent both as a Buyer's Agent and then separately as a Seller's Agent. I don't want to mix the two on the same day. I think that would be counter productive. Sure Sandy. I see you are in Mukilteo. I was thinking the “class” would actually be a “course” as in 6 two hour sessions, half on Seller Representation and half on Buyer Representation, with field trips to actual houses. We “change our hats” and look at the same houses as the seller’s agent and then go back outside and come back in as the buyer’s agent. I could squeeze it into two 3 hour classes, or 4 two hour classes.

The biggest challenge to agents, as I see it, is no one teaches the duplicity factors from each side separately. Agents seem to do the same thing whether they represent the buyer or the seller, which of course, can’t possibly be correct.

Eric and Sandy – what do you think? 2 or 4 or 6 classes? Time of each class? Once a week for 2 -4 or 6 weeks?

What timeframe to train to be a better agent both as a Buyer’s Agent and then separately as a Seller’s Agent. I don’t want to mix the two on the same day. I think that would be counter productive.

]]> By: Digging out: A 102 link real estate weblog post about real estate weblog posts . . . | BloodhoundBlog | The weblog of BloodhoundRealty.com in Phoenix, Arizona http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-19698 Digging out: A 102 link real estate weblog post about real estate weblog posts . . . | BloodhoundBlog | The weblog of BloodhoundRealty.com in Phoenix, Arizona Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:59:32 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/09/27/the-day-after/#comment-19698 [...] Ardell is back in good form, rocking boats and rattling cages. I think I speak for both of us when I say that there are always plenty enough words to be spoken, to be written, to be weblogged. What is evermore in short supply are ears to hear, minds to wonder, souls to take flight and soar. Welcome to Real Estate 3.0: Ethical, evangelical — all but ethereal… [...] [...] Ardell is back in good form, rocking boats and rattling cages. I think I speak for both of us when I say that there are always plenty enough words to be spoken, to be written, to be weblogged. What is evermore in short supply are ears to hear, minds to wonder, souls to take flight and soar. Welcome to Real Estate 3.0: Ethical, evangelical — all but ethereal… [...]

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