Lost Control of Your Summer? I have talked with a number of agents lately who feel that they entered the summer with the best of intentions, but got derailed by chaotic transactions, life, and vacation time that took them out of their element. Now that it is mid-August and their to-do lists rema
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08/16/2024
Letting Go and Learning to Delegate When I first started selling real estate, I was a young "whipper-snapper" who wanted to set the entire industry on fire. I had it all planned. I was going to be the Number One real estate agent in America - no, the WORLD! - and I was going to do it alone. Bein
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07/23/2024
Don't Chase Rates, Create Opportunities Today I want to give you a market reality check. So, recently, agents have been telling me that they are getting frustrated because the feds are not reducing interest rates. Now, here's the reality check: I don't want any agent out there to ever have to wa
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07/12/2024
Three Real Estate Formulas You Need to Know I don't know how much you remember about high school math, but I can assure you that I have never once used the quadratic formula in my day-to-day life or as a real estate agent. I haven't had to find the cosine of an angle or determine the slope of a
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06/21/2024
New Opportunities to Expand Your Expertise What an amazing year it has been so far for our ENCORE coaching members! We have just completed our 7-month course around the ADU and Middle Housing changes and challenges that are coming to Washington State in the coming years due to House Bills 1337 a
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06/17/2024
Where Is Your Listing Inventory? This week I want to talk about lack of inventory. We have moved into this beautiful season where people are spending more time outside, the weather is gorgeous, and they are starting to do their yardwork. Many of them are starting to think, "Hmm, maybe this could
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06/07/2024
Need Inspiration and Results? When was the last time you were inspired by something new that you learned for your business? Something that actually got you from thinking, something you could implement that would drive your business forward? Maybe something that took you away from investigating o
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05/31/2024
Take an Election Year Media Diet Today I'm talking about diets. Not a fun word! However, we all need to go on a media diet right now and be very careful about what we are looking at, reading, listening to, watching on TV and consuming from the internet. I'm telling you, right now, we need to go
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05/10/2024
Barriers in Your Business If your business is not where you want it to be, it is because one or more barriers are keeping you from achieving this new level of success. Many business owners feel stuck at one point or another, but they don't take the time or have the perspective to determine the c
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04/26/2024
Buyer Brokerage Agreements This week's Zebra Report is an important one. With all the laws changing around buyer-brokerage agreements, it is so important to know that soon, before a buyer can even go look at a house with you, that you will need to get them to sign a buyer-brokerage agreement. Ev
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04/15/2024
