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News, statistics, and observations about the residential real estate market in Las Vegas and Henderson, and my experiences and thoughts about being a REALTOR®.
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2006
A 2005 survey by the Senior Advantage Real Estate Council (SAREC®), titled "Moving Forward: 50 and Beyond", explored the home buying trends of those 50 years of age and older. These are some of their findings regarding Internet use:61% used the Internet to locate a specific REALTOR®92% researched...
12/29/2006
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A study done by Dr. Walter Calvert, funded by the National Science Foundation, revealed some startling statistics about human beings and worry. Here's what he found: 30% of our worries are about events in the past 40% of the things we worry about never happen 12% of our worries are unfounded heal...
12/28/2006
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Ask most any real estate agent to tell you about their business plan and they'll talk about listings taken and sold, buyer sales, gross commission income, their marketing budget and maybe some tax planning. There's one more element to your plan that can have a huge impact on your results - Giving...
12/28/2006
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By now everyone on ActiveRain (and probably a good portion of Google) knows that today Rich Jacobson is celebrating his 50th birthday. In honor of that milestone, and because Rich is such an all-around good guy in the Rain, I've come up with a twist on the meme concept. It's a sort of online vers...
12/22/2006
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One of the foundations of Keller Williams is that we're a learning-based company. Each Monday, Millionaire Systems presents two interviews with real estate professionals who are using the models from The Millionaire Real Estate Agent and The Millionaire Real Estate Investor. Here's more info on t...
12/18/2006
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Mary McKnight recently introduced all of us to the blogging phenomenon of memes. She explained that "it's a thought stream carried from one person to another ... the blogging equivalent of a chain letter ... sort of a social game to build community and engender relationships." In a brilliant str...
12/17/2006
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I just found out about this website today called MyYawp.com. For starters, it's just a fun word to say ... Yawp!! (Go ahead, close your office door and let out a couple of hearty Yawps! Even better, tape a sign on the door that says "Don't bother me, I'm finding my Yawp!") When I thought of what ...
12/09/2006
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If your market is anything like ours in Las Vegas (20,000+ available resales, 9-10 month supply, prices flat to slightly declining) you know it can be tough to be a listing agent. Sellers may get frustrated by the lack of activity (especially relative to the boom of 2003-4), and a simple 'market ...
12/09/2006
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Our team uses pagers to keep all of the agents and staff up to date with new listings, status of offers, closings, and other items. Teri Brenkus, the team leader, also sends out a motivational/inspirational quote each day to keep us focused on the positives. Here's today's quote:"When you change ...
12/09/2006
Listed below are the current inventory and November, 2006 statistics for home sales in North Las Vegas, Nevada:Total Homes Available: 3,589 (as of December 4)Single-Family: 3,365 (12.9 month supply*) Condo: 103 (17.2 month supply) Townhouse: 121 (15.1 month supply)Total November, 2006 Sale...
12/04/2006
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