Allen's Blog

Listening to the radio this morning I heard some bleak economic numbers for the state of California.  State Treasurer Office indicates that the state will be bankrupt in 10-20 years unless taxes are raised or drastic reduction in funding.  One of the potential items to be cut was the UC (Universi...

Can someone answer a Political Question ... Why are currently elected officials allowed to run for other offices while they are suppose to be serving the citizens that elected them?  Look at any presidential candidate that is a current govenor, represetative or senator or any other publicly funde...

Ever dream of a perfect business?  A business were is everyone wins?  That should be real estate.  Part 4 Part 4 - So to date we have re-invented the agent and the hiring practices, and licensing and continuing education.  Now let's focus on the industry.Starting with Associations and MLSs.  The ...

Ever dream of a perfect business?  A business were is everyone wins?  That should be real estate.  Part 3Part 3 - First to things I would do, as addressed in Parts 1 and 2, would be to change how agents got a license and second the process they must go through before they could operate independen...

Ever dream of a perfect business?  Businesses were is everyone wins?  That should be real estate.  Part 2There are many discussions on the topic of education in the real estate industry.  In 2006 a study was released about the difficulty of getting a real estate license, 67% of those surveyed sai...

 Ever dream of a perfect business?  Businesses were is everyone wins?  That should be real estate.  Part 1Part 1 Becoming An Agent:  There are a variety of different types of people in this world and hence there must be different types of real estate professionals.  And although there is not one ...

Following up with Sphere and Prospects, the key to longevity and success in real estate sales.Agents acquire leads of potential sellers and buyers that are not ready to transact today, but are still good leads.  Follow-up plans for many agents consist of putting someone on a mailing list and that...

Read Part 1A line in there was about creative financing ... now think about how much this market has changed with stricter (albeit better) lending standards.Point being is that as professionals we must always be current with what is going on in the market place and how it effects are customer ......

Impact of price and sales volume effects sellers differently depending on their circumstances.  For example a long-term homeowner may now have a longer period to sell their property and not reap the same profit had they sold the previous year.  Not a loss in any means, but not maximum dollar.  Th...

Each day this week ask yourself ... "What items must I do this week to keep my pipeline of prospects full?"The thought for the week ... if you write these items down you are on your way to making a business plan.  A business plan is nothing more than written instructions for doing the items you n...