Homeowners, REALTORS®, and Landscapers have a lot in common. Homeowners who want to sell their properties find ways to persuade and make their homes look best. REALTORS® do their best to persuade sellers to list and sell their homes. Landscapers will explain what needs to be done to achieve professional landscaping success. These steps will show you how to achieve success. First plan. Second improve what you have to offer. Third understand what needs to be maintained to achieve your goal. Fourth what is your responsibility? Step OneForget about the way you live and occupy your space. How will you make what you have to offer realistic, desirable, practical, reasonable, and cost effective? It all begins with proper planning.Step TwoWhether you are the homeowner, the REALTOR®, or a Landsca... 09/28/2022

"I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out atmy beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how good this is.' Because you can lose it."---Jim CarreyI went to bed last night and Florida was on my mind. When I woke up, Hurricane Ian was still at the forefront of my mind. I pray all Floridians are safe and doing the best they can to handle the hurricane situation. ActiveRain has many members who live in Florida. Many of us have family or friends dealing with the weather, flooding, power outages, food, etc., in Florida or in cities and states the hurricane may still hit causing damage. A hurricane is much more than an inconvenience.Jim Carrey made a good point. We can never take anything for granted. For some Floridians, I'm sure they would love to have a good hot or cold c... 09/29/2022

Today I spent the morning with my clients completing a walk through, with their builder on their new construction home. Today was punch list time, tagging for paint touchups, etc.  It’s been a long time coming. We went under contract, March of 2021.                        I listed their home in Canyon Creek that spring. The market was “red hot” and we had multiple offers and received way more for their home than anticipated! My sellers were a believer in having their home closed and funded so they could pay for the upgrades they wanted in their “forever home.” As it turned out it was a wise move! What a difference it would have been if we were selling now.Actually the process with Sitterle Homes has been a good one. Their builder, Eddy is awesome and he told us many times “Trust the Pro... 09/26/2022

          This morning at our sales meeting we had a fantastic speaker Steve Black come and talk to us about Success Training. He is a National acclaimed speaker and helps people achieve success in business, internet marking, sales and entrepreneurial wealth. Great information and definitely see why he is so successful. He is engaging, charismatic, witty and has the uncanny ability to motivate both the veteran and the rookie agent.Agents have choices to become better, you can stay in your safe cocoon and not venture out to try new things or you can learn to break away and lead the pack becoming more relevant to your target audience. I feel Steve provides value especially in this shifting market. One thing he stressed, don’t listen to people who don’t know anything and are the Debbie do... 09/27/2022