I am looking for a new transaction coordinator in San Diego. Anyone have a recommedation? Thanks! Tech capable is mandatory. My longtime favorite wants to stick with paper only and driving things around town for signatures. Horse and buggy style, apparently. No electronic anything. This simply will not do, but she's still amazing.Even though I cause trouble in FB groups because I dislike syndication, and have no burning problem with pocket listings, and don't get bugged by dual agency, apparently I am still raising the bar! So says this email I just got>>> Had to share since he used the group's name specifically. Now back, to causing trouble... :)
Hello Kimberly,
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the absolutely excellent job you have done with this listing. Specifically, all the details you have provided in the MLS and with each photo. As someone who works primarily with buyers, it is a tremendous help to have all this info.
Thank you for raising the bar in our profession. Sadly, this unit doesn't work for my client…no elevators.
Best to you,
Dave
Last week, a post was created about what you're not going to do in the New Year. I responded with the answer "drop IDX" and got a lot of interest. Group members wanted an explanation. Here goes: I will be dropping the IDX of all websites under my brokerage. And in a double down move, I will be changing my business to that of a listing brokerage only.
Yes, I will still represent buyers, but after many years in this business, most of my buyers like me for me and come to me but never use my IDX. So to me the IDX feed is a dinosaur and will be gone in Q1. That model doesn't work for me. My company name will change, my brokerage website will change, my logo will change and it's all around dropping IDX. It's a big move, so I may as well blow up the whole company and start fresh. My focus online will be sellers. My focus when I pick up a ringing phone will be to provide service to who is calling: buyers and sellers. I am a listing agent at heart, even though I love buyers. The decision is made. Happy New Year, everyone!
Question for the group. Last week I got around to putting iOS6 on the iPad. I set it up to run and walked away for six hours. No problem, except one thing. I had a couple thousand songs on my computer from the early "free" Napster days and purposely blocked them from the iPad. Well, in those 6 hours they not only loaded but got categorized and sorted. I was shocked to find them today. What should have I done differently? 10 gigs of music.
This may not be the right FB real estate group, but one of my groups talked about the U.S Post Office's "Every Door Direct Mail" campaign. There is a free webinar on August 21 to understand how it works and it should be really helpful. I have the full kit but haven't opened it. The link to sign up is here. 9 AM EST.
Cher, no problem. My clients don't take their property off the market unless the buyer is serious. A pre-approval that has been double checked by me and is legit is a sign of seriousness. And I am a former mortgage broker so I know how flimsy some pre-approvals can be. My listings in escrow don't cancel. My buyers perform. I sell properties from $190K to several million and it's the same high stakes for all deals.OK!!! :) When back in San Diego.
Great thread. For me, I committed to NO travel for conferences a few years ago except for the annual NAR conference. Too many conferences, too many of the same {great} speakers, and topics not covered in depth enough. Time constraints for speakers but hey, the travel requires more take away. So for the perfect conference, it's very local, it's two days, it covers really classic but clear topics from people who sell houses every day. Don't anyone kill me if you speak but don't sell homes! I want to hear from colleagues who close a lot of deals a year (over 25) and how they spend their day. Details. Products they use. Secrets they'll share. We all manage a lot in a day, I am no different. I like nitty gritty details on deal challenges, broker issues, sweet spot deal making that isn't about luxury marketing or things we'll never get to.
Raising my hands in victory when a deal is accepted at 11PM.
Sentrilocks are an amazing gift to our industry and they do not have to be on the door knob or any place outside. On some homes, the lockbox is still Sentrilock but kept inside the house, by the seller. Once the seller OKs and knows about a showing, they set the box outside for that one agent and then slip off to Starbucks or something. Then agent finds lockbox in hiding place and shows the house. Seller retrieves and brings the entire box inside after their coffee break. That is super secure. Most of ours are outside though. We can also add a "call before showing code" that is a code entered at the box ON TOP of the secure access card. So for random, rogue agents, they can't access a box they find without an assigned code from the listing agent. Military style! So happy now!
