Professional One Franchising

As anyone reasonably familiar with this blog will know, our number one passion, our number one motivation and our primary reason for existing – our “big why” – is raising the bar (“RTB“) of professionalism in real estate. All Seem to Agree: RTB! We’ve spent a lot of time, effort and resources asking questions and [...]

If you’re a sports fan – particularly a basketball, baseball or hockey fan – then you probably love “game sevens” in the playoffs. There’s just something about watching two teams – who have invested so much effort and yet have not separated themselves from one another after six games – lay it all on the [...]

I was reviewing the National Association of Realtors’ 2010 “Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers” the other day, and I stumbled across something that has me a bit perplexed. NAR does a great job of compiling this kind of information, and it’s always good to digest the data and try to learn what we can [...]

Professional One Real Estate was named one of the “most creative approaches launched during the last decade” in the 2011 Swaneopoel Trends Report. No matter how many times I read that, I still can’t quite believe it. Did you ever wish for something REALLY specific, and then actually have it come true? That’s what just [...]

I believe that effective communication is crucial. In fact, it’s so important, that, in my 20 years of experience as an agent and broker, I’d say that at least 80% of the “problems” that happen in real estate transactions can all be traced back to the issue of communicating effectively. I like the way Led [...]

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I’ve been involved in a lot of conversations recently about “what makes a good blog.” Many of these conversations have been driven by Chris Nichols (@UtahREpro) and Benjamin Bach (@BenjaminBach), two people who happen to share my passion for blogs and blogging. Blogversation Chris, Ben and I have talked about a lot of things – [...]

THANK YOU! Before I get to the point of this post, we just want to say “THANK YOU” for your readership and your support of this blog. Much like the proverbial tree that falls in the forest, if a blog post is written and no one reads it, for all intents and purposes, it never [...]

We’ve written a LOT about the issue of branding in real estate. In fact, two of our most widely read posts – The Brand Illusion and The Brand Illusion Part 2 – are about this very issue. On July 29, 2010, we published a video about real estate branding. This is the video that appears [...]