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My good friend and noted real estate coach and trainer Darin Persinger (@DarinPersinger) of ProductivityJunkes.com asked me to give my input on a little project he’s putting together to help agents continue on their quest for greater productivity in the coming year. Grossly condensing this, Darin asked me to provide a list of the 12 [...]

Originally, I was going to come up with some catchy, ironic title for this blog post to lure you in. But then I thought, to heck with that, I’m just going to play it straight. Video is SUPER important, and the savvy people already know that (as anyone reading this can attest).  In fact, earlier [...]

The second season of #RTB on the Radio has now officially kicked off. And it kicked off with a bang. Our first guest of Season Two was Chris Smith – aka @TechSavvyAgent -  the driving force behind and creator of TechSavvyAgent.com, Inman News’ 2010 Real Estate Blog of the Year. Chris dropped so much knowledge [...]

Another leg of Inman News‘ Agent Reboot tour was just concluded. This one took place in Las Vegas on September 15. And it was another great day of fun, learning and networking. Here were the highlights from this person’s perspective, in no particular order: Based on the advice of James Dwiggins – who is SUPER [...]

I’ve found that there are a handful of books, videos and websites that I am constantly quoting, referencing, re-reading or thinking about. These are the concepts, ideas and people that have shaped and molded me the most. I thought I’d put them together in one place just for the sake of convenience. I hope you [...]

Last night, Eminem and Jay-Z played an historic rap show at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit. Based on that, I couldn’t think of a better time to throw my hat into the ring and drop some rhymes of my own. Yo. Word. One-two, one-two. Em and Jay inspired me, so I sat down, searched for [...]

Why? Why do you work in real estate? Why do you provide the level of service that you provide? What attracted you to where you work? What is the “why” that drives your company? What is the “why” that drives YOU? “Why” Drives EVERYTHING We spend a lot of time asking ourselves “why?” And why [...]

So, I’ve been asked to speak on a Broker Panel at Inman Connect San Francisco on July 13. And the topic is “Think Before You Tweet.” Which makes me wonder why they asked me to participate. LOL. But I digress… And I don’t mean to make light of what really is a key question in [...]

Learn From Galarraga How To Win At Life The amazing part of this picture is the smile on Armando’s face.  Yeah, it’s full of incredulity, but that there is a smile… …after he got ROBBED of what would have baseball’s 21st perfect game – with TWO OUTS IN THE NINTH INNING, for Pete’s sake – [...]