Agents Beware

Jennie Gehring asked me to share this with you – we all know some of you don’t read your Realcomp announcements.

From : Realcomp II
Date: 8/18/2009

AGENT ROBBED IN MILFORD DURING
OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY

This past Saturday (8/15), an agent was robbed while holding an open house in the Milford area. Although, she was not physically hurt, she was understandably shaken by the ordeal.

The robbers were two (2) men. One was in his late 20’s and the other in his late 50’s. Both were Caucasian with fair colored hair. They presented themselves as a couple, but separated while viewing the house. They used the excuse of the older man wearing a brace on his leg and not being able to climb stairs.

Please be sure to follow all necessary precautions and safety measures while holding open houses, showing homes, and interacting with strangers.

West Bloomfield foreclosure registration

Jennie Gehring reports: “West Bloomfield as of July 1 has just started a “registration of all foreclosure properties fee” (seller pays $100 to register) buyer then pays $325 for an inspection and C of O – I have asked the building inspector for more info –”

Jennie Gehring led the scripts & dialogues session last Friday. She started by sharing a quote she has hanging on her door…”Our attitude is more powerful than our circumstances” by Roger Crawford. She suggested we celebrate every success, large or small, especially now that every transaction can be more and more challenging. She passed out a recent blog post from Tom Peters – you can access “Dealing with Recessionary Times” at http://is.gd/pf3K. After reading this again I just have to say…wow, we should each read this every morning. She said if you don’t sweat the details, as he lists, you cost your client – or yourself – money. A few of the other things Jennie mentioned:

• Don’t put yourself in harm’s way. Don’t be stupid.
• Communication is key – trials will be a lot less difficult if you keep everyone in the loop.

Here’s a tip – Jennie keeps an organized binder for each transaction she has – with tabs for all documents, and keeps the binder close by at all times. Binder tabs include:

• Listing Contract
• Title Work
• Survey
• Purchase Agreement
• Miscellaneous

The Connection will make a presentation at our Tuesday Sales Meeting this week

If you are able, please join us at Tuesday’s sales meeting when Vickie Smith, the Program Manager at The Connection/Livingston County will provide us information on her organization. Jennie Gehring, who we honored at our annual sales banquet for her community service efforts in 2008, will present a check to them for $1,000 from Preview Properties.com and our agents/staff to go toward their programs.

Also – do not forget Tuesday we have a “CITO” brunch – with contributions going toward The Connection, of course! A sign-up sheet is posted on Jennie’s door.