Get Motivated!

There is a Peter Lowe seminar coming to East Lansing on Tuesday, July 14. The website says all speakers “live and in person” – including Rudy Guliani, Zig Ziglar, Dr. Robert Schuller, etc. This is the seminar mentioned in the sales meeting that was $19 for our entire company if we decide to go. If you are interested in attending, please put your name on the sign-up sheet hanging on my office window. I’ll need your commitment by next Monday, June 15 so I can get us registered.

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1/16/09 – News of the Day

Busy day today – registration for continuing education will take place at 8:30 a.m. Be sure to bring your $35 check and your pocket card. The training session will start at 9:00 a.m. then we’ll break for lunch – chili / two different ways is on the menu.

The annual sales banquet will start around 6:00 p.m. at Barton Hills Country Club. We’ll have cocktails starting at 6:00, followed by dinner, the award ceremony, then to wrap up the evening we will have a disc jockey with karaoke capabilities:)

Julie Fischer made a few suggestions in Thursday’s prospecting meeting you should take notice of:

• If you are representing a buyer on a bank-owned property, you need to flip your mindset.
• Larger earnest money checks may give your buyer an advantage if you are in a multiple offer situation.
• Financing preapprovals should look as good as possible. If the buyer has the capability to go above the listing price of the property in question, it is OK if that shows on the preapproval. If the home has multiple offers, and yours is the only buyer preapproved for more, it may be advantageous.
• Financing preapproved by a major lender looks more attractive than a local mom & pop brokerage.

The community service planning group met on Thursday. Based on our discussions, the “future events” section has been updated for dates of CITOs, blood drives and other events scheduled through June.

11/07/08 – News of the Day

John Bogdasarian shared this comment yesterday on the blog regarding L.J. Jennings’ visit with us this week: “I believe LJ’s attitude towards helping revitalize our communities is exactly what is needed right now. No bailout money could possibly come close to what we can do collectively if we all take responsibility for our actions and make good business decisions. As real estate professionals, I feel it is our duty to get into the foreclosure/short sale business as quickly as possible and help recover as much money as possible for the lenders who make these loans and the people who took them out (and those people will hopefully learn a lot from their mistakes in the process).”

Realcomp Transaction Desk Training will be held next Thursday at 10:00 a.m. If you want to maximize this service please attend.

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