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4 Ways to Win the Battle Against Procrastination
One of the most common professional afflictions is procrastination.
4 Easy Ways to Redecorate Your Office that Will Boost Morale & Impress Clients
Your office is a battle-station of sorts. It’s where you field business, launch your communications, and make the magic of your enterprise happen on a daily basis.
3 Ways to Make Your Workspace Work for You
Productivity experts agree that a curated workspace positively impacts productivity and mood, but oftentimes we settle for bland desks and cubicles that lack personalized details or considerations for workflow.
How to Make Your Commute Productive
The highest caliber business owners and entrepreneurs utilize every minute of their day.
REVELINA UM
With a personality as vibrant as her name, Revelina Um’s journey into the world of real estate is a story of passion, dedication, and a leap of faith.
JENNIFER GENTRY
For as long as she can remember, Jennifer Gentry has admired home design and architecture. “I just love being around properties,” she says. “And I like dealing with people and building a business.”
24-Hour Touch-ups to Maximize Your List Price
Sometimes it takes a full-scale overhaul to prepare a house for market. Other times, only a series of small adjustments are required to make a listing's true potential shine.
Keeping in Touch-HOW TO STAY IN YOUR CLIENTS LIVES FOR THE LONG HAUL
One sign of a great real estate agent is there long list of loyal client following. Part of achieving a great referral base is being a great realtor during the transaction.
Untangling the Bidding War: A Buyer's & Seller's Perspectives
In a competitive marketplace, bidding wars become the norm. While this may put sellers in an excellent position to recoup on their investment, it can push buyers beyond their budgets and test their temperaments in the process.
YANELY FERNANDEZ
It was at age 16 when Yanely Fernandez discovered her passion for real estate. Her mother, who was a loan officer, helped her realize her love of real estate, which led her to get licensed three years later. This year will mark the 21st year since she has been licensed and practicing real estate.
There Goes the Neighborhood: How to List High When Neighbors are a Nuisance
Troublesome neighbors are a relatively common issue that agents come across.
Concierge Care: Services that Lure Clients and Transform Your Reputation
It’s a no-brainer: customer service is central to success in the real estate industry. While properties may be the product, this industry really revolves around people and the relationships you cultivate along the way.
24-Hour Touch-ups to Maximize Your List Price
Sometimes it takes a full-scale overhaul to prepare a house for market. Other times, only a series of small adjustments are required to make a listing's true potential shine.
Are You a Value-Added Agent?
I'll bet if I asked ten real estate agents, all ten would answer 'yes' to that question. Yet, when I ask agents how they are value-added, they say things like:
TAMMY WORKMAN
Working as a solo agent, Tammy Workman is a Top Producer at John R. Wood Properties, serving the Fort Myers, Naples and surrounding areas since 2013.
MIKE CHECUGA
If you don’t want the truth, don’t ask Mike Checuga for his opinion. With his friendly manner, sense of humor, and blunt style, Mike is a classic Chicagoan in a city of people known for their straight talk, hard work, and solid Midwestern values.
How to Cut Down on Digital Distractions and Up Your Productivity
As a real estate professional, staying tethered to your phone and computer are likely par for the course. When your office is on-the-go and you're fielding round-the-clock questions from clients, it's only natural that you'll be drawn to your phone for professional updates.
Welcome Home: Working with Relocators in Transition
People stage moves for all sorts of reasons. From the joyous and pre-planned, to the unfortunate and unexpected, new chapters begin with the help of an agent. When you're working with buyers from a different region, state, or country, the typical complications of a transaction can be compounded. So, what's a savvy agent to do?
Millennial Buyers: Where They Are & What to Know
Homebuyers and sellers come from all walks of life. If you've been an agent for long, you've likely worked alongside a wide variety of folks from first-timer homeowners and down-sizers, to second home searchers and those finally hunting for their dream home.
7 Reasons Why Your Prospects Aren't Turning Into Clients
Real estate experts suggest prospecting daily so that your sales pipeline never runs dry. But sometimes all that effort doesn't translate into results. If your prospects aren't becoming clients, there's a reason, which is better than it sounds because that means you can fix the problem.
SHERRY LOONEY
Boasting an impressive 65 to 70% in repeat and referral business, Top Agent Sherry Looney has nurtured a family-centric powerhouse team-Sherry Looney & The Loon Crew-serving central and southeastern Ohio.
COVER CROPS: THE SOIL HEALTH SWISS ARMY KNIFE
Like the multi-purpose tool, cover crops provide a wide range of attributes.
greener PASTURES
Ranchers are using adaptive grazing to restore soil health while increasing profitability.
ROTATIONAL GRAZING
Ranchers look to nature for carbon sequestration solutions.
SHIPPING STRUGGLES
The Mississippi River may present challenges again in 2024.
DISEASE SCOUTING IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Digital platforms offer new approaches to identify diseases and time fungicide applications to save time and protect yield.
TRANSFER THE FARM NOW OR LATER?
Problem: Is it better to start transferring the daily operation to the farm heir or focus on the farm estate plan first?
Pork Powerhouses 2023
THE 36 LARGEST U.S. PIG PRODUCERS REDUCED SOWS BY 17,348 IN 2023, THE FIRST NET LOSS PORK POWERHOUSES® REPORTED SINCE 2010.
GROWING 200-BUSHEL SOYBEANS
World record holder Alex Harrell shares tips on taking soybean yields to the next level.
INVESTED IN COMMUNITY
Aaron LaPointe is honoring his elders and bringing hope to the youth of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.