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Dec 13, 2024 | 
illinoisrealtors.org | Lee Nelson
Meenu Bhaskar believes a business plan is the most important tool a REALTOR® needs to run a successful business year after year. “That roadmap gives you a clear vision with financial projections, plus it helps you target the markets,” says Bhaskar, broker at Keller Williams Revolution in Bloomington. “If you really act on your own with no roadmap, you won’t achieve your goals.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
nar.realtor | Lee Nelson
In fourth grade, Sandy Hedenberg suffered a bout of humiliation as a result of her teacher. During a game of Hangman, she accidentally wrote the word “weather” instead of “whether.” When the teacher realized what had happened, she slammed her fist on the desk and yelled that Hedenberg had ruined the game for everyone.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
nar.realtor | Lee Nelson
Ask nearly anyone about Bruce Johnson, and the word they will use to describe him is “magnetic.” The Canada-based agent with RE/MAX By The Bay in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, has amassed a litany of fans inside and out of the real estate realm from all over the world, in part because of his charitable work raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network. Johnson has an affinity for motorcycles, a hobby he credits with introducing him to his wife, Mary.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
nar.realtor | Lee Nelson
Your relevance on social media as a brokerage, depends on a plan that’s more robust than simply posting new listings and sold listings or an online welcome for new agents, says social media expert Jenn Herman of Jenn’s Trends in San Diego, Calif. This kind of content, while good at showcasing that your brokerage is full of agents who can get the job done, doesn’t necessarily provide your audience with any value. “That will actually hurt you,” she says.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
nar.realtor | Lee Nelson
Christina Pappas, president of The Keys Company in South Florida, celebrates the successes of her agents and staff as part of their business culture. Pappas believes doing so builds a collaborative brokerage. “It’s the heart of our success, and we continue to find ways to do it,” she says.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
nar.realtor | Lee Nelson
Carey Murcin, associate broker at Meservier & Associates in Auburn, Maine, sees a lot of agents moving from company to company. “I can only guess they are looking for something that they feel is not being provided at their current brokerage,” she says. “Expectations, of course, come into play. Agents need to know and align with what is expected of them, and what they can expect from their agency.” Brokers are responsible for setting and relaying clear expectations for their agents.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
nar.realtor | Lee Nelson
Rose Varona likes to join fellow volunteers of a motorcycle ministry group from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. distributing food and drinks for the homeless in downtown Albuquerque, N.M.“In addition to providing nourishment, we offer prayers and resources for individuals seeking to reunite with their families or requiring medical care,” says the qualifying broker, office manager and property manager at Realty One of New Mexico.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
nar.realtor | Lee Nelson
Rose Varona likes to join fellow volunteers of a motorcycle ministry group from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. distributing food and drinks for the homeless in downtown Albuquerque, N.M.“In addition to providing nourishment, we offer prayers and resources for individuals seeking to reunite with their families or requiring medical care,” says the qualifying broker, office manager and property manager at Realty One of New Mexico.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
nar.realtor | Lee Nelson
When Ed Gardner first told his parents he was gay, they didn’t understand. “My mom never approved of or accepted my lifestyle,” says Gardner, broker-owner of Gardner Real Estate Group in Portland, Maine. “When you are a young person and confused, it’s hard. I just turned away.”Although his dad came around and became Gardner’s best friend, he still wanted more for himself than the prejudice he experienced in a small town.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
nar.realtor | Lee Nelson
Tammi Brannan believes that all of us have the potential to get stuck in our ways. We’ve either done something one way so long that we can’t see how to change, or we’re sure our efforts will pay off if we just keep at it a little longer. It’s called spinning your wheels, and in real estate, it can look like getting stuck in practices that aren’t converting to leads or sales.
