ACTIVE bRAINstorm

  Are you LinkedIn? Where's your Blog? Do you Twitter? Have you Tweeted yet today? Are you a Rain Maker? Once these questions may have seemed like strange language from the outer worlds.  Agents and professionals I meet are still asking what I mean when I pose these questions.  For me, I was educ...

                                                   The Dark Side Let’s face it.  The economy is a central focus.  We can’t escape it.  Certainly, media reports show the “economic downfall” as nothing less than dismal.  I concur that our economy is struggling.  In fact, in just this past month, I ...

Property Photos : Picture Perfect or Buyer Barrier?   Yes, the suit of armor is mentioned in this blog! While searching new listings, price changes, and back-on-market listings for a buyer of mine, I am amazed on a daily basis at the photos I see on the MLS system.  I think to myself, are these r...

    As the Snow Falls and Economy Avalanches, I May be Down but Not Out!   Here I go, forward into another quiet day as a new agent on office floor time.  Ah, Green Bay in December.  The only thing hoppin' is the mall; consumerism at it's best.  But where are the housing consumers?   Suddenly, m...

  **I am creating a newsletter and this will be my first feature article.   By: Beth Sorenson Temperatures may be falling as another Wisconsin winter arrives, but winter shouldn't be the only thing moving in.  Home buyers and/or sellers wishing to "trade up" are missing a great opportunity by hu...

Hooray!  I recently signed my very first listing. However, after acquiring my first listing, I am now faced with the task of prospecting for buyers.  I've read article upon article broadcasting that this is a buyers market.  Even a few agents have advised me that "buyers are the way to go right ...

  Since entering the real esate business one month ago, I certainly wish I had a listing for every person who looked at me crooked and said "Real Estate?  Now?".  I must admit, jumping into the middle of this market is a bit of a risk, but the way I see it, if I can survive now, my future has unl...