Douglas's Blog

Okay there will not be any of those, but there will be, goats, sheep, chickens, horses, ducks, cows, tractors, funnel cakes and look out manure. It is the Hunterdon County 4-H Fair and the dates are August 20 through the 24 I grew up and the city. Newark, New Jersey and last year was my first yea...

...the following: We have a system called showing desk and it tracks all of the agents that schedule appointments for our listings. In the month of June we had 86 scheduled appointment for our office's listings and in July 83 actual appointments scheduled for our lisitngs. So far we are 7 days in...

Just a note to all that it my wishes that you have a blessed day. May God look after you, your loved ones, your family friends and clients. May the seeds of your labor bear prosperous fruit and may all of those dreams of your come true. I hope you see a rainbow today, pet a puppy, kiss & hug your...

A career in Real Estate may be had in as little as 11 days. 10 days of full time classes and 1 day to take your state exam. If you are in the Central NJ area (or know of anyone that is) and are interested in obtaining a Real Estate license email me. Some argue that now is not the best time to sta...

As a manager I am constantly told that agents want training. TRAINING, TRAINING, TRAINING! That is the number one thing they are looking for from their Broker. So I ask the question, "what type of training are you looking for? What topics do you feel you need training on? Then the deer in the hea...

Today I was preparing for my office meeting. (I am the manager) and one of my agents, that has not been in the best of spirits lately, brought bagels and cream cheese for the office. One additional thing about this agent is that she is a single mother of 3 and struggling financially. I asked her ...

Let the numbers speak for themselves. The raw data tells me the market is holding it's own. In a positive way. We have a system called showing desk and it records the appointments scheduled during the month. We have not had any drop in the amount of appointments scheduled. In fact an increase and...

Coming at you?  Maybe that is about to change! As a broker/branch manager for Weidel Realtors here in New Jersey I am making some interesting observations over the past few days. Here we are at the beginning of August and have received a few buyers calls. Hmmmm! What does this mean? Have these bu...

Okay here goes... I have a secret desire to be a stand up comic. But I recently past the 1/2 century mark and are seriously considering being a sit down comic, in a few years a lay down comic. I asked my wife if she wanted to go out somewhere expensive the other night and realizing what the Real ...

      Exterior Front                      Living Room                     Kitchen                          Master Bedroom Charming Colonial home located in central Jersey's Middlesex County. This move-in condition home is walking distance to town, shopping, restuarants and trains to New York City...