Hildreth Barnhill's (hildrethbarnhill) Blog

I have made and interesting observation over the past few months in normal correspondence with friends and associates. A good friend of mine who owns an Auto body shop here in Las Vegas and gets most of his business from insurance claims says that his industry is down considerably. He said that L...

80% of all Real Estate agents get out of the business in the first two years. Is there any wonder why? The reason people are content working as an employee is because for most people they find comfort in consistency. They understand that they don't make as much as their employer and they are ok w...

With out consistent marketing, sales, administrative, and accounting systems and programs in place there is another great problem most agents face, over promising and under delivering! How effective and happy can one agent be when they have several listings and even a few buyers at one time? Ther...

Peaks & Valleys are a product of this type of work ethic: Typically agents spend their time and money marketing, marketing, marketing until they find a few clients. Because the Agent now has three months worth of bills to catch up on all of the attention turns to the clients. The marketing suffer...

Most people who get into real estate don't realize that this isn't a high paying job but a real life true business. One needs to understand that just like any other business you need to have a consistent marketing system, a consistent business system, a consistent sales system, a consistent accou...

 There is a common trend; it seems, in the Real Estate industry. Any one in the business knows about the "Peaks & Valleys" of not only the emotion but even more the roller coaster of the money ride. Typically what happens in the industry is an Agent will spend considerable time and money on marke...

Having a business owner's mindset Hildreth and I have taken on the philosophy that in order for us to truly be successful we needed to create not only a strong team but also a strong business model/system. Our ultimate goal is to create a business that is successful and saleable. The reason that ...

It has come to my attention that I should add a disclaimer to my first article: SUCCESSFUL TEAM OR SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MODEL? PART I. Specialists Real Estate opened a new office at the beginning of '06. Hildreth Barnhill has been a team for almost 2 years now. Currently the HildrethBarnhill Team ...

I pose this question to anyone. Without as many 100% financing programs does anyone else feel that there will be an increase in condo sales? I personally think so. In my mind I see that the purchase price for the standard Las Vegas homebuyer is going to decrease dramatically. Am I off here? The w...

For all you who are part of a team or may be looking to put together a team I hope I can add a little thought to your process. Homeowners and future homeowners take note of this information as well.The New Year has brought with it a lot of change for the Hildreth Barnhill Team. We implemented a g...