Matt Kofsky's (mattkofsky) Blog

What do you keep in your trunk?  How about a couple of flashlights, toilet paper, tape measure, rope, string, pens, paper, coloring books, games, deck of cards, toys, paper towels, trash bags, soap, knife, hammer, screwdriver (regular and phillips),  and camera.   Don't forget a snow shovel, wind...

OK, time to fess up.  How many of you have posted your high school picture to active rain?  I'll be the first.  My picture is from 2001 but I look the same.  Yes the hair is a little grayer now and I've gained a few pounds.  But I look the same :)  If you met me, you would recognized me.  If I me...

I changed brokerages about six months ago.  Two years ago, my previous broker had an office that held about 100 people and there was 150 agents.  We were the fastest growing agency in the area.  He built a brand new office in a different part of town.  This new office opened this year, it is grea...

This is a question everyone has to answer for themselves.  There is no way anyone else's judgement matters but your own.  I keep on seeing blogs insulting people who are not sticking it out.  If you are making a lot of money, it is an easy decision.  If you are making no money, it is an easy deci...

I'm noticing a lot of duplicate blogs,  I just posted a comment.  I swear I only clicked once but it was there twice.  I went back and deleted it.   What is going on?  When I signed on to post this, the first three blogs were the same.  I guess it is a good way to rack up points but it is very di...

Who did you send Christmas cards to?  Friends, family, old clients, current clients, social farm, geographic farm, other realtors, lenders, physical inspectors, pest inspectors, title companies, escrow officers, notaries, appraisers, handyman, locksmiths, etc.  I assume you hand addressed each en...

Many people write about being organized and finishing your tasks and everything is wonderful.  My question is when do you stop?  If one open house is good is two better?  Why not do two every weekend?  Is mailing once a month enough?  Everytime I get "caught up" I can think of something else to d...

If you ask someone what their priorities are, they will usually say that their family is their first priority.  But what does that mean?  Do you work overtime trying to make more money for your family or do you leave work early to see you children play soccer?  Same priority, completely opposite ...

If you go to an internet search engine, it asks for the price of the home you are looking for.  People enter in from $300,000 to $350,000.  You should consider this when pricing a home.  If your listing is priced at $299,999 it will not show up in the above search.  If you price your listing at $...

There was a law written about five years ago in Nevada which stated that in order to give an opinion of value you must be either an agent trying to get a listing (CMA) or an appraiser.  They have decided to enforce this law regarding BPOs.  A real estate agent cannot do a BPO unless he gets the l...