Marty Barone's (mbarone) Blog

Recently, I had a closing with another Realtor who did an injustice to his Client by "Assuming."  Three weeks after we had bottom lined the contract, the Listing Agent ASSUMED that I would take my commission on the net & not the gross.  Three weeks after bottom lining the contract, I received an ...

backpage.comNobody had ever told me about it. But it is set up very much like Craig's List.  

I have been at KW now for almost 10 months and of course I love all of the free training that we receive as well as the philosophies shared in our Millionaire Book.  But really the part I enjoy the most is the social aspect of it.  Every month we have a social function.  Sometimes more than 1 a m...

Dale from the office, & I got together before the holidays and played Gin & Backgammon for a few hours.  Now those are 2 people games, but we both talked about how it doesn't cost any money to have the fun that we did and since many of us Realtors are counting pennies, more of us Realtors should ...

What % of your gross do you put toward advertising yourself as a Realtor?

I was pretty dissapointed in DePalma's last film The Black Dahlia.  It was very 2 1/2 stars at best.  However last night I revisited the film before that "Femme Fatale"  I have watched this film a couple of times and find it absolutely stunning.  DePalma has always been accused of ripping off Hit...

Someone yesterday didn't know what my profession was yesterday.  I am a Realtor who got 2 hits on his website www.martybarone.com today.  One from a Poential Renter another from a potential buyer.  The Buyer is interested in 1725 Bridgewater in Ypsi.  Which is the most perfect home.  I don't thin...

I finally have my website pretty much the way I want it.  It has been hard for me learning to stear people to my website rather than to me personally.  But turning 42, next week, I have to remind myself that resisting change means allowing yourself to get old, and now that I am working with my we...