Patty's Stuff & Things

Several years ago I worked for a rather large company in their Human Resource Department. I have spent a lot of time reviewing numerous resumes.  Depending on the job being offered my eyes would quickly glance through the resume looking for that specific skill set that would trigger me to actuall...

I talk to so many people each week who ask me what it takes to get into real estate. I always love that question because the answer is simple, you go to a pre-licensing class, sit for your state test   and then join the best Real Estate Company in the Indianapolis marketplace, CENTURY 21 Scheetz....

The final day, and what a day it was. Looking at the photos below gives you a good idea what took place, but I'll walk you through GRADUATION DAY!Everything that was learned over the past two weeks leads up to this day.  Today is the day when everyone gets the opportunity to show and tell what th...

DAY 5 Scheetz Advantage The end of the week already! WOW!  Where did the week go? The brand new Indianapolis Realtors feel armed, empowered and ready to  begin selling Indianapolis houses. Richard Lampe, Carmel Office Branch Manager, started the day with a little show and tell on how to use a cen...

Day 8 - Scheetz Advantage Today was a FUN day! Fun? what was so much fun, you ask? Home Inspections! Yeah, right! No, really. Each month our new agents always like this day. We don't sit in a room and yack about how to do a home inspection. Nope! We go on a "field trip" and watch a home inspectio...

Day 7 - Scheetz Advantage Today is a Tuesday, so we started the day with our Business Meeting. Since the New Agent training is currently being held in the Carmel Office Training Room, Richard Lampe, our Carmel Branch Manager, kicked off the Business Meeting sharing the stats about our open houses...

Day 6 Scheetz Advantage The bright shiny Monday morning started out by talking about the successful open houses held over the weekend.  Each of the new agents held an open house.  AWESOME!  There's good news and bad news...First the good...a couple of the new agents established a relationship wit...

DAY 4 - Scheetz Advantage PROSPECTING, PROSPECTING, PROSPECTING!  In case you didn't hear that, P-R-O-S-P-E-C-T-I-N-G. Why so loud? because this is a SALES business. In sales we can't sit back and wait for the phone to ring hoping someones on the other end of the line begging to purchase homes fo...

DAY 3 Scheetz Advantage Excitement is growing!  And heads are expanding with knowledge!  Wednesday was such a fun day!  Susan Harden, Branch Manager for our Greenwood Branch, had a very interactive training day teaching all about how to prepare and present a Marketing Presentation. "Today was gre...

DAY 2 - Scheetz Advantage Agents are pumped!  There's a fun little chart in the back of the room that is tracking whether or not people do their "homework" each night.  WOW!  Perfect scores today!  Little do they know but a surprise is awaiting at the end if they do all their homework! YEAH!What ...