Real Estate By Ron

     Whenever you have a closing, ask yourself where that customer came from.  What ever the answer is, start to do more of whatever caused him to contact you.       I had a closing yesterday.  Where do you think that customer came from?  Guess!  Was it a FSBO?  Was it an expired listing?  Was it...

     When I attended Oak Ridge High School back in the Dark Ages, I had an amazing teacher named Mr. Atkinson. He was amazing.  He was not especially popular.  He taught English.  He loved vocabulary.  He taught me to love vocabulary.  Earl Nightingale says that a person's vocabulary is a very go...

     If you speak a foreign language, say Portuguese for example, and you need more real estate prospects, please do this.  Google "Portuguese speaking Real Estate Agent in Your City".  Who comes up?  I hope the answer is you.       If the answer is not you, can you solve that problem?  Do you pe...

     Why do potential buyers try to conceal their financial capabilities from their Realtor?  Why would a potential buyer want to look at houses that can not afford to buy?  Why would a buyer want to look at $200,000 house when he can well afford a $350,000 house?  There is a very slim possibilit...

     Last Thursday, I passed my South Carolina real estate exam.  Since I live a half a mile from the state line in North Carolina, I need a real estate license in North Carolina and South Carolina.  The week before the exam, I was sitting around hoping I would pass the South Carolina real estate...

     It seems to me that the North Carolina real estate exam in Asheville, North Carolina is just too hard.  Help has arrived.  It is free.  I have posted several videos on You Tube to help new real estate license applicants learn how to do the ridiculously difficult real estate math that is on t...

           The first ten years of my real estate career, "servicing the listing"  was my most hated job.  One day, I realized that it was not my fault that the house was not selling so I quit "servicing the listing" and started concentrating on getting the seller to reduce the price to a price th...

    At Climer School of Real Estate, we have a question for you.       When you answer, please tell me if you are a layman or a Realtor.       Here is the question.  While showing a  $200,000 house, Mr Buyer asks Mr. Realtor, "If I buy this house for $200,000 and I get a $180,000 mortgage at 5%, ...

    I have more equity in this truck than you do in your house.  I ordered this bumper sticker from Build-A-Sign about three years ago.  I put this bumper sticker on the bumper of my 1993 Ford F 150 four wheel drive stick shift six cylinder bench seat long bed crank up windows with an aluminum to...