Parade of Techniques:1. I visited a new dentist and learned the value of a WOW factor2. The word “lawsuit” has become part of the conversation. How about we just stop using it?Ask The Experts:1. My #1 Goal is to get my buyers, who are family friends, to stop making lowball offers, but because they are family friends I feel like I’m letting them dow…

GOALSHave you set your goal for the second half of 2024 yet?Remember that goals give us the energy we need - and for them to work their magic, they should be specific, measurable, attainable,, something you want for you, visualized and with a time limit.Begin with a review of your January 1 thinking, and does everything you thought back then still …

Parade of Techniques:1. For those who have a CRM and ChatGPT, here’s a system for fresh messaging all of your Platinums with one push of a button.2. Ever have deals on the brink of falling apart, and your clients are super anxious? Here’s a communication technique that’s sure to keep the heebie-jeebies at bay, and create grateful and peaceful clien…

Parade of Techniques:1. zoodealio.com - You put in your address and the information about the property and it creates a chart of options for cash offers. A consolidated cash offer platform!2. A question to add to your arsenal when you are going on a relo listing appointment that might get you more listings.Ask the Experts:1. My number one goal is t…

Parade of Techniques:1. Free marketing technique by changing your WIFI network name(Your Favorite Realtor) (Your Neighbor Is A Realtor)2. The new best time to call expireds(7:45 AM - 8:15 AM)Ask the Experts: 1. My Seller is turning down showings after 45 days on the market. How do I remotivate them?2. Three expired listing appointments ended with a…

In this episode of M W/ M&M (by the way, Happy Anniversary Mike & Mary)Parade of Techniques:1. How to get a FSBO’s attention with the sharp angle question… If you knew you would net more money in your pocket hiring me than by doing it yourself, would you consider letting me handle things for you? And then follow up with a system of mailings2. How t…

Parade of Techniques:1. The word of the day is perspective. A POT from Mike about a free app called Mortgage News Daily, which gives you rates and mortgage news.2. We have a guy who has gotten 8/8 of his last listing appointments. On interesting approach: when he gets a new listing lead, he attempts to meet with them the same day.Ask the Experts:1.…

Parade of Techniques:1. A summer concert series POT from one of our students who is in a band. 2, When you’re doing your Highest Price Analysis, take all your comps, plug them into AI, and ask AI to create graphs/trends.Ask the Experts:1. My number one goal is to figure out what to do with this rental. There is this lady who signed the lease on May…

Parade of Techniques:1. An important technique about the impact of Open Houses2. In a market where the average sales price is half a million, this agent has booked $4.2 million in the first quarter.Ask the Experts:1. My number one goal is to continue my success in a changing market. I have been licensed since 2013. I’m prospecting, and my prospecti…

Parade of Techniques:1. We have a guy who has nine offers on his listing! One of the nine called him and said, “I’ve got an offer, and I’d really like permission to present it myself, please.”2. A prospecting question that we don’t always remember to ask is, "Who’s your Realtor?" Listen in and learn why this is important.Ask the Experts:1. We have …

Parade of Techniques:1. How do you get an REO listing? 2. What are the benefits of sly-dialing?Ask the Experts:1. I didn’t give all that much thought to the company I was affiliated with when I first got licensed. I’m still there, and I’m not very comfortable with their business model. I’m going to go interview with some other brokers because I wan…

Parade of Techniques:1. A social media marketing idea from one of our coaching students who has developed a niche of historical homes in the area.2. This is a great principle to keep in mind and to follow in your marketing, in light of the negative publicity of real estate agents lately.Ask the Experts:1. My number one goal is to get people to sign…

Parade or Techniques:1. POT from one of Mary’s students who listed a property for $6,000,000!a. What if you actually cared? How would you behave and how often would you stay in touch?b. Don’t assume because somebody bought a year ago that they’re not ready to sell.2. POTs from Mike and Mary about marketing your business by collaborating with anothe…

Parade of Techniques:1. A POT from Mike’s students came out because of three questions, from three separate teams, about what to do with disgusting houses.2. A POT that answered an Ask the Experts question from two weeks ago: I got six (6) listings coming up, but four (4) are ghosting me. What should I do?Ask the Experts:1. I’m stuck. I know this i…

Parade of Techniques:1. We have someone who has gone through every single buyer that they are currently working with and created a notes page so he could record exactly what he has said to that buyer.2. I like the idea of teams! I’ve had a team for quite a while, and I got to the point where I wanted more transactions and more income. I don’t want …

Parade of Techniques:1. Do you have a vendor list? Do you have someone you recommend for roofing, plumbing, and every single project?2. What was the best thing you did in the first quarter? What are you going to do differently in the second quarter?Ask the Experts:1. Most of my business comes from relationships. If I’m going to grow, I feel like I …

Parade of Techniques:1. A POT from Mary about making a closing memorable with a video.2. How to capture expired listings with a unique offer.Ask the Experts:1. I have testimonials and for a bunch of years, I have been collecting them on Zillow. Now, I have hired Real Grader. I’m paying money every month. They want my testimonial statements to be ev…

Parade of Techniques:1. Train the brain. Keep yourself learning. If you’re not learning, you’re not growing.2. A POT from someone who is from a slowing market, where multiple offers have disappeared.Ask the Experts:1. We have someone who has never hosted a broker open. She has a 1.2 million-dollar condo listed, which in her market is really a big, …

Parade of Techniques:1. Loopholes in the Multiple Listing System: For about $600.00 you can list your house for sale, which is essentially like being a For Sale By Owner. One of our students had an offer on that listing and could not find the listing agent because there wasn’t one. So the question was, “How do I submit an offer for a property when …

Parade of Techniques:1. A POT from one of Mary’s students about commissions!2. Something that could help the people in your Book of Business have fun!Ask the Experts:1. We have someone who has a 1 million dollar condominium, a high-end property, and it has been on the market for 70 days. She is considering hosting a broker open. Here was her team's…

Parade of Techniques:1. A three-step POT using your ShowingTime app to get more buyers for your listings.2. How would you like to be the star of your own movie? A POT for your Client Appreciation Night.Ask the Experts:1. In Iowa, there is a postcard campaign asking people if they had a transaction between this time and that time to join the class a…

Parade of Techniques:1. A POT from Mary’s student who thought of offering her services to owners of Airbnbs.2. “The people I contacted in December, I’m hearing from now.”Ask the Experts:1. My number one goal is to focus on listings but I keep getting all these buyer leads. If I’m going to get buyer leads and I’m going to sit down with buyers, I wan…

Parade of Techniques:1. How to become the “expert” in your local market2. A new twist on the appraisal gap clauseAsk the Experts:1. How do I increase my qualifying conversations? My number one goal is to keep up with my teammates here in R Squared so that I generate the leads to get the appointment. So what are you doing that I’m not doing?2. My nu…

Parade of Techniques:1. How many of you have been surprised on a morning when you sit down at your computer and there’s a birthday notifying you on Facebook? Here’s a technique to deepen relationships with past clients, prospects, and family using Facebook.2. A POT from Mike that resulted in a listing referral from an agent in another company, in a…

Parade of Techniques:1. A backyard “staging” technique from one of our students for this time of year.2. One of our students is using a “bot” (BirdDogBot) to get listings.Ask the Experts:1. One of our students who is working For Sale By Owners (FSBOs) found one that’s listed at 373K. He did the comps and it should be between 320K and 330K. It’s vac…