Linda and I had lunch with Tim Duncan on Monday. He is doing well and waiting for his surgery on Sept. 11. It is suppose to be a 4-6 hr surgery. He will be in ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a week to 10 days. This will be major surgery so please keep him in your prayers.
Steven Rish found out last week his father has cancer and he took a turn for the worst this past weekend. Steven left town to spend time with his father and doesn’t know when he will be back.
It is important that your sellers and buyers have home warranty coverage. One of Evelyn’s & one of Tasha’s customers had air conditioning problems and got it fixed with their home warranty coverage. One of Tasha’s customers also had plumbing problems and home warranty covered that too.
Janet Davis was here to give us the update on the first 7 months of 2009. Here are some of things she covered.
Pending sales are up for the 5th month in a row. This has not happened since 2003.
According to CABR in June 2009 we were up 9.2% over June 2008
CNN money article and NAR chief economist say the housing market has decisively turned for the better.
Team Rewards (that is where agents can get 5% of a new agents commission for 5 yrs) program is up this year.
We now have enhanced showing desk capabilities.
The management team will be going thru more training that they will bring back to you to help you grow you business
The 2009 CBWS programs included: 1. a 4 mos. radio campaign, 2. We cooperated with Kenton County to build a Habitat home, 3. new 1st time homebuyers handbook, 4. new Prorealtour program, 5. new preview digital magazine.
“Now is the time to buy” campaign will be launched on Aug. 31 and run thru Sept 18. It will focus on 1st time buyers, females 25-34 and the $8000 tax credit deadline. It will be on the internet-cincinnati.com & metromix.com, on radio stations WKFS 107.1, WKRQ 101.9, WRRM 98.5, WUBE 105.1 and WYFY 94.9.
On Virtual Office you can now find e-marketing that has preview brochures, post cards, digital magazine and you can make 4 different custom newsletters-company, saved, ready to send or mini. Check it out.
CB Works also has e-marketing-Coldwell Banker on location. It has CB works newsletters, Coldwell Banker “you tube”, CB work E-Zine magazine. Check it out.
Coldwell Banker training had many training programs including many, many CBolt sessions which you can still go on line and listen to refresh your self or listen for the first time, a new electronic listing presentation, realtor toolbox, fast start review, basic training for agents, project trusted advisor programs.
Starting in September Coldwell Banker will be offering “Get on Board…We’ll take you to the top”. These training sessions were designed to create the momentum you need to reach the levels of success you aspire to in 2010. Admission will be free but tickets will be required. The 1st stop “Understanding the Demands of today’s market with Rick Deluca. The 2nd stop “The new basics of real estate” with David Knox. The 3rd stop “What’s mine is mine-What’s yours is negotiable” with John Hamilton. The 4th stop “Mind your own business-designing a personal business plan” with Ed Hatch. More details to follow.
Janet also showed “featured spotlights” from MLS such as the CMA package, statistics, the mapping listings features and agent production & inventory report.
Reminder that Lowe’s no longer automatically sends out coupons to your sellers. You can go on line and do that for your sellers yourselves. Lowes DOES send them to your buyers automatically.
It is time to order your RCI certificates again. They are $179.00 each in lots of 3.
Mark your calendars for Sept. 12th & 13th for the CABR super open house Sunday. You need to start thinking about which ones you will holding open and then talking to your sellers.
Linda wants you to go to CABR and check out the guidelines for handling and submitting an offer. We will be going over those guidelines at next weeks meeting.
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