Are Big, Brand Brokerages Going the Way of the T-Rex
I miss my old body
The panel is joined by Linsey Planeta, owner of Belterra Fine Homes in Orange County, California who has experience in larger brokerages as well as opening and owner a boutique brokerage of her own. The panel discusses the dominant brokerage model and how it may be changing with the vast industry changes happening today. Can brokerages afford the high-overhead, fixed expense model of the past? Is it what agents want? The panel discusses new models emerging and how they are impacting their markets. Finally, the panel of 3 brokerage founders and managers discuss what a prospective brokerage owner should consider before making his/her move.
Contributors: Ken Brand / Brian Wilson and joined by Linsey Planeta
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Don’t be that agent…
Don't be that agent
The panel discusses basic real estate business standards and expectations in a fun, entertaining way. The panel uses stories and examples based on personal experiences to layout some fundamental lines that real estate people just should not cross.
Contributors: Ken Brand / Tim Harris / Brian Wilson
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Finding your Perfect Business in the Niche
The panel discusses the business strategy of identifying and seizing a market niche. What are the benefits of a niche focus and what are the trade-off’s? The panel discussed specific niche opportunities and the steps to take to claim yours.
Contributors: Ken Brand / Tim Harris / Brian Wilson
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The Search for the Right Home Search
Ken and Brian discuss Internet Home Search systems (also known as MLS IDX systems). They look at the different angles of internet home search including what features and capabilities are important for today’s agent. Several Home Search vendors were discussed including Diverse Solutions, Wolfnet, and RealEstateWebmasters.
Contributors: Ken Brand / Brian Wilson
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Agent Teams vs. the Lone Wolf Agent
The panel discussed the agent team model and its pros cons and pitfalls compared to the solo agent. The panel will addressed the who-what-when and how’s of teaming up and questions such as: Why most agents are creating / joining teams at the wrong time for the wrong reasons.
Contributors: Ken Brand / Tim Harris / Brian Wilson
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The Real Estate Training Conundrum
The panel talks about real estate training and whether it has adapted to the rapid changes confronting the real estate industry. What is an agent to do in a changing industry when many of the legacy training and coaching choices have not? The conversation addressed the type of training and coaching most relevant today and how an agent should qualify a coach before writing that check.
Contributors: Ken Brand / Tim Harris / Brian Wilson
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Facebook Face-off
The panel discusses FaceBook and its implications to the real estate agent. If real estate is a relationship business then should agents be active in the largest online community in the world. A site that hosts approximately 225 million people at a time??? Or is it another distraction from the real work of the day? The panel is joined by Amy Smythe Harris, a 15-year agent who uses FaceBook to grow her business daily.
Contributors: Ken Brand / Tim Harris / Brian Wilson, and –
- 15-year real estate industry veteran
- Training real estate agents for 10 years
- Broker/associate and active producing agent in the Houston, TX suburb of The Woodlands
- Currently serving on 2009 Houston Association of Realtors Board of Directors
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Short Sold on Short Sales
The panel has a lively discussion about short sales and many of the questions that swirl around them. To do or not to do? Is it OK to talk with a client about the ‘stop making payments’ option? The conversation also addressed the direction of the market from a big picture perspective.
Contributors: Ken Brand / Tim Harris / Brian Wilson, and –
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“Twitter-Estate” is Twitter a Real Estate Tool or ‘Real’ Distraction?
Kathi Frank, a Realtor in The Woodlands, a Houston, Texas community joins the panel to discuss Twitter and its real estate implications. The panel tries to get at the question: “Is Twitter a real estate client generation tool or just another distraction from the ‘real work’ of real estate?”
Contributors: Ken Brand / Tim Harris / Brian Wilson, and –
- Kathi Frank
- Realtor, Prudential Gary Green, The Woodlands, Texas.
- Publisher, www.kathifrank.com a local market real estate blog
- Publisher, The Woodlands Talk at http://www.TheWoodlandsTalk.com – a local market radio show.
- Contributing author to a just-published print and digital book titled “Profit from Technology – A Guide for Today’s Real Estate Agent.”
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Real Estate Blogging – how one agent used it to start a brokerage
Jay Thompson, a Phoenix broker and early-adopter of blogging joins the panel and the panel talks about blogging for business. The panel tries to get at the question: “What level of blogging commitment is required for it to pay off in terms of client generation?”
Contributors: Ken Brand / Tim Harris / Brian Wilson, and –
- Jay Thompson
- Publisher of www.phoenixrealestateguy.com which is a leading Phoenix real estate site with significant monthly traffic.
- Broker / Owner of the 1.5 year old Thompson’s Realty which now has 10 agents and has business mainly driven from the blog.
- Contributor to: www.geekestateblog.com, www.narwisdom.com, http://blog.homegain.com, and www.azrealestateblogs.com
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