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Market Conditions – Not New Carpets – Determine Market Value!

Real estate professionals get asked on a regular basis by sellers about what improvements sellers should make to their homes to get them in tip-top shape and ready for the market. While things like cleaning the house, improving curb appeal and getting rid of clutter are obvious answers, that is not what this article is […]

The Number One Client Communication Mistake

Do you ever wonder how some people seem to have such a way with words and have absolutely no problem talking to anyone?  Others, however, stumble and find it hard to engage potential clients in a conversation that is anything more than superficial. When I think about my own real estate journey over the years […]

To Control Your Results, Control Your Outreach

It is around this time of year, when one month is already gone on the calendar, that I begin to get a sense of who is on track to have a strong spring and who may need to really ramp up. How do I know? New connections and outreach. Lots of agents begin the year […]

ANNOUNCING: New Classes for 2019!

I am very excited to announce that we have not one but TWO amazing new classes coming up in 2019. This is IN ADDITION to my Safari which, through the years, has been my favorite workshop. 59 BUSINESS-BUILDING IDEAS THAT ROCK! – A PEEK INTO DENISE’S TOOLKIT There are brokers everywhere who ask me, “Denise, […]

Mindset Matters… It All Begins With a Positive Thought

If you sell real estate and you work with a broad range of clients, it is inevitable that someone at some point will either dump you or choose not to work with you. Or perhaps they will suck the life out of you only to have you find out later that after all your hard […]

Ask Denise: Mastering My Business!

Q: “Denise, I just did a review of my business for 2018 and I feel like I have plateaued. I need to do something else because I have big expectations for the next 10 years that I have left in the business. What do you think I should do or implement to get moving?!?” A: […]

Stop Trying to be Perfect over the Holidays

A number of brokers have asked me recently if it’s too late to send out the holiday card or mailer that they had planned to send out by December 10th. In fact, one of my clients has all of her holiday cards addressed, stamped and ready to go but she is worried that now it’s […]

Ask Denise: Business Plan to Action Plan

Q: “Denise, I am just working on my business plan for 2019 and I know you are a big proponent of an action plan rather than just a business plan. I am thinking through how this could work for me. I have a list of stuff I want to accomplish in 2019 as well as […]

Pricing in the Land of “No Comps”

Agents already list confidence in pricing as one of the biggest challenges in their business. But throw a property in the mix with few or no current comparables and you might throw up your hands and declare a, “comparable calamity!” But armed with just a few pricing tools, you can walk into a seller’s home […]

When the Student is Ready the Teacher Appears

This week I had the pleasure of teaching my two-day in-depth business-building class, Safari. I am always delighted to see real estate agents returning to Safari year after year. “What an honor,” I thought. The fact that there are some agents who come back even though they had already been to the class in the […]

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