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Uncategorized First year reflections       As the calendar creeps closer to my anniversary date of the day I joined the Windermere/NCW team, I found myself looking back on all that I’ve learned and done this past year. By the numbers: 12 months of real estate practice  28 floor duty sessions (this is when I’m stuck in the […]
Uncategorized 2017…Quarter 1 Hello everyone! As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I took a couple months off from blogging so that I could focus my energy on putting all of my real estate knowledge into action.  And what an action packed first quarter it has been! Starting at the end of January, I invested in my continuing education and […]
Uncategorized Learning the forms…all 200+ of them The last point to my business model triangle is learning the forms.  Washington State has over 200 of them.  That’s a form for every scenario that you can think of and yes…I have to learn what all those scenario could be.  This is why you hire a professional to buy or sell your home.   […]
Uncategorized Learning the market So, I’ve been at this gig for 2 and a half months now and the whole time I’ve been working hardcore on marketing myself.  Because without clients you wont make any money.  However, as it was gently pointed out to me by a colleague, “What do you do when you finally do get a client”? […]
Uncategorized Marketing your business When starting a career that solely depends on lead generation and referrals it can seem daunting.  One would ask, “how do you get leads”?  There are several ways, some are tried and true and others are more risky and require lots of attention.  For example, Facebook page, direct mailer, and personal letter introducing oneself.  I […]
Uncategorized Signing with a firm My last post left off with me comparing the two brokerage firms that I interviewed.  Thankfully I didn’t have to deliberate for too long before I came to my decision.  Windermere came out on top.  My main reason for choosing Windermere is EDUCATION.  Some firms sign agents then say “have at it”, they struggle to […]
Uncategorized The interviewee becomes the interviewer Many things about being a real estate agent are different compared to the regular J.O.B.  When you do a quick google search on becoming an agent, you’ll learn that you have to find a firm to hang your license with, meaning lots of research on that company.  Find out what their annual sales numbers are, […]
Uncategorized The starting line… Test Day It took 7 months but I finally did it,  I completed my real estate course through Rockwell Institute.  To say I had doubts about completing the course would be a serious understatement.  I mean, it was REALLY hard.  Really, really, really hard.  Ok, maybe not that hard but still hard enough to make me concerned […]
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