Budget Hits Home

Its been said many times that Real Estate is the stick that stirs the economy.  A healthy real estate market contributes to so many more sectors and keeps everything flowing.  It was great to see that there were significant victories for the real estate industry as a whole including buyers and sellers. With the falling interest rates [...]

RE/MAX Ultimate Top 10 Meeting

It was a interesting year where being average just wasn’t good enough.  The difference between good agents and great agents is detail and our agents demonstrate this daily.  We would like to congratulate our Top 10 for the second half of the 2008 year! On January 27 at 8:30 am we held our RE/MAX Ultimate Top [...]

RE/MAX Sales Rally

Congratulations to RE/MAX for once again providing it’s agents with another first class event.  This years “Kick off to 2009″ was a huge success and I’m proud that so many of our agents attended.  It was 2 days of seminars that were full of exciting tips, ideas, fantastic speakers and market information to provide our agents with the [...]

Perspective on the Times

Today I received an email from Kimberley Zakaib who happens to be our in house TD Canada Trust mortgage broker.  It was a reminder on just how different this market is from 1990 and just how amazing the opportunities are.  With Kimberley’s permission I have included her findings. “If you are in the market to purchase your [...]

Ideas To Grow Your Market Share – Part 2

Today, we had one of our more inspirational coaching classes.  I coached a group about Business Planning.  It was a topic that completely changed my career and it felt invigorating to be part of a room full of energy and excitement.  Through out the class, not only did we create the perfect business plan but we also shared personal success stories. One of [...]

Ideas to Grow your Market Share – Part 1

Exciting opportunities await our salespeople!  I have been discussing the business with many service providers in the print and marketing sectors and they all have admitted a definite slowdown in orders.  They’re also witnessing that many agents are asking for a lower quality piece with the thought of saving money.  Lets not forget that we’re constantly judged for [...]

Reflecting on Market Numbers

It’s time we admit that we’re addicted…….to the news.  Let’s face it, they’re doing a great job of cherry picking what makes headlines.  It’s amazing how on a daily basis they become the Breaking News “Crisis Centre”, “Storm Centre” and anything else that they can keep you coming back for more punishment. Many experts wrote about how we’re more [...]

Marketing like a Financial Planner

When it comes to promoting your services, there are many trains of thought and many companies are ready to take your hard earned money by promising you success. Newsletters, TV advertising, Print, Flyers, Promotions and internet sites are just a few examples.  However there is no one right single method because the real estate market is constantly [...]

The Changing Market

Change causes frustration, anxiety, lack of confidence and indecision, however it is not always the end of the world! On the contrary, it is an opportunity for us to grow as salespeople. A changing market often teaches salespeople how to work under pressure, how to fight a little harder in order to close a sale [...]

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