We have just gotten a new mayor elected to Fort Wayne and it has got my wheels spinning. There has been a lot of activity in Fort Wayne politics in the last year and it has really got me going. In my opinion, I see Fort Wayne wasting a LOT of the tax Read More...

Below is the blog I posted on my website. I have been doing a lot of prospecting for short sale leads and my latest effort was a follow up letter to the local mortgage brokers. I encourage them to send me leads of homeowners who have come to them to refinance Read More...

My subscription with Realtor.com is up and they have been calling me wanting me to send them $1200 for another year. I have told them that I am not interested in re-upping my membership with them this year. I told them that the value of their service Read More...

My sister is a Realtor and she and her ex husband have a few of their rental properties for sale. On the MLS listing sheet she is shown as the listing agent and her ex is shown as the owner (their last names are the same). She has made proper disclosure Read More...

I want to survey everyone and see who has bought yellow page advertising and what kind of results you have gotten from it. There are 3 directories in Fort Wayne and I advertise in 2 of them. 1 of them, Verizon, I only have a line ad in bold that cost Read More...

The world of SEO is so horribly confusing to me. I hear this rumor and that rumor about how to make my website better. Blog here, blog there. Link this, link that. Reciprocal link.... Make sure you repeat your selling area on your home page... Wow My Read More...

There has been a lot of I talk around here lately. " I am the #1 agent in the area" " I am a Multi Million Dollar Producer" " I sell 1,000 homes a year" and on and on and on I have been doing a lot of listening lately trying to get everyones perspective Read More...

If your market is anything like mine, you are wondering where your next commission check is coming from. I have been making some big pushes to generate new business and wanted to share my ideas with everyone and hopefully everyone will share theirs too. Read More...

I found this posted in my mls. Do you think this agent is doing their clients any justice with this photo? Read More...

Just like expireds, I have had no luck with FSBO's. I have tried various things to get the phone to ring, but none of them have been effective. I know there are a few Realtors in town who call the FSBO's and tell them they have a client that might be Read More...

I want to start a neighborhood blog for the neighborhood I live in and farm. I know there are quite a few options out there, so I wanted to get everyones opinions on what is good. 1. P2A blog. I have looked a bit at this but don't understand how to make Read More...

I don't know about you, but the longer I am in this business the more calls I get with people trying to sell me advertising. I have been solicited for phone book ads, newspaper, maps, google, high school sports and so on and so on. I have been very shocked Read More...

I recently put a IDX search on my website. I have been getting some good traffic to it but have yet to decide how to solicite these contacts. I only require they put in their name and email to search the MLS. What do you do to solicite these people? Do Read More...

I need help finding the Idiots Guide to Soliciting Expired’s. Does anyone here have it? I am so tired of soliciting expired’s and getting absolutely nowhere with them. I have tried everything I can think of. I have done extensive mailings to them. I have Read More...

I would like some suggestions from the agents who have produced $5,000,000 or more. What are some things you do to achive this? What kind of systems do you have in place? Do you have any assistants? How Many? Or do you work as a team? What are some marketing Read More...