When is a REFERRAL company NOT a referral company? When they charge an up front fee to do business with you and not a REFERRAL fee. Right? Take for instance, Peter with www.recr.com . This man emailed me on my site this morning: Hello Ron, I am in need Read More...

There has been a debate about full service vs limited service and traditional commissions vs discounted ones but if you are a FULL service real estate professional what are you doing in other ways to be full service other than showing homes and walking Read More...

I was just going through some of the old blog entries and one of them was about ETRAFFICJAMS and how they do SEO for websites. Have a look. That was the original post. However, I notice that Mr. Pedone attacked me in that thread even though I was speaking Read More...

I was going to put this under Russell's "Buyer's Agent" post below, but I didn't want to hijack his comments and I though that with what I am about to write, it really may stimulate some thought and discussion. The responses in Russell's post below are Read More...

We've probably all heard it a million times. REWARD THE ACTION, NOT THE RESULT. This is usually in reference to past clients who gave us referrals. A reminder that you reward the person for DOING the referral to reinforce that you are appreciative of Read More...

Internet leads are different, right? So we are all told. But what if they really aren't all that different? What if they are looking for a responsive agent? So the question of the day, is TO CALL OR NOT TO CALL, when you get an internet registration and Read More...

First my thanks to everyone who commented on my last post about intellectual property infringement. Secondly, my apologies for erasing all the commentary. After contacting the agent in question, I felt is was only best to remove that post as I posted Read More...

One of the number one complaints we hear in our business is that I couldn't get a hold of my agent. Well, that one and "my agent stuck a sign in the yard and I never heard/saw him again" are the top complaints I seem to hear. Anyway, so along with the Read More...

This is a topic that is near and dear to me...especially as I answered one of the posts made earlier about Days On Market. As I answered that question, specifically about the Katy Texas Real Estate market, I realized that in the last three years that Read More...

It seems to me that so many agents in our industry do not see dates on contracts as "FIRM". I have yet another closing that is being moved to accomodate the buyer's loan. It seems that about 80% of the time, when I have a seller that accepts an offer, Read More...

This blog entry is more of a rant than anything. Personally, I refuse to do business with anyone who has a bad attitude or is rude to me on the phone for no reason. So for that reason, I'd like to go on record and mention a company with a very rude telephone Read More...

Here is a scenario that I have come upon. I have a client that I helped into a lease property about 10 months ago. They contacted me recently wanting to see some houses. I obliged. Then last night, I believe that there was considerable trust built with Read More...

From the Webster online dictionary: Plagiarize- transitive verb : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source intransitive verb : to commit literary theft : present as new Read More...

I have just had an experience that I am still sitting here in disbelief! I was called by a man who has a couple of properties to lease. He was not pleased with his previous agent's lack of responsiveness and lack of results. I talked with the man a while, Read More...

I've always wondered about the concept of Conflict Of Interest. As an ethical consideration, we as REALTORs®, are supposed to avoid conflicts of interest. Hence in Texas, we have the Information About Brokerage Services that clearly define who the agent Read More...