A MESSAGE FROM MICHAEL DUNN: We've all heard the saying, "You Reap What You Sow" - If you sow fear, you'll reap fear. If you linger in worry, depression, or anger you are planting those seeds to reap in your life. Choose your seeds wisely and watch your future grow. http://www.thebigsecret.org/BRAINSECRETS1.html
YOU ARE THE DRIVER OF YOUR BUS; YOU HAVE THE BEST SEAT; avoid energy vampires. Jon Gordon says it all in this short 3.5 minute video. Hope you watch it: http://www.jongordon.com/blog/2011/12/06/no-energy-vampires-allowed-video/
LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE LICENSE RENEWALS: It is that time of year again. Time to renew your license for Louisiana. You must have the required 12 hours of Continuing Education credits four of which in the mandatory subject Broker and Agent Responsibility. If you do not have the required CE credits YOU CANNOT PRACTICE REAL ESTATE IN ANY WAY AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2011. Should you continue to practice real estate it will be so WITHOUT a license and you and your broker (that would be me) will be subject to a HEFTY FINE; NOT GOOD! You can obtain your CE by going to www.KW.com and entering Continuing Education in the search box. You can purchase the hours you need in all 50 states. I took an online course on “Going Green” and it was a very good course.
GAME CHANGER: Warning, the tone of this article is brutal but to the point. Is Ryan Fletcher talking about you? Read the article to find out for yourself: http://www.brokeragentsocial.com/article/1391/a-game-changer-respect-finally
NEW CONSTRUCTION ADDENDUM: The Louisiana Real Estate Commission has uploaded a new New Construction Addendum that is RECOMMENDED you use (as compared to being MANDATORY) on all Agreements to Purchase that involve New Construction. A copy has been included in the Sales Form Binder in the Resource Room and has been uploaded to www.SlidellCalendar.com in the Document Section in the Sales Document folder.
GREETING AN UNHAPPY CUSTOMER, of course that would never happen to you but if it does, read this article by Lauri Brown (no relation). This comes courtesy of Jeffrey Gitomer’s weekly Sales Caffeine Newsletter. Gymbeaux Note: When a customer is angry and speaking loudly, become an effective listener, don’t try to out talk an angry customer. When you REALLY listen and the customer knows it, it tends to calm the anger because the customer knows you also probably have the solution. Learn to be a GREAT listener: http://www.gitomer.com/articles/ViewSCArticle.html?key=ajcdMibak3OVMk35YY58SQ%3D%3D
LEASE AGREEMENT ADDENDUM: The lease agreement addendum has been slightly modified and uploaded to www.SlidellCalendar.com, Documents section in the Rental Forms folder and it should be used on all Residential leases. The addendum change addresses which party to the lease holds and is responsible for the Deposit. The following forms should be utilized on ALL Residential Leases:
- Lease Agreement
- Addendum to the Lease Agreement
- Rules & Regulations (if used and it should be)
- Customer Information Sheet
- Dual Agency Agreement as applicable
- Seller’s (Owner’s) Property Disclosure if it is KW listing
- Lead Base Paint Disclosure if home was built before 1978
- Mold and Mildew Disclosure
- Sewer Disclosure as applicable
- Greensheet
- MLS (Leased) Description Sheet if it is a KW Listing
- MLS (Active) if it is not a KW Listing
- Tenant Final Walk Through and Acceptance (this protects all parties including you)
LIST YOUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WITH THE ST. TAMMANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION Yvette Sehon-Catoire provided information on the new property database Launched November 2, 2011. Our site is part of Louisiana Economic Development's (LED): http://www.louisianasiteselection.com/stedf/
By listing your available properties with the Louisiana Site Selection Center, it will ensure that your properties continue to be available for site selector requests and will allow your properties to reach broad markets as companies search for new locations. Additionally, this new site allows you, site selectors, economic developers and potential clients access to tools such as mapping, data downloads and community profiles, in addition to searching available buildings and sites.
Please note, first time users of this system will have to complete a brief registration form. Registration and property listings are free. Once you have registered, log in to the system and follow the prompts to add your available properties. One a month you will receive an email from Entergy, on behalf of LED, asking you to verify that your property(ies) is/are still available. You must respond or your listings will be removed.
LISTINGS; THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: Have you thought about going paperless on your listings? Electronic Photo Frames are very inexpensive. Put one in each of your listings with a loop of photos about the property including information about you. Use this instead of putting out a lot of paper. Ask visitors to the property to record their email address on the sign-in sheet and you will send them information on the property as our way of “going green”. Instead of a “flyer box” use the QR code on your sign. You might also want to consider metal signs that can be used over and over again and while you are thinking, think about reflective signs that literally light up when headlights hit them.
THIS WEEK’S HUMOR: Provided by Joyce Albert. Laws on the books in various states (kind of explains why our government is so dysfunctional). Bet you read them all: http://www.divinecaroline.com/22323/99603
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