Jean Navarro talks about Jen’s coaching on using Broker’s Helper.
Joyce Nethery talking about her experinces with her Real Estate Career.
So, for the past 2 weeks I have been committed to running 6 days a week. My workout partner, Karen Sexton, invited me to do the 5k run in Corona Del Mar 2 weekends ago. She is so cool! She is not a runner. Never has been. Got it in her head to just do it, and she did it in 31 minutes! SERIOUSLY! That is awesome! I am a runner and I wimped out at only 30 minutes. She was on my heals!
As I was running I see this man and his 8yr old son (or about that age) as we were turning a hard corner he yells out to his son, “That’s not pain you’re feeling, it’s the weakness releasing from your body!” OK how cool was that! So, now as I continue to run the mountains and beach I keep saying that over and over in my head! Love that!
Nothing comes easy in life. That’s for sure. You want to by physically fit. It’s work. You want to be a successful agent? It’s work. Our work as real estate agents MUST and IS ONLY Lead Generation. Period. We are in the people business and relationship business. I love hearing agents trying to buy leads or look for an easy way out and just door drop 5x’s a week. Aint gonna happen. If you don’t establish personal relationships, then you don’t have anything. Point being is committing to being on the phones or in person with your clients at least 2 hours a day is work. It’s hard to commit to the answer to your success which is being in the office by 8:30am to prep and be ready to lead generate from at least 9am until 11am. If it were easy, then we would all be Millionaire Real Estate agents.
Wanna make a change? Need different results either physically or financially, then commit to your #1 thing in your life that will make that change. We have written down our July promises to ourselves. It’s one thing we must do in order to make that change, but you have to commit to it and JUST DO IT! Like Tom Ferry says don’t attend an event and get that AH HA moment, then go home and never implement that AH HA moment commitment. Don’t stay in medocrity. Make a commitment today, and JUST DO IT! I love who I am in business with, because they hold me accountable to my lead generation and vise versa. Man, this industry is a heck of a lot more fun when you in business with like minded people who truly care about each other’s success. Thank God for my NON DIVA culture in our office, and everyone ROCKS for making our commitment fun together! Here’s to another great week in The First Team Anaheim Hills office!
My name is Bob Snyder, agent of Anaheim Hills/First Team office. I’ve just recently left First Team and California for sunny Florida.
I just wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation of Jennifer Berman our Sales Manager. Jennifer has come to this office with a tremendous amount of passion, intelligence and real estate knowledge which has helped both myself and the rest of her sales team. Her leadership is demonstrated by hard work, desire to have the best sales team within First Team; increasing our knowledge of networking, farming, accountability, and many more attributes of a great leader. In the last month with First Team she helped me complete 2 sales in 21 days, couldn’t have done it without her.
All of this and it was fun to work with an office that is helpful to each other, all agents were always willing to share their expertise to help in your personal success. This is what I call, “working as a team”. I know the sales team at Anaheim Hills will be a great success. Thank you for the last four years with First Team, there isn’t a better broker is California.
– Bob Snyder
Wow! Yesterday was nothing short of beyond being informative! I was supposed to Flip Video this event that tooks us months to put together and I was so “in” to what the speakers were saying that I totally forgot. Jees! I must remember to designate that job to someone else next time!
Gerald Wolff, the bankruptcy attorney, was beyond amazing! This is one attorney that honestly KNOWS what he is talking about. He understands it, and he will not just take any client. That is a sign of true professionalism. Meaning, if it isn’t right for the client, then no deal. Move on. Gerald was a wealth of knowledge, and I feel so lucky my agents utilize him for their clients. It gives me peace of mind that we are truly doing the right thing, and actually getting the right information to our community. There are so many government programs and issues with the banks that simply do NOT work. It is not to the benefit of the homeowner.
Times have changed. I am an airforce brat, and my dad is a product of the Great Depression. I have been raised you can’t afford it with cash, then you don’t buy it. By no means, do you ever walk away from a debt, and God forbid ever losing your home. Well, guess what, stated income had not been introduced and fraudulant loans being brokered off. Bottom line is it is no longer a moral issue, but rather a business decision. Because of that this is why homeowners MUST know their rights and what they should do today. Look at how many people are going through divorces, robbing Peter to pay Paul, and dying under their mortgage which is hundreds of thousands of dollars they will never recoup. Dare we even say anything about retirement? Big businesses and developers have no emotion when they walk away from a business deal that has no ROI. Look at the developer in New York that just walked away from the $5.4 BILLION dollar housing deal.
The point of yesterday was eye opening to hear the RIGHT information, and put it into perspective that everyone is, or knows someone that is, going through debt. People feel lost, or worse, they are just completely unaware of all of their legal rights or best financial advise that they could take advantage of. Having Stella from Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Orange County was critical in this educational process! There are HUD services that can go through your paperwork and speak to your bank to see if they will release the deficiency judgement or are you so buried you have no choice but to just walk away. Can you take advantage of makinghomeaffordable.gov programs? So many questions and programs that need to be addressed when trying to make th best business decision they possibly can.
My best friend in Texas is a single mom with 2 beautiful children, and she has had her house on the market for 2 years! The agents in Texas no nothing like we do on short sales. I can’t even believe how many homeowners across the country are in the same horrific position NOT knowing their rights and what they can actually do to save their credit and get out of the strangeling financial burdens they are carrying. Come on, how great of a mom/dad/spouse can one possibly be when you go to bed ever night dying under a financial throat hold? Thinking there is no end to a place you don’t want to be! Very sad and is happening every day. My brother went through the same thing in Florida. When I speak to agents and homeowners nationwide they just don’t even know or are aware of all of their options they can take advantage of. I know www.nw.org is out there, too, but there just aren’t enough of these governement entities offered with consulting and free classes like we have here in Orange County.
I am just so glad here in Orange County we have aligned ourselves with the best professionals and HUD services one could ever even hope to have so that we, as professionals, are equipped to truly get out there and help homeowners or even first time homebuyers. Financial education and awareness is everything right now. Peace of mind to getting your money into motion and feeling reassured we are doing the right thing for our particular circumstance is just vital to all of us.
I honestly thank our caring & loving real estate agents at First Team Anaheim Hills for always wanting to know more, better themselves so they can better their clients and staying 110% focused on what matters right now in this ever shifting market: Jackie May, Paul Armas, Kathy Leimkhler, Joyce Nethery, Ken Singh, Art & Jean Navarro, Sonia Tulsiani, Sally Parikh, Mike & Kathey Busse, Oscar Jimenez, Jay Cook, Emily Juarez, Corrine Porter, Larry & Helen Sangorgio, Jerry Addison, Rama Sharma, Ernie Espinosa and Nina Emelianoff. You guys are a true inspiration, and I know I can go to bed at night knowing we are doing our part to help our community. I can’t wait to start doing this every quarter as we have planned. Our next workshop will be even more exciting I just know it!
Thanks again, and I am lucky to know Gerald, Stella, Heather and Amelia Castro from Wachovia and Laura Cowie from our Hallmark Escrow. You guys all rock and thanks for sharing yesterday!
