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Sales Meeting 5/4/2009

2009-05-05T06:48:00.000-07:00

Accepted Contracts
2048 Webb Avenue - HUD/Julie Martin
6529 County Road 22 - Libby Davis/Julie Martin

Closed Sales
460 Breckenridge Drive - $141,000 - Middle Bay/Julie Martin
6406 Maybrick Drive - $106,900 - Coldwell/Becca Fields

New Listings
193141 - Details: 11025 W WINDSOR RD, THEODORE, AL - $219,900 - Joe Winans
192901 - Details: 13285 MCCLINTON RD, GRAND BAY, AL - $135,000 - Brandy Lutz
193208 - Details: 12618 CHICAGO ST, ELBERTA, AL - $74,900 - Lee Martin

5+ Minutes A Day (5 days a week)
www.Realtor.org
http://rismedia.com
http://www.darryldavisseminars.com
http://www.themorningminute.com
http://livemag.rismedia.com

Sales Meeting 4/28/2009

2009-04-27T11:33:00.000-07:00

Good News:

Port City Realty had a profit for the 1st quarter of 2009.

I would like to thank everyone for all the hard work and sacrifice it has taken to get us to where we are.

Accepted Offers:

11046 Windsor Road - Joe Winans/Brandi Cook
8741 Fields Ln. - Brandy Lutz/Brandy Lutz
1062 Adams - Cain/Libby Davis
416 21st Street - Lee Martin/?
1412 Daytona - Lee Martin/Dauphin
455 Beach - Lee Martin/?

Closed Sales:

1500 Gaylord Drive - Becca Fields - $119,900
7601 Louise - Brandy Lutz - $40,000
258 Westwood - Katie Baluyut - $103,500
3580 Dover St. - Julie Martin - $59,650
Lot 8 Riverview Plantation - Julie Martin - $300,000
1412 Daytona - Lee Martin - $41,750

New Listings:

192741 - Details: 111 GARNETT AVE, MOBILE, AL - $96,000- Julie Martin
192713 - Details: 602 MONTCLAIRE WAY, MOBILE, AL - $210,000 - Lee Martin
192758 - Details: 4725 DAWES LN, MOBILE, AL - $149,900 - Joe Winans
192814 - Details: 207 S BAYVIEW DR, FAIRHOPE, AL - $303,000 - Lee Martin
191935 - Details: 409 PALMETTO CT, GULF SHORES, AL - $90,000 - Lee Martin

Get up and do something about it!

2009-04-11T13:17:00.000-07:00

Here's a a couple of great posts from active rain:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/979265/Motivation-Page-1

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1029591/Back-to-basicsFirst-you-show-up

5401 Dawes Road

2009-04-09T12:29:00.000-07:00

For Options on how you can sell 5401 Dawes Road:

http://portcityrealty.activerain.com/

April 7, 2009 Sales Meeting Port City Realty

2009-04-07T07:15:00.000-07:00

Top Producer for March - Lee Martin
Top Listing Agent for March - Libby Davis

We now have two fax numbers.
217-9274 & 888-269-1522

If you are holding something open let Kay know as soon as possible so she can add it to the front of the company website. You need to go into maintenance and add it to the MLS. If you are holding something open for someone else the listing agent will need to add the open house to the MLS.

New Listings:
191680 - Details: 5633 HOLDEN DR, MOBILE, AL - $99,895 - Becca Fields
191649 - Details: 4500 SMITH RD, CODEN, AL - $118,900 - Joe Winans
191642 - Details: 402 E HAMM ST, SUMMERDALE, AL - $53,500 - Lee Martin
191462 - Details: 4001 SPRINGDALE RD, MOBILE, AL - $109,900 - Brandy Lutz
191465 - Details: 8590 CEMETARY RD, CODEN, AL - $55,000 - Brandy Lutz
191059 - Details: 10352 KIPLING TRCE, THEODORE, AL - $219,900 - Brandy Lutz

Accepted Offers:
9952 Merritt
Lee Martin/Realty Executive
7601 Louise Ct.
Exit/Brandy Lutz
7980 Two Mile Road
Brandy Lutz/Coldwell

Closed:
7775 Bellefield - $50,000 - Lee Martin
1018 Woodside Ct. - $111,000 - Mary Thomas

Real Estate New Listings and Sales - Port City Realty, Mobile, AL 3/31/2009

2009-03-30T12:59:00.000-07:00

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f5405.pdf - IRS Form for Tax Credit

New Listings:
191219 - Details: 5509 GREENLEAF RD, MOBILE, AL - $127,000 Lee Martin
191297 - Details: 455 E BEACH BLVD, #417, GULF SHORES, AL - $307,900 Lee Martin

Accepted Contracts:
203 Grant Street
Libby Davis/Libby Davis
823 Hawkins St.
Doug-Julie Martin/Doug Martin
460 Breckenridge
Middle Bay/Julie Martin
1412 Daytona
Lee Martin/Dauphin

Closed Sales
11123 Oak Farms - $25,000 HUD/Joe Winans
4017 Cottage Hill Rd. #10 - $92,500 Julie-Lee Martin/Dauphin

Items for Discussion:
Sales Meeting Time
Faxing

March 24,2009

2009-03-21T18:42:00.000-07:00

EFAX NUMBER - 251-217-9274

New Listings - We have been keeping Kay busy!!

191028 - Details: 5401 DAWES RD, GRAND BAY, AL - $135,000 - Julie Martin
190997 - Details: 9952 MERRITT CT, FAIRHOPE, AL - $141,900 - Lee Martin
190866 - Details: 3936 PATRICIA DR, MOBILE, AL - $349,000 - Julie Martin
190886 - Details: 3105 DOG RIVER RD, THEODORE, AL - $359,000 - Brandy Lutz
190737 - Details: 1412 DAYTONA DR, MOBILE, AL - $35,000 - Lee Martin
190493 - Details: 12951 HUGH FORT RD, GRAND BAY, AL - $380,000 - Libby Davis
190431 - Details: 203 GRANT ST, CHICKASAW, AL - $89,900 - Libby Davis
190337 - Details: 1203 BIENVILLE BLVD, DAUPHIN ISLAND, AL - $85,000 - Lee Martin
190434 - Details: 0 CELESTE RD, #13, SARALAND, AL - $130,000 - Libby Davis
190318 - Details: 6559 BARNES RD, THEODORE, AL - $125,500 - Brandi Cook
190438 - Details: 1359 E RIVIERA DR, MOBILE, AL - $22,500 - Julie Martin
190594 - Details: 250 SAINT FRANCIS ST, #202D, MOBILE, AL - $294,900 - Julie Martin
190385 - Details: 250 SAINT FRANCIS ST, #207C, MOBILE, AL - $309,900 - Julie Martin
190374 - Details: 250 SAINT FRANCIS ST, #201D, MOBILE, AL - $294,900 - Julie Martin
190595 - Details: 250 SAINT FRANCIS ST, #301D, MOBILE, AL - $299,900 - Julie Martin

New Accepted Offers

5413 Greenleaf Road - A2S/Mary Thomas
7775 Bellefield Road - Lee Martin/Remax
258 Westwood - Katie Baluyut/Dauphin
1500 Gaylord - Remax/Hailey-Becca

New Closings

2780 Renee Drive - $70,000 - Julie/Lori
5650 Renn Drive - $43,000 - Lee
7350 Jeff Glaze- $20,000 - Becca/Becca

Where did you last client come from?

March 9, 2009

2009-03-10T06:12:00.000-07:00

New Listings!
190048 - Details: 6230 DEERFIELD CT, IRVINGTON, AL
$175,000 - Lee Martin
189894 - Details: 2940 RICHMOND DR, MOBILE, AL $369,000 - Mary Thomas
190005 - Details: 459 DAUPHIN ISLAND PKWY, MOBILE, AL - $114,900 - Lee Martin
189895 - Details: 1417 DAYTONA DR, MOBILE, AL - $70,000 - Lee Martin
190022 - Details: 11835 HENDERSON CAMP RD, GRAND BAY, AL - $189,000 - Libby Davis
190011 - Details: 0 CYPRESS CREEK DR, #26, MOBILE, AL - $185,000 - Julie Martin
189873 - Details: 0 CYPRESS CREEK DR, #27, MOBILE, AL - $185,000 - Julie Martin
190008 - Details: 0 CYPRESS CREEK DR, #39, MOBILE, AL - $49,900 - Julie Martin
190108 - Details: 0 CYPRESS CREEK DR, #40, MOBILE, AL - $49,900 - Julie Martin
190104 - Details: 0 CYPRESS CREEK DR, #20, MOBILE, AL - $145,000 - Julie Martin
190014 - Details: 0 CYPRESS CREEK DR, #25, MOBILE, AL - $145,000 - Julie Martin

New Contracts:
53 Elizabeth St. - Sarah Pugh/Brandy Lutz
3580 Dover St. - HUD/Julie Martin
6230 Deerfield - Lee Martin/Lee Martin

Just Sold:
6230 Deerfield - $175,000 - Lee Martin/Lee Martin
9288 McFarland Way - $190,000 - Coldwell/Becca Fields - Hailey Holley

Waterfront Open House this Sunday 2-5

2009 is off to a good start with waterfront properties. There are have been 23 waterfront properties put under contract and/or closed since 1/1/2009.

I will send all those participating an information packet with all the properties that are being held open.

Here are ours that are open:
190108 - Details: 0 CYPRESS CREEK DR, #40, MOBILE, AL - $49,900 - Libby Davie
190104 - Details: 0 CYPRESS CREEK DR, #20, MOBILE, AL - $145,000 - Libby Davis
186930 - Details: 0 BELLE AIR BLVD, THEODORE, AL - $184,000 - Brandi Cook
190011 - Details: 0 CYPRESS CREEK DR, #26, MOBILE, AL - $185,000 - Libby Davis
189311 - Details: 4740 BELLE ISLE LN, MOBILE, AL - $367,900 - Becca Fields
185138 - Details: 3880 BEBEE POINT DR, THEODORE, AL - $390,000 - Joe Winans
183392 - Details: 3740 LEBLANC DR, MOBILE, AL - $229,900 - Brandy Lutz

March 2, 2009

2009-03-03T05:58:00.000-08:00

Top Producer - February 2009 - Brandi Cook
Top List Agent - February 2009 -Libby Davis

Accepted:
9239 Cole Court - Coldwell/Brandy Lutz
Lot 8 Riverview Plantation - Julie Martin/Julie Martin
6406 Maybrick Road North - Coldwell/Becca Fields
5650 Renn - Lee Martin/Irby

Closings:
12751 Main St. - Lee Martin/Baldwin - $6250

New Listings:
189658 - Details: 10097 SUMMERFIELD WAY - $158,000 - Brandi Cook
189311 - Details: 4740 BELLE ISLE LN - $367,900 - Julie Martin
189341 - Details: 408 E SEABREEZE RD - $82,000 - Julie Martin/Lee Martin
189218 - Details: 3320 ALBA CLUB RD - $92,000 - Brandi Cook
189203 - Details: 0 SATSUMA ST, #1 & 2, CODEN, AL - $54,000 - Joe Winans

New Stuff:

Becca Fields is a full time agent - not office staff

Big Waterfront Open House Tour - Sunday - March 15, 2009

Executive Report of our new website

Seller portion of our new website

Instructions on how to add extra pictures to TheRealEstateBook.com - note - work on our pictures!

Springhill Broker Open House tomorrow from 11:30-1:00

2009-02-16T11:25:00.000-08:00

New Listings:
188853 - Details: 7980 TWO MILE RD, IRVINGTON, AL - $79,900 - Brandy Lutz
188892 - Details: 6529 COUNTY ROAD 22, EVERGREEN, AL - $299,000 - Libby Davis

Closings:
2355 Sequoia Trail; ReMax/Brandi Cook; $193,000
5058 Chauntecleer Ct; Julie Martin/Katie Baluyut; $124,900

Accepted Sales
notta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AGENTS NEED TO GET TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our change in format on our website should happen within the next 5-7 days. For progress go to http://juliemartin4.point2agent.com.

When talking to sellers it is important to explain to them that we strongely believe that the best marketing is through the internet and MLS. I am explaining to sellers that we have been tracking our sales and our buyers are coming from two sources – other MLS agents and the internet. I don't think it is the best use of our resources to advertise in the paper and magazines, when that is simply not where our sales are coming from. We have had better attendance at our open houses since we started advertising on the internet, instead of in the paper. I have not had a single open house where I have not had at least one person tell me that they came because they saw the property on the MLS. I never got that kind of response from the newspaper.

So, just so everyone is clear. I am re-directing the funds I was investing in magazine and newspaper ads to internet marketing. It isn't free and I do pay the office staff for the input, but I think we will see much better results from it. Through our new site, we will have much better lead management.

Please note: I will not be able to forward you a lead from the site if you have not sent your bio and picture to Kay to add to the site.

So in summary, we are concentrating on doing a fabulous ad on the MLS – from day one. A great write up. Lots of good pictures. All the blanks filled in. We are not putting listings on the MLS until we have all of this, so that when the property goes out to everyone’s prospects automatically the listings looks great.

When the listings are put on the MLS they are also sent to:
MobileRealtor.com
GulfCoastMLS.com
Realtor.com
AlabamaAlive.com
Homes.com
Immobel - a multi-lingual real state site

With the new internet service our properties will go on hundreds of NLS agent’s sites around our area and the listings will also go on:

YahooRealEstate
Point2Homes.com
LiveDeal.com
HotPads.com
CyberHomes.com
SecondSpace.com which includes www.LandWatch.com and www.ResortScape.com
FrontDoor.com – powered by HGTV
Trulia.com
HomeFinder.com
Vast.com
CLRSearch.com
PCSRealty.net – a Virtual Real Estate Company
VideoHomes.com
Home Hippo – which is multilingual
HouseLocator.com
EveryMove.com
Unique Global Estates – for properties over $Million
Reamf.com – Real Estate and Mortgage Finder
Kazork
VivaReal.us
HomesZ.com
BeatYouThere.com
Zillow.com
GoogleBase
Oodle – a search engine for local classified ads
NICHE properties Network – a family of websites centered around lifestyles, like www.fairwayproperties.com for golf course living.

Also agents need to manually add their listings to www.craigslist.com and
to TheRealEstateBook.com, so the properties can also be found on:
LivingChoices.com
RealEstateBook.com
BobVilla.com
Homescape

The 54th Annual Real Estate Salesmanship and Education Conference at The University of Alabama was great. I attended the best RECAD class I have ever attended! The new Risk Management Class was taught by Jim Lawrence, who also wrote the book. The only thing wrong with it was that it was not long enough. Seriously, it could have been a 8 hour class and it would have been interesting the entire eight hours. Oh the things we can do that are risky! I also attended a class where the first part was talking about our economy, how the real estate market looks in Alabama and what national things are affecting our markets. The second half of the class was talking about marketing. The most interesting thing I learned there was that people my age (baby boomers) think they know what is best for everyone and people born after 1/1/78 don't really want to work 24/7! I don't understand that, but it could be useful to know. Meanwhile Becca, (who was born after 1/1/78, and according to the experts wants to stop working when she gets off work) is typing us two new forms tonight from my risk management book that we will be going over during sales meeting.

Sales Meeting - February 10, 2009

2009-02-10T05:33:00.000-08:00

Accepted Offers:
6230 Deerfield - Lee/Lee
12781 Main St. - Lee/Remax

Closings:
61 Hallet - Julie/Lori $113,900

Anouncements:

I need everyone's bio and pictures this week for the new website I am working on. Right now it can be found at www.juliemartin4.point2realty.com. All comments/suggestions are welcome.

We need afternoon Duty Agents. Let me know when you can be available. We get lots of great sales call in the afternoon around here.

Everyone needs to try and get their computers networked to the copier in the work room.

I will be in Tuscaloosa Wednesday-Friday for the 54th Annual Real Estate Conference. Wednesday I will be in a RECAD classes where Dual Agency vs. Transaction Brokerage is the major focus. Thursday morning is the Keynote Address - Demographic Change and The Future of the Real Estate Business. Thursday afternoon is will be a part of the Top Producers Panel. Friday morning after the new Risk Management class I will be heading home with 6 hours of CE and interesting legal information to share with everyone next week.

February 22-28 is the 2009 National Real Estate Cyber Convention & Exposition. Everyone should sign up at www.CyberConventions.com/RealEstate. It's FREE!! There are over 40 speakers including some of my favorites, Roger Butcher, Mollie Wasserman, Allen Hainge, Matthew Ferrara, & Michael Russer. Here's the 2009 Speaker Lineup

Click Name for Bio / Click Title for Presentation Summary

Bill Barrett
"Increase Your Business–Decrease Your Stress!"
Roger Butcher
"Pocket Tall Profits from Short Sales!"
Karen Deis
"Finding Home Buyer Gold in Apartment Complexes"
Gary David Hall
"Choosing Real Estate Specific Contact Management or CRM Solution"
Jerry Rossi
"Grow Up in a Down Market!"
Mollie Wasserman
"Stop Working for FREE! The New Real Estate Consulting Model"
Chad Weber
"How to Generate a Flood of Buyers (Even in a Down Market) "
Margot Weinstein
"Top Ten Agent Marketing Mistakes"
Dirk Zeller
"10 Tips for Working With Buyers!"
Sherry Chris
"Networking On-Line and Off-Line!"
Mike Cutlip
"Build Your Income with Social Networking!"
Randy Eagar
"Need For Feeds"
Bill French
"Easy Blogging Techniques For a Torrent of Commissions"
Allen Hainge
"Soar with the Cyber Stars!"
Rob Levy
"In-the-Trenches Agent Tips!"
Alex Mandossian
"Harnessing the Power of Easy Web Meetings "
Justin McCarthy
"Using Google to Boost Your Real Estate Sales"
Maggie McCullough
"All the Free Demographic and Neighborhood Data You Need"
Judy McCutchin
"Power Broker E-Secrets!"
Dan Gooder Richard
"Rainmaker Mar-Ka-Ching!"
Susan Sweeney
"Your E-Formula for Real Estate Success!"
Jack Teems
"Exciting, Neat Net Tricks!"
Jennifer Allan
"Selling to Your Sphere of Influence: No Sales Pitch Required!"
Dave Beson
"Three Big Myths of Real Estate Marketing"
Rich Chadwick
"How To Turn Video Into Commission Gold!"
Howie Jacobson
"Drive'em Home with AdWords!"
Stefan Lubinski
"Explode Real Estate Sales with Video Marketing"
Nancy Michaels
"How to Boost Your Business with an E-Zine! "
Raleigh R. Pinskey
"Get ‘Em With Your 8-Second Media Hook!"
Bernice Ross
"Web & Video Tips to Attract Buyers and Sellers "
Dustin Gellman
"Tech Tips to Boost Your Commercial Sales!"
Jim Gillespie
"How to Make Big Money in a Difficult Commercial Market"
Dr. Mark Levine
"Real Estate Faux Pas—Killing your Business with Cultural Boo Boos"
John M. Peckham III
"How Anyone Can Sell Income Property On-line"
Robert Ringer
"Winning Through Intimidation"
Colleen Sheridan
"How to Turn Small Deals into Big Commissions!"
Edward S. Smith
"Real Estate Investment Basics – All About Numbers"
Rochelle Stone
"Real Estate Investing; Optimizing Today's Real Estate Market"

Sales Meeting - February 3, 2009

2009-02-03T06:45:00.000-08:00

New Listings:
188171 - Details: 510 VALLEY RD, CHICKASAW, AL - $121,000 Lori Phelps
188186 - Details: 9170 BRYANT ST, BAYOU LA BATRE, AL - $99,000 - Joe Winans

Accepted Sales:
1018 Woodside Ct; Mary/Weichert
9288 McFarland Way; Norman RE/Becca-Hailey

Closings:
115 Lafayette Street; Brandy/Bay Area Properties

Tip for the week:

Taking pictures of homes with lots of glass and all of the lights turned on at night from the outside can give you a dramatic presentation.
In the summer 5pm is known as the golden hour. That is when the sun is low and colors are more vibrant than at noon where colors are often washed out. - by Downtown Portland Real Estate Broker~Herb Hamilton (RE/MAX Preferred Inc. Realtors)

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Waterfront Reports

2009-01-27T18:37:00.000-08:00

You ask for it, you got it! Here is the first in a series of market reports. These are properties that are active or under contract as of 1/27/2009 or that sold in 2008 on the water in Mobile.

Dog River - Western Bay Shores Report

Dog River - Dauphin Island Pkwy Report

Fowl River Report

Mobile Bay Report

Getting Better Every Day!

2009-01-27T06:06:00.000-08:00

Out goal and motto for 2009 is to Getting Better Every Day!

We should all have Business or Action Plans. And at the very least everyone should know what their minimum standards are in all they do. And then we should work to exceed our minimum standards daily.

For a Minimum Standards general business plan:
http://activerain.com/blogsview/875505/2009-Business-Plan-made-easy

For an example of other Business Plans:
http://activerain.com/blogsview/865175/REO-Business-Plan-for-2009

http://activerain.com/blogsview/865118/SEO-Action-Plan

This is our new minimum standards for taking listings at Port City Realty. Let me know if you think anything should be added.
http://activerain.com/blogsview/902254/Minimum-Listings-Standards

New Listings
187742 - Details: 5650 RENN ST, MOBILE, AL - $59,900 - Lee Martin
187795 - Details: 4931 BAYOU JONAS DR, CODEN, AL - $27,000 - Joe Winans
187329 - Details: 11046 WINDSOR RD, THEODORE, AL - $139,000 - Joe Winans
187204 - Details: 10399 DEER RIDGE LN, THEODORE, AL - $60,000 - Brandi Cook
187723 - Details: 416 E 21ST AVE, GULF SHORES, AL - $115,900 - Lee Martin

Accepted Sales
61 Hallett; Julie Martin/Lori Phelps - from duty
5058 Chauntecleer Ct; Julie Martin/Katie Baluyut - from open house
2355 Saqucia Trial; ReMax/Brandi Cook
12781 Main Street; Lee Martin/???
Deerfield: Lee Martin/Lee Martin

Closings
1217 Barcelona; Julie Martin $125,900
6590 Browder Dr; Brandi Cook $133,000

Tuesday morning Port City Realty was honored as the #1 Real Estate Office in South Mobile County!
The following Realtors received awards:
Lee Martin - Realtor of the Year, Top Producer - #1, Top Listing Agent - #1 & #1 in Listings Sold
Joe Winans - #1 Agent in South Mobile County, Top Producer - #2, Top Listing Agent - #2, #3 in Listings Sold
Libby Davis - Rising Star of 2008, Top Producer - #3, Top Performance Agent - #3
Brandy Lutz - Top Producer - #4, Top Listing Agent - #3
Brandi Cook - Top Producer - #5, Top Listing Agent - #4
Becca Fields - Top Listing Agent - #5, #2 in Listings Sold
Mary Thomas - Top Performance Agent - #1
Sarah Pugh - Top Performance Agent # - #2

Tuesday morning

2009-01-19T13:46:00.000-08:00

There will be no sales meeting tomorrow morning and no office staff so everyone that wants to watch the inauguration ceremony will be free to do so.

The Awards Sales Meeting & Breakfast will be next Tuesday, January 27th at 9:00.

Sales Meeting - January 13, 20099

2009-01-12T11:51:00.000-08:00

Accepted Offers:
115 Lafayette St; Brandy Lutz/Bay Area Properties

Closings:
9969 Peyton Drive; ReMax/Becca Fields

New Listings:
187060 - Details: 8741 FIELDS LN, IRVINGTON, AL - $59,900 - Brandy Lutz
186930 - Details: 0 BELLE AIR BLVD, THEODORE, AL - $209,000 - Brandi Cook

We are going on Caravan today, so we are going to skip caravan and plan to leave the office at 9:00 for caravan.

Sales Meeting - January 6, 2009

2009-01-05T07:44:00.000-08:00

Congratulations - Lee Martin - Top Producer, December 2008

Congratulations - Joe Winans - Top Listing Agent, December 2008

We are certainly getting 2009 off to a good start.

Our New Listings Are:

186506 - Details: 115 LAFAYETTE ST, MOBILE, AL - $44,900 - Brandy Lutz
186420 - Details: 1018 WOODSIDE CT, MOBILE, AL - $111,000 - Mary Thomas
186582 - Details: 5058 CHAUNTECLEER CT, MOBILE, AL - $129,900 - Julie Martin
185729 - Details: 9248 MAYFIELD DR, GRAND BAY, AL - $133,380 - Julie Martin
185705 - Details: 3548 HIGGINS RD, MOBILE, AL - $995,000 - Julie Martin
186376 - Details: 53 ELIZABETH AVE, CHICKASAW, AL - $85,000 - Sarah Pugh
185921 - Details: 10975 POTTER TRACT RD, GRAND BAY, AL - $249,000 - Joe Winans
185952 - Details: 11450 W WINDSOR RD, THEODORE, AL - $389,000 - Joe Winans
186468 - Details: 1 LANCASTER RD, #1, THEODORE, AL - $55,500 - Julie Martin
186469 - Details: 2 LANCASTER RD, #2, THEODORE, AL - $55,500 - Julie Martin
186470 - Details: 3 LANCASTER RD, #3, THEODORE, AL - $55,500 - Julie Martin
186471 - Details: 4 LANCASTER RD, #4, THEODORE, AL - $55,500 - Julie Martin
186472 - Details: 5 LANCASTER RD, #5, THEODORE, AL - $55,500 - Julie Martin
186473 - Details: 6 LANCASTER RD, #6, THEODORE, AL - $55,500 - Julie Martin
186474 - Details: 7 LANCASTER RD, #7, THEODORE, AL - $55,500 - Julie Martin
186475 - Details: 8 LANCASTER RD, #8, THEODORE, AL - $55,500 - Julie Martin
186476 - Details: 9 LANCASTER RD, #9, THEODORE, AL - $92,500 - Julie Martin
186429 - Details: 11720 DAUPHIN ISLAND PKWY, THEODORE, AL - $800,000 - Joe Winans

New accepted contracts:

8620 Arnett - Joe/ACP
2780 Renee Drive - Julie/Lori
7980 Two Mile Road - Brandy/Weichardt
6590 Browder Drive - Brandi/Roberts
213 E. Perdido Beach Blvd. - Island Management/Julie
1275 Salco Rd. - Roberts/Becca
6401 Magnolia Place Court N. Coldwell/Julie
1217 Barcelona Dr. Pru-Coo/Julie
9969 Peyton Dr. ReMax/Becca

Closings:
Walker Road - $135,000 -Julie

213 E. Perdido Beach Blvd. - $108,000 - Julie
Upcoming Events:
Today, January 6, 2009 - HBA Business After Hours
Thursday, January 8, 2009 - Womens Council of Realtor's Luncheon
Next Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - We will be caravanning in South Mobile County. Respond here on the Blog with a list of the house you want to be on the caravan.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - We will have an 2008 Awards Breakfast during Sales Meeting at 9:00 a.m.

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Green Real Estate - Using FHA 203K

Welcome Chad Kirkland!!

2008-12-09T06:38:00.000-08:00

We would like to welcome Chad Kirkland to our office. Chad comes to us from ReMax of Orange Beach. If you have any Baldwin County buyers or sellers Chad would be a great agent to refer them to. You can reach him at 251-802-4753.
His e-mail is kirkland.chad@gmail.com.

Company Fee For Service Plan

2008-12-08T18:37:00.000-08:00

We will list your house on the Mobile MLS for a fee of $550.

If someone at Port City Realty or any other real estate company sells your house you will pay Port City Realty a 3% commission at closing.

If you provide the buyer, your agent at Port City Realty will write the contract and you will pay Port City Realty only 1% at closing.

Port City Realty will put your listing on the Mobile MLS with a 2.2% payout offered to the selling broker (to be paid out of the 3% to Port City Realty at closing).

To save money, some sellers prefer to stage their own home, take their own pictures, post their own ads and/or create and print their own brochures.

For sellers who would like assistance with their marketing we offer a Menu of Additional Services.

We can refer you to a professional real estate photographer and home stager.

We will provide only the services you choose, saving you money.

Regardless of who sells your property, we will represent you, the seller, throughout the entire transaction.

We will work with you to get your property sold.

OUR GOAL IS TO NEVER BE JUST ANOTHER REAL ESTATE COMPANY.

Menu of Additional Services Offered:

Real Estate Book Ad -
$45 Ad / $200 half page / $400 full page
Create Color Postcard
$20/100
Create Black & White Postcards
$10/100
Mail postcards to apartments or subdivisions
$46/100
Print Color Property flyers Print B&W Property flyers
$28/100 $10/100
Brochure box in front w/sign
$15
Add to RealEstateBook.com
$96
Professional Staging
Upon Request
Professional Photography
Upon Request
Add on PortCity Condos.com
$96
Additional Ad on Baldwin MLS and/or Mississippi Gulf Coast MLS
$ 96 each

Websites The Mobile MLS Is Linked To:
· gulfcoastmls.com
· mobilerealtor.com
· alabamalive.com
· realtor.com
· Immobel

Some of the websites therealestatebook.com Is Linked To:
· www.BobVilla.com
· www.LivingChoices.com
· www.Googlebase.com
· www.Zillow.com
· www.Homescape.com

Some of the websites PortCityCondos.com Is Linked To:
· www.Craigslist.com
· mobilerealtor.com
· www.yahoorealestate.com
· www.Trulia.com
· www.Homes.com

Also ask us about our traditional commission plans.

Sales Meeting - December 2, 2008

2008-12-01T11:42:00.000-08:00

Congratulations!!!

Port City Realty's Top Producer - November 2008 - Michelle Puckett

Port City Realty's Top Listing Agent - November 2008 - Joe Winans

December 2nd - Home Builders Christmas Party - Springhill College
December 4th - Mobile Board Christmas Party - 5:00 until... at Five Rivers on the Causeway. Bring a Toy for Tot
December 11th - Port City Realty Christmas Party - 5:30 until...at the office. Bring a dish and a dirty Santa present.

New Listing

185191 - Details: 9 COUNTY RD, MONROEVILLE, AL - $275,000 - Libby Waters

Training Tomorrow:

Realty Bid

Sales Meeting November 25, 2008

2008-11-24T07:08:00.000-08:00

Sales Report – November 18, 2008
New Listings·
185108 - Details: 823 HAWKINS ST, MOBILE, AL - $49,900 - Julie
185109 - Details: 564 CLARKE ST, MOBILE, AL - $29,900 - Julie
185041 - Details: 502 IOWA AVE, MOBILE, AL - $24,900 - Brandy
184915 - Details: 61 S HALLETT ST, MOBILE, AL - $124,900 - Julie
185036 - Details: 4552 FRANKLIN CIR, EIGHT MILE, AL - $49,900 - Brandy
185107 - Details: 6412 VICTORIA PL, MOBILE, AL - $112,900 - Julie
184916 - Details: 0 RIVERVIEW PLANTATION, #8, THEODORE, AL - $384,900 - Julie
185099 - Details: 0 WALKER RD, IRVINGTON, AL - $135,000 - Julie
185112 - Details: 382 TUTTLE AVE, MOBILE, AL - $9,900 - Julie
185138 - Details: 3880 BEBEE POINT DR, THEODORE, AL - $465,000 - Joe
Accepted Offers
9 acres Walker Road Julie
Closings
Lot 2 Walker Road $45,000 Julie

Upcoming Listings:

Beautiful three acre parcels in Theodore. Julie

76 acres wooded hunting land in Monroe County. Libby

Nice, newer brick house on a cul-de-sac in Gulf Shores. Lee

Upcoming Events
November 27 & 28 the office will be closed for Thanksgiving. (Agents - you still can work, there just won't be any office staff here!) - Thank you Libby for answering the phones.
December 2nd - Home Builders Christmas Party - Springhill College
December 4th - Mobile Board Christmas Party - 5:00 until... at Five Rivers on the Causeway. Bring a Toy for Tot
December 11th - Port City Realty Christmas Party - 5:30 until...at the office. Bring a dish and a dirty Santa present.

Reminders:

We talked about this last week in Sales Meeting. When writing a business e-mail remember to think of it as a business letter. Make sure you have a greeting. Watch you spelling, your punctuation and your capitalization. All caps is shouting, and no caps makes it look like you are to lazy to hit the shift key. If the e-mail is replying to a customer, make sure you thank them for contacting you in the first place. Sign you e-mail with your name and make sure you have an e-mail signature that has all the company and your contact information in it. In other words, be a professional that others will want to do business with.

If you e-mail me information on upcoming listings I will add it to the blog.

Goals for the week:
Lisa - Get Christmas Cards, calendars and HUDs ready for mail. - Working on it and making progress.

Brandy - Thanksgiving Cards & HUDs realy for mail & sell listings

Becca - Work on pre-listing kits and Christmas cards. Work on FSBOs & expireds. Sent out Thanksgiving card. Worked on FSBO prelisting kit. Finishing this week. Working 20 this week. And get HUDs.

Brandi - finish newsletter - Close something every Friday

Katie - Organize home office. Work on FSBOs & expireds. - Working on it.

Julie - Be perky everyday!! List. List. List. Sell. Sell. Sell - Listed 7 properties. Sold 1. Was pretty perky! Same Goals. plus Activities to get us signed up to handle more REO properties. Activities to sell my listings. - Add to more websites.

Joe- working on HUDs & Christmas Cards

Hands-on:

maps.live.com
MLS - inventory functions
ActiveRain (Referall Network for Realtors)

This week's sales meeting

2008-11-18T10:20:00.001-08:00

This week’s sales meeting went great! See the report and details on our blog. You can access our blog by going to www.PortCityRealty.com and click on Company Blog in the left hand column.

e-mail to blog

2008-11-18T10:04:00.000-08:00

If you have a blog you can publish your post via your e-mail.

Sales Meeting November 18, 2008

2008-11-17T12:43:00.000-08:00

Week of 11/10-11/17:

At the Mobile Association of Realtors November Luncheon:

Lisa Lambert was installed as a Director with the Alabama Board of Realtors.

Lisa was also recognized for the work she has done as Chairman of the Community Relations Committee.

Julie Martin was given the David D. Roberts Memorial Scholarship for Award for Exceptional Service to The Industry and Community.

Julie was also recognized for the work she has done as Chairman of the MLS Committee.

Have You Seen Our New Signs? They Look Great!!

Sales Report – November 18, 2008

New Listings
· 4500 Smith Road; West Fowl River Area, 4/2, 1700sqft, ¾ acre lot, fenced yard, home warranty and termite bond; $119,000 – Joe Winans
· 21782 Main Street, Elberta; 2/1, 966Sqft; $24,900 – Lee Martin
· 7775 Bellefield Dr; 3/2, 1120SqFt, eat-in kitchen, fenced yard; $70,000 – Lee Martin
Price Reduction
11046 Windsor Road; $139,000
Accepted Sales
10901 Douglas Road; C-21/Brandy Lutz
L 50 Lackawanna Ct; Dauphin Realty/Brandy Lutz
1275 Salco Road; Roberts Brothers/Becca Fields
Closings
9739 Pasadena Ave; Lee Martin/Keller Williams
3924 W Harmony Ridge Circle; Michelle Puckett/ReMax Partners

Lot 50 Lackawanna Ct; Dauphin Realty/Brandy Lutz

Upcoming Listings:

Julie Martin will be listing a house this week in the Old Dauphin Way District of midtown. 3/2 1288 s.f. with a detached garage/workshop in move-in condition $124,900

Upcoming Events

November 27 & 28 the office will be closed for Thanksgiving. (Agents - you still can work, there just won't be any office staff here!)

December 4th - Mobile Board Christmas Party - 5:00 until... at Five Rivers on the Causeway. Bring a Toy for Tot

December 11th - Port City Realty Christmas Party - 5:30 until...at the office. Bring a dish and a dirty Santa present.

Reminders:

If you have phone duty then you need to be available to show property and make appointment. It's best to have a back up person to cover for you if you cannot do both.
Please fill your closing worksheets out completely. This is the information used to put your transaction in the computer. If details are left off it may delay your check!
Let me know by 11:00 Tuesday if your ad needs revisions in The Real Estate Book.
Nan Gray Davis is asking for donations to fill Thanksgiving food baskets. This is the most families they have ever done.
We will have an angel tree in the front lobby for needy child from Nan Gray Davis

Goals for the week:

Lisa - Get Christmas Cards, calendars and HUDs ready for mail.
Brandy - Thanksgiving Cards & HUDs realy for mail & sell listings
Becca - Work on pre-listing kits and Christmas cards. Work on FSBOs & expireds
Brandi - finish newsletter - Close something every Friday
Katie - Organize home office. Work on FSBOs & expireds
Julie - Be perky everyday!! List. List. List. Sell. Sell. Sell

Hands-on: Several agents created their own blogs.

Tips from NAR Conference

Powerpoint: Go to Microsoft Office online for great templates

Low Cost/No Cost Marketing:
Educate buyers on your website about advantages of your product and why they need your services.
Blogging: wordpress.com, realtownblogs.com, activerain.com – should blog once a week
Use flip videos to record client testimonials to put on blogs (put them in Windows movie maker, save as WMV file and them embed them in powerpoint.
Use handwritten notes to potential clients
Merge postcards to email. Can create postcards in Word (using template), use snipping tool to send postcard through email. Open new word document, paste and save postcard. Do mail merge through Outlook.
Can create electronic business cards in Outlook.
Put your monthly mailings on your appointment calendar in Outlook
Can watermark pages with pictures in Word
Websites:
Jott.com – gives you a phone number and you call and record your message, it transcribes the message and sends you an email.
Yousendit.com – will send large files through email
Google text search – text message 46645 and you can search for business listings.
Issuu.com – gives you an html for your brochure and you can embed it in website, so people can print it themselves.
Walkscore.com – gives you a walkable neighborhood score for an area
Meetways.com – plug in 2 addresses and it will tell you what is in the middle geographically.
Zipskinny.com – see US census data for any zip code

No Dead-End Deals: Send these things out to your clients once a week for eight weeks after closing, to help maintain the relationship (can make all of these in Windows):
Week one: Change of address postcards
Week two: change of address labels
Week three: note cards with picture of their home on them
Week four: Home Inventory
Week five: Homeowner’s Tax Worksheet
Week six: mortgage accelerator
Week seven: calendar with your name and picture of their new house
Week eight: recommended contractors
Getting Past No:
Never negotiate from a position of weakness. The one with the power is the one with more options. Realtors have more options than sellers when it comes to listings, because of the marketing advantages and resources that they have. “Great marketing is the promotion of a product or service in such a way as to make the selling of that product or service unnecessary or obsolete.” By the time you get to the seller’s door for a listing appointment, the sale should already be made, because of the job you have done to market yourself to the public. Realtors should have a lot of information to share with sellers. It helps them to trust you.
Books: Getting to Yes
Getting Past No

A Beginning

2008-11-16T14:09:00.000-08:00

Today many of the consumers are far more advanced in their computer skills than the average Realtor. We do not want to be average. The only way we are going to keep up with the technology that will help us stay ahead is to be constantly learning.

On Tuesday morning we will have our first "hands-on" Web 2.0 sales meeting. If you have a lap top please bring it with you. If not we will have computers available. We will be using our computers in all of our sales meetings.

Our first class, this Tuesday will be Blogging 101.

We will have classes on software such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, etc. plus classes on websites, blogging & social networks.

Future classes will include how to get signed up on:
Trulia
ActiveRain
Linkedin
Zillow
Frontdoor
Googlebase
Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows
Flickr
uniquehomes
vivium.com
Craiglist
Yahoo
LiveDeal
luxuryhomes.com
themovechannel.com
realtown
Postlets.com
vflyer.com
realestateshows.com
facebook
youtube

We will add topics as you ask for them.