Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sales Meeting - February 10, 2009

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"

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Sales Meeting - February 3, 2009

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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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Waterfront Reports

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!

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

Monday, January 19, 2009

Tuesday morning

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.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Sales Meeting - January 13, 20099

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.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Sales Meeting - January 6, 2009

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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