by AdminMelissa | Sep 10, 2020 | Real Estate Agent Tips
Agents and real estate professionals from around the country have reached out to me to ask for the best practices for managing the impact of COVID-19 on your real estate business. Truthfully, there is no right answer. Personally, I’ve been able to apply my experience...
by AdminMelissa | Aug 6, 2020 | Real Estate Agent Tips
You’re a real estate agent and you have made it to August of 2020. Good for you! That’s an accomplishment in itself. With all of the serious stuff going on, I’d like to take a light-hearted exploration into 20 real estate agent survival tips for 2020. 20 Real Estate...
by AdminMelissa | Jul 10, 2020 | Real Estate Agent Tips
While it’s true that depending upon where you are in the United States (or beyond), the impact of CoVID-19 on your work may be quite different. Here in California (as in much of the United States), most people are working from home as much as possible. Real estate...
by AdminMelissa | Jun 8, 2020 | Real Estate Agent Tips
Just like almost everyone else in the United States, I’m walking the tightrope between worrying about coronavirus and outrage over the recent murder of another Black person by the police and the continued violent response by police against protesters. The question...
by AdminMelissa | May 12, 2020 | Real Estate Agent Tips
Within the last few years, I was interviewed by the California Association of Realtors® for a book entitled Upward: 50 Leading Women in California Real Estate. The focus of that interview and subsequent teaching opportunities was on the business model at my brokerage,...
by AdminMelissa | Apr 15, 2020 | General Business Tips
Welcome to my dining room, where I have set up a home office and have been working since March 17th. Depending upon where you live and whether or not you have a home office and whether or not you’ve got school-aged kids at home, your life has likely been turned upside...
by AdminMelissa | Mar 30, 2020 | Real Estate Agent Tips
If there is one thing that sticks out for me amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the absolutely brilliant and amazing resourcefulness of real estate agents, real estate affiliates, and those who serve the real estate industry. If you just peruse your social media for a...
by AdminMelissa | Mar 16, 2020 | General Business Tips
We are facing a new and novel situation, not seen in the United States since 1918. And, while companies such as Proctor & Gamble (Charmin) and Gojo Industries (Purell) are making a killing, there are a whole lot of parts of the economy that are feeling the brunt...
by AdminMelissa | Mar 3, 2020 | General Business Tips, Real Estate Agent Tips
There is a big misconception out there, and it is that all salespeople are extroverts. But, let me clear up this misconception. Extroverts aren’t all social butterflies, and introverts aren’t necessarily shy. Believe it or not, the extraversion-introversion divide...
by AdminMelissa | Feb 4, 2020 | General Business Tips, Real Estate Agent Tips
I’ve just finished reading James Clear’s 2018 best-selling book entitled Atomic Habits, and I cannot say enough how much I enjoyed it. I consider myself to be a person with pretty decent habits; I go to the gym several days a week; I avoid alcohol; I eat healthily; I...