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We have all heard the new age, self help rhetoric about thinking positive and taking control of your destiny. "You are the architect of your own reality," "what you think is what you create" and "thoughts become things." These are some of the sayings weve heard lately about taking control of not only our lives, but taking control over ourselves. How does this relate to business or real estate you might ask? Mike Brooks, from Broker Agent Social thinks it has a lot to do with real estate and sales.

Mr. Brooks says that how you talk to yourself can have drastic effects on how you view yourself and how you perform. You may say to yourself that you dont talk to yourself, but what did you just say and who did you say it to? You may or may not believe in self motivation and creating your own reality, but if you take a steep back for a moment, and remember how your parents taught you and how you teach your children you might think twice about this positive thinking stuff.

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Every mother and father inherently knows positive thinking works, and can form and shape our lifes. Think about teaching your children how to catch a ball in the back yard or teaching them to tie their shoe laces. What do they say time and time again? I cant do it! And what do you say in return? Yes you can, dont say you cant do it, if you say you cant you wont be able to do it. Say you can do it, I know you can. At what age did this rule stop applying to us? What we say to ourselves and how we think does affect our lives.

If you say youre not good enough to close the deal, then youre not good enough to close the deal, just like catching the ball in the back yard as children, the same rules still apply to us, only now we juggle many balls in the air, and our families depend on us, our financial future depends on learning how to catch that preverbal ball. You can do it, I know you can!

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Posted in Headlines, Metro Brokers, Denver Colorado Real Estate, Blogging, Colorado Association Of Realtors, Real Estate Industry Trends, Gen X-Y, Web 2.0 Marketing, IPTVBoyz Blog Training

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We all want traffic on our websites; its our store front of the modern era. Most of us offer a particular product or service, and thats what we put on our website. However, it is possible to put more content on our website. Perhaps more information about the product or service you provide, more information about your industry, or more information about the area you live in, your community. This is really a big deal for real estate agents. The idea is to be a neighborhood resource for people.

Buying a home is not something people do on a regular basis, but they do do other things on a regular basis, and you can provide information for those things. When theyre ready to buy a home, guess where theyll go for an agent, to the website theyre used to going, to the environment theyre comfortable in, to the website they go to get their information, your website Mr. and Mrs. Real Estate Agent.

There is a lot of information out there to pull from. The Chamber of Commerce is a good resource for information as well as your local City Counsel. Of course, there are City Guides you can obtain information from, local civic event centers, local fire departments, neighborhood restraints and theaters, pubs and bars that hold concerts, major event centers, the list goes on.

Be a resource for people and you will get companies, organizations, and agencies offering you information all the time. Write a standard letter introducing yourself and tell your focused groups, agencies, and companies you will post their information about their events, sales, and happenings on your website and they will more than likely email you all information you need for your website without having to do a bunch of research on a weekly or monthly basis.

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Posted in Traditional Marketing, Blogging, Real Estate Market Conditions, Colorado Association Of Realtors, Real Estate Industry, Real Estate Industry Trends, Technology And YOU

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We are all in love with all the ways we have to post our listings and reach potential customers, but now our tool bag runith over. If thou shall want for more, we have another portal for real estate listings. I know, sometimes its actually hard to keep up with all the ways, methods, portals, and platforms we have at our disposal for reaching customers and getting our information out there to the world, but now we really have resources-O-plenty.

Im sure were all familiar with the social networking site LinkedIn. It is the leading social networking portal for professional people to network, find jobs, and list projects. Most people looking for employment these days now go to LinkedIn for resources. It's also a good way to meet other like minded people to form groups and socialize with.

Grab a hold of something because there is good news for real estate professionals. LinkedIn is now a portal to list properties! You can now add information about a property you are listing. LinkedIn, the online business card, has now expanded and will benefit people in the real estate industry and those looking to purchase a property. San Francisco based company Rofo, a real estate technology company, has designed a new app that allows us to add this service to our LinkedIn profile. Rofo is the first to bring something like this to LinkedIn, View a demo here.

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There are still some people who like traditional roles, and it works for them. Today, however, there are many people that the word traditional just doesnt fit. Our modern world calls for modern roles. Anything goes in a world that is still adjusting to so many modern advances. Our society is going through a big adjustment and people are trying to understand where they fit into it. Roles like "mother," "father," are now coupled with entrepreneur, doctorate, real estate agent, and international spy, (well maybe not spy, but you get the idea).

Today you never know what comes after "single mother," it could be "business owner, part time student, or graduate student. Titles like "father" could be followed with "stay at home dad." You just never know these days. The playing field has really changed and is changing further.

Such is the story with Stacy Scott Turner. She is a Washington D.C. real estate agent, housewife, and Harvard University Master degree holder. Some of the traditional stereotypes simply dont apply to this gal. It sounds like she stays a little busy. She is a great example of what the possibilities are these days. Like our parents told us when we were little, we can be anything we want to be. It has never been truer than today. The possibilities are endless.

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Posted in Metro Brokers, Internet Marketing, Colorado Association Of Realtors, Real Estate Industry, Real Estate Industry Trends

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We have all been preyed on by scam artist. Sometimes we see it coming and sometimes we dont. I like to think I have an eye for this kind of thing, but the truth is that were all at risk. Unfortunately, there are people out there in the world who scam other people for a living, its their way of life, and if we happen to cross their path, we may just get the loosing end of a great deal we just couldnt live without.

There are ways to avoid scams, however. The one big piece of advice is be aware of your surroundings. Pay attention to whats going on. Know what you are doing, and know who you are doing it with.

There are websites such as ConsumerFraudReporting.org and Scambusters.org that help people stay informed about what the latest scams are, both online and offline. The real estate industry is not exempt from scams either. There are emails claiming to eliminate your second mortgage or to reduce your payments.

This may be true, but it may not. Follow the links in the email and see where they go. Look at the quality of the email itself. Many times scammers copy an email from a legitimate company and paste into and email and send it to you.

Many times a lender will in fact be willing to negotiate a reduced payment with a homeowner, its better than the alternative of loosing everything. Sometimes these offers are legit, but you really need to investigate it to make sure you know who youre dealing with. Listen to your instincts and research the companies you want to work with.

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Posted in Denver Colorado Real Estate, Real Estate Market Conditions, Colorado Association Of Realtors, Real Estate Industry Trends, Gen X-Y