Broker Bits

Our profession will always experience change, as we have seen in the past several months. It is our duty to adapt to these changes as we continually work to master our craft. One thing I don't ever see changing is the fiduciary duties we owe to our clients. A client can be a seller or a buyer and has a contractual agreement with us (agency), which is also called a fiduciary duty.

Fiduciary duties are the highest duties known to law. Common examples of fiduciaries outside our profession include trustees, executors, and guardians. Our fiduciary duties are governed by law, requiring us to uphold specific duties to our clients, in addition to any obligations set forth in a listing agreement or other contractual agreements.
 
Our fiduciary duties include:

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I hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather and enjoying it with family and friends. I also hope that you're busy with real estate. For most of us, it's not been a banner year, but I'm optimistic that our last quarter of 2024 and 2025 will see an increase in the number of real estate transactions. This Broker Bit is a re-boot from October 2023. Q4 in 2024 IS the time to plant the seeds for a productive Q1 in 2025.

Real quick, our job as Realtors® is very straightforward:
1) Become excellent at your job and maintain that excellence, so that you can exceed your clients' and customers' expectations when they call upon you to help them with what is often the largest investment of their lives. (Take this obligation very seriously or consider referring to another agent who takes the time and effort to be excell...

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There are a lot of numbers and statistics that can tell us where we are in the real estate world today. Trying to find out where we are headed is another thing. In this article, Inflation Gauge Eases, Raising Chance of Rate Cut

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I haven't always been consistent to make the calls necessary to stay in touch with my sphere. A few times I've neglected calling for long enough that it felt awkward to pick up the phone and get it done . . .
 
Notecards are easy, right? The goal is just T W O handwritten notecards a day, written and mailed to people in my CRM! I've got it! Most of the time . . . 
 
The recent changes in our industry took most of us a little off course but the dust is settling, and we have to get back on track. It's time to get back to business.
 
TWO MORNINGS A WEEK

• Spend one hour calling the people in your CRM.
• Get an accountability partner and make sure it's somebody who won't let you off the hook. Put some consequences in place if you don't...

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Most Realtors struggle with time management. I struggle with this constantly. Constantly! It's hard to be your own boss and responsible for your own time management. We have no other choice but to learn the skills we need for effective time management.

The good news: There really are enough hours in the day if you manage your time wisely. And all of this has been done before. We can simply do what the most successful among us have done: use systems, schedules, trackers, and plans to work efficiently.

No matter the stage of your career, you can be more productive, get better results, do more transactions, serve more clients, and have more time for your life. You can stop scrambling to fit it all in, get off the treadmill, be more focused, and get more done in less time. But you must disrupt your r...

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