Selling a home requires more managerial skills than you might imagine. Think of your home as your company, your business as selling that home and all the little people – two-legged and four-legged – running around it as your employees.

Please, don’t kill the messenger … especially since I’m one of them.
 
I know that some people like to blame the media for most everything. But, really, as much as some of the real estate pros would like to, you can’t blame the current housing crisis and subprime lending fallout on the Washington Post, New York Times or Wall Street Journal.
I bring this up because I work in media. I cover both sides of the real estate transaction, writing about buyers and sellers, and the real estate agents and mortgage lenders who serve them. It always surprises me when I interview agents about today’s sluggish home sales …read more

Personally, I use to ask the same question when I first entered the real estate industry.  I took up AB Humanities with a field of specialization in Business Administration. After my university studies, I had to take a short course for my real estate license and continuing education afterwards to renew it. Did my course help me in my real estate business? I would say definitely, but indirectly.
Going to school is not all about learning, but also developing to a person you will be for the rest of your mature life. In fact, you may not even use most of …read more

Scott Allen of Linked Intelligence hosted our Business Channel Theme Day: "Being August". Scott had this brilliant idea of using the definition of the word August for our theme day.
August is defined in dictionary.com as

inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
venerable; eminent: an august personage.

It is not a commonly use term in a conversation.  However, the business channel bloggers came up with great posts about "being August".  Check out how they were able to relate it to the different topics they are blogging:
Jonathan Farrington at Leadership Turn:  "The pleasure that …read more

This month’s business channel theme is about the definition of August:

"inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic" 
Source: Dictionary.com

In line with our channel’s theme, I would like to write about an inspiring woman; Barbara Corcoran.  She is the former founder of the Corcoran Group, the largest real estate agency in New York City.
She is one of the most admirable people in the real estate industry not only because of her achievements but also because of her great attitude towards life.
What makes here life story so inspiring was how she was able to rise above her …read more

Do check out the links in each item for references from my past articles. 

Find an inspiration; a person, a property, a lifestyle that can  motivate you.
Set a goal or a project .
Find a good source of stable income
Set a budget
Have a game plan.
Take action on your game plan!
Learn, Learn, Learn…specially from other’s mistakes and achievements. The best lessons you will get are from yours and other people’s experience.
Have the mind set of a real estate  millionaire.
Don’t lose the momentum.  Stay focused.
Don’t sit back…live your dream! Embrace life. If you’re happy with what you’re doing, it will be easier to achieve …read more

Real Estate as a business can be through various means such as development, brokerage and investment.  It is a business that allows you to have a lot of  interaction with other people from all levels of the society.  The social interaction alone makes it more fun as a business
As a developer, once you have established your project, you can either move on to your next development or take a break and enjoy the fruits of your labor.  It depends on your priorities and the direction you want to head your business.  One of the builders I know, just constructs 1 …read more

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Zillow Real Estate Wiki

It has a comprehensive real estate guide for buyers, sellers, owners and agents.  Buyers and sellers can read the guidelines of buying and selling a property …read more

For some businesses Valentine’s day could make or break their sales.  This is very true for those involved in the flower and gifts delivery business.  My friend; who is working for one of the top flower delivery businesses here in Sydney, never fails to recruit for casual workers during this period.  He said that it is the time of the year that dictates, if they will meet their quota or will surpass their target for the year.  There are several special occassions that requires flower deliveries but nothing comes close to the demand during Valentine’s day, as he disclosed.
This made …read more

Its another year again, and I’m not even sure if I achieved the goals I’ve set for myself last year. Some of the goals I’ve set last year were changed by some unforseen circumstamstances…some for the better and some did not meet my expectations.  Thus, for this year I don’t want to set itemized goals but goals I can live by each day of  the year 2007.  Goals that can help me be a better person, achieve the best I can be, in whatever situation I may be in.
My goals to live by for the year 2007:

1) Wake-up each morning …read more