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Top Agent Articles » Getting Rich by Buying in a Down Market

Investing in real estate is one of my favorite subjects.  It is also the one item in my career that has been the largest estate builder.  Using the three main leverage points of real estate has always been a goal....

Top Agent Articles » Low Profit and Low Priority Activities in Real Estate

Sometimes to implement the concepts in this system, you have to make room for them in your business plan.  In my career and now in coaching some of the top agents in North America , it has been proven that an agent must free up time and energy doing low-profit, low-priority, and sometimes down-right stupid activities.

Top Agent Articles » Owners, Brokers, and Managers Leave Clues to Success

I have the privilege of speaking at several franchise and board events.  I personally sold a house a day over a long career, and I understand other offices that “get it.”

In meeting the top brokers and managers, I have found some commonalities.  Below are systems that are currently active in the top offices in North America...

Top Agent Articles » Six Percent Is Dead for Loser Real Estate Agents

With all of the discussion from the talking heads about new platforms to run this wonderful business, I am perplexed why our commission-based system is so hard to understand.

Top Agent Articles » The Secrets Behind Referral Building by the Top Agents

Recently, Bridget McCrea of the Illinois REALTOR® Magazine asked me some questions on how to build a superstar referral system. Below is our communication exchange, and I hope it helps you!

Top Agent Articles » What Gets You Up in the Morning

The real estate boom early in the new millennium created many wealthy REALTORS® and lenders. The owners of huge brokerage companies started thinking they were geniuses! Huge homes, second homes, vacations, and cars were on everyone’s lists. When the bubble burst, real estate prices along with many other asset classes plummeted. Many investors and real estate companies declared bankruptcy; many owners found themselves upside down. I had personally been through two other “big bursts” in my 40-year real estate career.

Top Agent Articles » So Many Different Business Plans, Which Do You Choose?

Do you ever get confused on what business aspect you should implement next?  Just about ANYTHING is better than doing nothing at all while you wait for the business to come to you; however, is there one that is THE BEST?