FSBO"S

As I prepare my calendars for mailing...FSBO (For Sale By Owner) properties are where I will start applying the information from my reading. I have scouted out several and will contact them tomorrow. My initial impression is that I can help them with their moving goals in a timely manner. How easy or how difficult that will be remains to be seen. I will however, decide right now that this will be easy as I am offering to help, that's all, just to help.

It is really cold in Memphis, low 20's and a high tomorrow of low 30's. I made it out today to a listing appointment. They have to do a little fix-up and then we will get it on the market. My Blakewood seller agreed to a price reduction and we resolved the key issue from last week-sorry agent who tried to show it.

I better get moving, don't want my hand to cramp.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Remember the star shining high in the darkness.

Today as I took care of a little last minute shopping I noticed that people didn't give you the seasonal heart felt "Merry Christmas" greeting. Instead there was a very noticeable "quiet kindness". There were lots of excuse me's and pardon me's. Lots of letting people thru in traffic. Patience in long checkout lines.

We may not give a Christmas greeting but we still know how to treat one another..

May you continue to experience the joy of the season.

Real luv 2 U
Joyce

Let's Get Started

I am always looking for a better way. A better way to what you ask? Well in this case a better way to run my business in 2010.

2007 was the beginning of a new era in real estate... the get lean era. 2008 was a reality check...and an even leaner year. Foreclosures, unemployment, home prices plummeting and people walking away from their homes. Some of my clients were a part of the statistics reported on the nightly news and exposed in the newspaper to those who recognized their names. They lost their investment or their retirement nest egg when they lost their home.

09' was a come out of the funk year. I moved my affiliation to a new upstart company, First National Realty. My broker, Larry Mayall, thinks out of the box and ahead of the pack. With that kind of leadership example, I made it thru. Now it's time to keep what works and drop the rest- fast. That's how he does it- fast.

My clients like how I do business and I appreciate that. I care, I really do. They call me when birds get stuck in their walls, their children are born and when anything "house" comes up. They tell their friends and family about me. I appreciate that as well.

But, back to business.

I saw this movie about a woman who blogged about her experiences on a journey with a cookbook. If she could grow then what if I were to get out my books and actually go on a journey of self improvement and growth. My clients might like an agent with better skills, more commitment, driven. so here I go. I have two books before me, the master and the upstart. Tom Hopkins, "How to Master the Art of Listing and Selling Real Estate" and Danielle Kennedy's "How to List and Sell Real Estate. That's about 900 pages of techniques and strategies. I'll start where they say start. Day 1 starts tomorrow, Christmas Eve. Someone really important was about to be born a long time ago. Birthdays are really something, aren't they.