Posts in category 'Real Estate Life'
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Mattlin Achieves NAR Certification on Diversity
NEWS RELEASE
JAY MATTLIN ACHIEVES CERTIFICATION IN NATIONAL REAL ESTATE NETWORK
(Lancaster, Ohio) December 6, 2018- Jay Mattlin of Gorsuch Realty has been awarded the At Home with Diversity® certification from the National Association of REALTORS®.
Mattlin joins 20,000 other real estate professionals in North America who have earned the certification after completing an 8 hour course addressing topics of diversity, fair housing and business planning development. The program is designed to meet the nation's fair housing commitment by educating and equipping NAR's members with the tools they need to expand homeownership opportunities for the growing number of culturally diverse buyers and sellers in the housing market who identify with groups entailing race, ethnicity, religion, gender, handicaps, familial status, or national origin.
Today, more than one third of Americans are minorities. By 2050, minorities will be t...
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5 Confessions on Becoming a Real Estate Agent
If you're old enough to remember the 1980s, you remember when everyone had that friend, family member, or acquaintance who tried their hand at becoming a real estate agent. Somewhere along the line, real estate became perceived as a glamorous, easy job that anyone could do. But if you're seriously considering getting into real estate, you should know that it isn't glamorous or easy. It definitely attracts a certain personality type — strong, independent, and willing to take responsibility for their own success. That's why not everybody makes their real estate career last! Read on to discover 5 real confessions of successful real estate agents and decide if you have what it takes.
1. You can't snap your fingers and get your real estate license.
Yes, it's true that in most states, it only takes a few months to become a licensed agent. That's why so many people are drawn to the ide...
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Happy National Best Friend Day
It's National Best Friend Day and, as far as I can tell, it began as a hoax. Someone apparently started it by using a hashtag online, and people jumped on board and made it into something.
In the least, it is an "unofficial" National day at best. It isn't "real".
But, it got me to thinking…
Real estate agents tend to get really friendly with clients while we're looking for a home, or selling one. Almost like family in some cases.
Then, once the process is over, we can lose touch. Not entirely. It's just that we don't end up having that day-to-day interaction. And it can seem like maybe the friendship we developed was not genuine. Not "real".
But, like true best friends, the friendship we develop with our clients is real. Best friends can be apart, or not even speak for days, months, even years, and come back together without feeling like they missed a beat.
The same goes with real estate agents and their clients…
It isn't...
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10 Things Everyone Assumes About Real Estate Agents That Aren't True
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Let's face it, everyone either knows a real estate agent, or is connected to one through six (probably less) degrees of separation. Between friends and relatives, and the stereotypical representation of real estate agents on television and in pop culture, the general public has a adopted some assumptions about agents that are very far from the truth.
Here are ten things that people assume about real estate agents that just aren't true:
1. They make "easy money"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. The only people who could ever possibly make the case that being an agent is an easy way to make money are those who have never done it. It's hard, uncertain work, with many instances of months wasted on a deal that doesn't ever close. The only thing easy about it is reading the Lighter Side of Real Estate.
2. They are requ...
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A Year in the Life
It has been just over a year since I earned my Ohio Estate License and I wanted to share how the last year has been for both people considering getting their licenses and for my current and future clients. Here are some things I have learned.
Picking Your Broker
This was no something I was prepared for before I applied to sit for my test. I have been around real estate since I was 18 and I know a lot of people in real estate and many of them are scattered all over brokerages here in Lancaster. Some are with Better Homes or with Gorsuch or HER or Rise Realty and the list goes on. I had a hard time choosing just from talking to other agents so I setup meetings with several brokers here in town. That really helped me make a decision.
Do not just choose your broker because you know people at that brokerage or because of the name or because they have the most signs in yards. Choose the brokerage that feels right to you. In my case,...